Name |
Fulk III Nerra The Black Ct De Anjou [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] |
Title |
III |
Birth |
956 |
Of Anjou, France [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] |
Gender |
Male |
Fact 1 |
Acceded: 987. [4, 5, 6, 7, 8] |
Fact 1 |
Fact 2 |
Known As A Terrifying Character Of Fiendish Cruelty. [4, 5, 6, 7, 8] |
Fact 2 |
Fact 3 |
Plunderer, Murderer, Robber, And Swearer Of Fale Oaths. [4, 5, 6, 7, 8] |
Fact 3 |
Fact 4 |
Made 3 Or 4 Pilgrimages To Jerusalem To Atone For His Sins. [4, 5, 6, 7, 8] |
Fact 4 |
Fact 5 |
Remorse He Abandoned Himself To Incredible Penances. [4, 5, 6, 7, 8] |
When Taken W |
Fact 6 |
Buried At Abbey DE St. Pierre DE Beaulieu, France. [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] |
Fact 6 |
Death |
21 Jun 1040 |
Metz, Middle Lorraine, France [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] |
Origins |
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Patriarch & Matriarch |
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Notes |
- [large-G675.FTW]
"Not all founders [of monasteries] were known for their kindness. Fulk
of Anjou, plunderer, murderer, robber, and swearer of false oaths, a truly
terrifying character of fiendish cruelty, founded not one but two large
abbeys. This Fulk was filled with unbridled passion, a temper directed to
extremes. Whenever he had the slightest difference with a neighbor he
rushed upon his lands, ravaging, pillaging, raping, and killing; nothing
could stop him, least of all the commandments of God. This appalling man
had countless crimes upon his conscience, but when seized with a fit of
remorse he abandoned himself to incredible penances. Thus the very tomb of
St. Martin, whose monks he had ill-treated, saw him prostrate, with bare
feet and in penitent's dress; and four times during his life he went to
Jerusalem as a devout pilgrim, treading half-naked the sorrowful road of the
passion while two of his servants flogged him until the blood flowed,
crying, "Lord, receive thy perjured Fulk!" "
--- Richard Erdoes, *AD 1000: Undisclosed on the Brink of Apocalypse*, 1988
(reprint 1995) p 12
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Person ID |
I26694 |
ktree |
Last Modified |
4 Mar 2024 |