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The Count of Anjou was the ruler of the County of Anjou, first granted by King Charles the Bald of West Francia in the 9th century to Robert the Strong. Ingelger and his son, Fulk the Red , were viscounts until Fulk assumed the title of count.
Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Fair (French: le Bel), Plantagenet, and of Anjou, was the count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine by inheritance from 1129, and also duke of Normandy by his marriage claim, and conquest, from 1144. Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, king of England and duke of Normandy.
Robert the Strong (851/3–856) – given Maine, Anjou, and Touraine as dux and missus dominicus. Rebelled in 856. Louis the Stammerer (856–858) – granted the twelve counties and a court at Le Mans by his father, Charles the Bald, until chased away by Breton rebels.
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy 1410s or 7 August 1420 1424/31 August 1432 12 November 1434 husband's death: 30 September 1479 Louis III: Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine: Charles II, Duke of Lorraine c. 1400 24 October 1420 12 November 1434 husband's ascension: 28 February 1453 René: Jeanne de Laval: Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval
Northern France around the County of Anjou; red circles mark regional urban centres. The adjective Angevin is especially used in English history to refer to the kings who were also counts of Anjou—beginning with Henry II—descended from Geoffrey and Matilda; their characteristics, descendants and the period of history which they covered from the mid-twelfth to early-thirteenth centuries.
1382–1384 Louis I of Anjou, Count and then Duke of Anjou (1351), Duke of Calabria and Count of Maine (1356), Duke of Touraine (1370), nominal King of Sicily (1382) 1384–1417 Louis II of Anjou, Duke of Anjou, Calabria and Touraine, Count of Maine, nominal King of Sicily (1384), Count of Guise (1404), son of Louis I
As a noun, it refers to any native of Anjou or an Angevin ruler, and specifically to other counts and dukes of Anjou, including the ancestors of the three kings who formed the English royal house; their cousins, who held the crown of Jerusalem; and to unrelated members of the French royal family who were later granted the titles and formed ...
Counts and dukes of Anjou; A. Arthur I, Duke of Brittany; C. Charles I of Anjou; Charles II of Naples; Charles, Count of Valois; F. Fulk II, Count of Anjou; Fulk III ...