Fulk V the Younger of Anjou 1
- Born: 1092
- association (1): Ermengard of Maine
- Marriage (2): Melisende of Jerusalem circa 1129
- Died: 13 Nov 1143 aged 51
General Notes:
Latin king of Jerusalem (1131-43), count of Anjou (1109-29) as Fulk V, great-grandson of Fulk Nerra. He journeyed (1120) to the Holy Land as a pilgrim and returned there in 1129, making his son, Geoffrey Plantagenet, count of Anjou as Geoffrey IV. Having taken as his new wife Melisende, daughter of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem, he succeeded his father-in-law in 1131. Fulk's reign was disturbed by dissensions among the Latin princes and by the raids of the Turks, whose prisoner he was for a time in 1137. He was succeeded as king of Jerusalem by his son by Melisende, Baldwin III. 2
Noted events in his life were:
• He was a Count of Anjou from 1109 to 1129.
• He was a King of Jerusalem from 1131 to 1143.
Fulk had children with Ermengard of Maine. (Ermengard of Maine died circa 1126.)
Fulk next married Melisende of Jerusalem, daughter of Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Morfia of Armenia, circa 1129. (Melisende of Jerusalem was born in 1105 and died on 11 Sep 1161 3.)
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