Fulk IV, Count of Anjou
Fulk IV (French: Foulques IV d'Anjou; 1043 – 14 April 1109), better known as Fulk le Réchin (Latin: Fulco Rechin), was the count of Anjou from around 1068 until his death. He was noted to be "a man with many reprehensible, even scandalous, habits" by Orderic Vitalis, who particularly objected to his many women and his influential footwear, claiming he popularized the pigaches that eventually became the poulaine, the medieval long-toed shoe.
| Fulk IV | |
|---|---|
| Count of Anjou | |
| Reign | 1068 – 14 April 1109 |
| Predecessor | Geoffrey III |
| Successor | Fulk V |
| Joint rule | Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou (until 1106) |
| Born | 1043 |
| Died | 14 April 1109 |
| Spouses | Hildegarde of Beaugency
(m. 1068; died 1070)Ermengarde de Bourbon
(m. 1070; div. 1075)Orengarde de Châtelaillon
(m. 1076; div. 1080)N de Brienne
(m. 1080; div. 1087) |
| Issue | Ermengarde, Duchess of Brittany Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou Fulk, King of Jerusalem |
| House | House of Anjou |
| Father | Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais |
| Mother | Ermengarde of Anjou |
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