The Influence of Almeric of Montfort
Almeric of Montfort, brother of Bertrada, became Fulk’s most trusted counsellor and frequent instigator of his schemes of reform and aggression.…
Marriage to Aremburg and the Death of Elias
Aremburg of Maine, still unwed after her broken engagement to Geoffrey Martel, was sought and won by Fulk on his mother’s counsel.…
Outbreak of the War with Henry I
The war began in 1111; the danger drew Henry across the Channel in August, where he remained nearly two years.…
Fall of Robert of Bellême
In November 1112 Robert of Bellême fell into his sovereign’s hands and, to universal joy, was flung into lifelong captivity.…
The Peace of Pierre-Pécoulée
Early in Lent 1113, Fulk and Henry met at Pierre-Pécoulée near Alençon. Fulk submitted to perform the required homage for Maine, and his infant daughter was betrothed to Henry’s s…
Recognition of William the Ætheling
Henry next exacted, first from the Norman barons and then from the Great Council of England, a solemn oath of homage and fealty to his son William as his destined successor.…
The Angevin Burghers and the Renewal of War
Fulk was troubled by a revolt at home partly attributable to general feudal unrest, but the chronicles also record “a grave dissension between Count Fulk the Younger and the burgh…
The League with Flanders
In 1117, Baldwin of Flanders and Louis formally leagued themselves with the avowed object of avenging Duke Robert and reinstating his son in the duchy of Normandy, and the count o…
The Campaign of 1118
War began in earnest in mid-1118. Fulk opened the campaign by capturing La Motte-Gautier on the Cenomannian border.…
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