Foulques

   Cause of his death was Murdered..¹

  General Notes:

FOULQUES (-murdered [1040]). Guillaume of Jumièges records that "Geroius" married "Turstini de Monteforti...filiam...Gislam" by whom he had "septem filios et quatuor filias...Ernaldus et Fulcoius...Willelmus et Rodulfus Mala-Corona, Robertus, Hugo et Geroius, Heremburgis et Emma, Adelais et Hadvisa", adding that "Ernaldus et Fulcoius" died with "Giselberto comite". Orderic Vitalis records that "Geroius" married "Gislam Turstini de Basteburgo filiam" by whom he had "septem filios et quatuor filias...Ernaldus, Willermus, Fulcoius, Radulfus Mala-corona, Rodbertus, Hugo et Geroius, Heremburgis, Hadvisa, Emma, Adelais", adding in a later passage that Foulques inherited "medietatem Monasterioli" and that "post mortem Rodberti ducis" he was killed "cum compatre suo Gislberto comite". Guillaume of Jumièges records that "Gislebertus comes Ocensis filius Godefridi comitis...tutor Willelmi pueri sed domini...cum Fulcoio filio Geroii"were killed while riding with "Wascelino de Ponte Erchenfredi", adding that the crime was committed by "Odonis Grossi et audacis Roberti filii Geroii" at the instigation of "Rodulfus de Waceio filii Roberti archiepiscopi". These deaths can probably be dated to [1040].

Foulques had two illegitimate children by an unknown mistress. ¹