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Fulk IV, Count of Anjou

1043 - 1109

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fulk IV, Count of Anjou is the 6,340th most popular politician (down from 5,624th in 2019), the 1,817th most popular biography from France (down from 1,699th in 2019) and the 440th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fulk IV, Count of Anjou ranks 6,340 out of 19,576. Before him are Ahmed ‘Urabi, Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona, Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, Kaliman I of Bulgaria, Michel Djotodia, and Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. After him are Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, Emperor Lizong, Fevzi Çakmak, Catherine Ashton, Atticus of Constantinople, and Yejong of Goryeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1043, Fulk IV, Count of Anjou ranks 3. Before him are Canute IV of Denmark, and Władysław I Herman. After him is Yaropolk Izyaslavich. Among people deceased in 1109, Fulk IV, Count of Anjou ranks 6. Before him are Anselm of Canterbury, Alfonso VI of León and Castile, Eupraxia of Kiev, Alberic of Cîteaux, and Hugh of Cluny. After him is Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Fulk IV, Count of Anjou ranks 1,817 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques-François Blondel (1705), Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870), Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon (1844), Henri Michel (1947), Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775), and Pierre Cambronne (1770). After him are Pierre Levegh (1905), Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (1717), Marie Trintignant (1962), Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771), Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207), and Pierre Auguste Cot (1837).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Fulk IV, Count of Anjou ranks 440. Before him are Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736), François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (1641), Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1674), Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721), Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874), and Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870). After him are Charles Dupuy (1851), Isabelle of France (1225), Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1213), Nicolas Catinat (1637), Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446), and Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915).

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