Fulcuich DE MORTAGNE Count of Mortagne ^1964,1966

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  General Notes:

He is quoted as Count in a donation made ??to 1051 / 60 by Rotrou II , Count of Mortagne, Vicomte de Châteaudun , for the repose of the soul of, among others, his grandfather Fulcois. Father of Rotrou, Geoffroy II , Viscount Châteaudun that qualifies nephew 's Hugues de Châteaudun , Archbishop of Tours , mentions his mother and his uncle Melisende Burchard in an act he signed in 1032. Other documents establish that the viscount Geoffroy II is a grand-son of Rotrou , Count de Nogent , and Archbishop Hugh is a son of Geoffroy I first Viscount Châteaudun and a Hildegarde. Fulcois is probably son of Geoffroy I first Viscount Châteaudun and Hildegarde de Mortagne. In 980 years, he inherited the county of Mortagne-au-Perche, which was held by his maternal uncle Hervé II . He married Melisende, probable daughter of Rotrou , lord of Nogent, who dona birth: Hugues (v.1000 †), married Beatrice of Mâcon and ancestor by his son Geoffrey II Ironwood , the Plantagenets ; Geoffroy († 1039), Viscount Châteaudun Lord of Mortagne and Nogent. This marriage allowed him to death Rotrou occurred after 996, to bring the two strongholds of Mortagne and Nogent, which will form the future union county of Perche. Fulcois died before 1003 . Indeed, at that date, his brother Hugh became Archbishop of Tours and transfers the Viscount of Châteaudun's son Fulcois. Presumably if Fulcois was still alive at that date, he would become Viscount Châteaudun. Sources Christian Settipani "The Viscounts Châteaudun and their allies" in Onomastics and Kinship in the medieval West , Oxford, Linacre College, Unit for Research Prosopographical, al. "Prosopographica and Genealogica", 2000, 310 p. ( ISBN 1 -900934-01-9 ) , p. 247-261

Fulcois is known only from a 1051/60 charter of Rotrou, Count of Mortagne, which names a Count Fulcois as his "avus" (usually "grandfather"). The relationship of Fulcois to Rotrou has been interpreted in different ways, resulting in widely varying conjectured genealogical connections for Fulcois.

Nevertheless, it is probable that Fulcois was the paternal grandfather of Rotrou, and thus father of Geoffroy. Fulcois is given the title of Count by his grandson, but there is no direct evidence of the region over which he was Count. However, since Rotrou was Count of Mortagne, it has been supposed that Fulcois was also a count of Mortagne, a reasonable presumption. There is no good evidence about the time in which Fulcois flourished. He may also have been the father of Hugues du Perche, which, if true, would make him an ancestor of the Plantagenets in the direct male line.

-- The Henry Project > The ancestors of king Henry II of England: Fulcois

https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/fulco000.htm

Further:

Fulcuich (Fulcois) (died before 1032), Count of Mortagne, son of Rotrou, Seigneur de Nogent. It has been conjectured that Fulcuich's ancestor was Hervé I, Lord of Mortagne-au-Perche, through Hildegarde de Mortagne de Perche, daughter of Herve I, wife of Rotrou.

Fulcuich married Melisende, Viscountess of Châteaudun, daughter of Hugues, Viscount of Châteaudun, and Hildegarde of Perche. Fulcuich and Melisende had two children:

Geoffrey II Viscount of Châteaudun, I Count of Perche.
Hugues du Perche.
Fulcuich was presumably succeeded as count by his son Geoffrey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulcuich

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Title of Nobility: Comte de Mortagne, du Perche. Sieur de Nogent-le-Rotrou,, in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France. ¹⁹⁶⁷

2. Title of Nobility: Count,, in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France. ¹⁹⁶⁷

3. Title of Nobility: Count of Mortagne,,. ¹⁹⁶⁷

Fulcuich married Viscountess Melisende OF CHÂTEAUDUN, daughter of Hughues I Viscount of Châteaudun and Hildegarde Viscountess of Châteaudun, about 974.¹⁹⁶⁵ (Viscountess Melisende OF CHÂTEAUDUN was born in 945 in Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France ¹⁹⁶⁴, christened in Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France,¹⁹⁶⁴ died on 15 December 1031 in Domfront, Orne, Normandy, France ¹⁹⁶⁴ and was buried in Santuario, , Risaralda, Colombia ¹⁹⁶⁴.)