The Most Notorious Act In Medieval History - The Story Of Fulk III Of Anjou And His Wife, Elisabeth Of Vendóme (970 - 999).
Was THIS The WORST Crime in MEDIEVAL History?
It was December 999 AD in the French province of Anjou.
The town square of the city of Angers was filling with local Angevins whom had travelled far a wide to witness a heinous act upon the 30 year old countess Elisabeth de Vendóme, wife of Full III of Anjou. An act so brutal it is still remembered today, more than 1000 years later.
Fulk III who was born in 972 AD always seemed to be one of the most emblematic people to emerge from the Middle Ages. Fulk was the Count of Anjou and inherited the title at the age of just 17 when his father died. He quickly became the most feared figure in France - known as Fulk Nerra or Le Noir, “The Black”, because of his savage temperament, violent destruction of his enemies and other savage acts. Yet despite this, or more probably because of it, he was also known for his immense piety, his pilgrimages. These two competing aspects of Fulk seem to be emblematic of the dichotomy of the Middle Ages; an era famed for its tremendous art, inspired by religion and its tremendous and bloody wars.
Elisabeth de Vendóme was the daughter of Bouchard I "the Old, le Vénérable” and born around the year 970, her marriage to Fulk III was probably not kind, and the marriage produced at least one child - a daughter named Adele, born circa 995 AD.
The savagery of the Middles ages was far from its only aspect the fact is that life was often short, hard and brought to a painful and brutal end.
And Fulk III embodied this greatly, his reputation never waned.
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