Editing Fulk, King of Jerusalem (section)

==Count of Anjou==
In 1109, Fulk's father died and Fulk V succeeded to the county of Anjou, ending the three-year crisis. In 1110 he married Countess [[Erembourg of Maine]], cementing Angevin control over the County of [[Maine (province)|Maine]]. In 1113, Erembourg gave birth to their son, the future [[Geoffrey V of Anjou]].

Fulk was originally an opponent of King [[Henry I of England]] and a supporter of King [[Louis VI of France]], but in 1119 he allied with Henry when he arranged for his daughter [[Matilda of Anjou]] to marry Henry's son [[William Adelin]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Mayer |first=Hans E. |title=Angevins versus Normans: The New Men of King Fulk of Jerusalem |date=2024-09-18 |work=Kings and Lords in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem |pages=IV–1-IV-25 |url=https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003556275-5 |access-date=2025-04-22 |place=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-003-55627-5}}</ref> 

In 1119, possibly inspired by the news of the defeat of crusader forces at the [[Battle of the Field of Blood]], and at a time when [[Pope Callixtus II]] was nearby in France, Fulk decided to take the cross as a crusader.<ref name=Doherty>{{Cite web |last=Doherty |first=James |last2=Paul |first2=Nicholas |title=Fulk V of Anjou |url=https://independentcrusadersproject.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/150 |url-status=live |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=Independent Crusaders Project}}</ref> During his visit to Jerusalem in 1120, he became associated with Knights Templar, possibly even joining them as a ''confrater''.{{Sfn|Riley-Smith|1997|p=162}} He became the first European prince to patronize the Templars, giving them an annual income of 30 pounds in the money of Anjou. He promised to maintain one hundred knights in the Holy Land for a year.{{sfn|Riley-Smith|1997|p=}}