List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou

Table of contents

1 Counts of Anjou, c.870-1203 2 Counts of Anjou, 1246-1360 3 Dukes of Anjou, 1360-1481 4 Later Grants of the Duchy of Anjou

Counts of Anjou, c.870-1203

• Ingelger c.870-898
• Fulk I the Red 898-941
• Fulk II the Good 941-958
• Geoffrey I Greymantle 958-987
• Fulk III the Black 987-1040
• Geoffrey II Martel 1040-1060
• Geoffrey III the Bearded 1060-1067
• Fulk IV the Ill-Tempered 1067-1109
• Geoffrey IV (co-ruler) 1098-1106
• Fulk V the Young 1106-1129 (King of Jerusalem 1131-1143)
• Geoffrey V Plantagenet 1129-1151
• Henry FitzEmpress 1151-1189 (also King of England 1154-1189)
• Henry the Young King (co-ruler) 1170-1183
• Richard Coeur de Lion 1189-1199
• Arthur of Brittany 1199-1203

In 1204, Anjou was lost to King Philip II of France. It was re-granted as an apanage for Louis VIII's youngest son, Charles (later the first Angevin King of Sicily.)

Counts of Anjou, 1246-1360

• Charles I 1246-1285
• Charles II 1285-1290 (d.1309)
  • In 1290, he gave up Anjou as a dower for his daughter, Marguerite, who married Charles de Valois, younger brother of King Philip IV of France.
• Charles III 1290-1325
• Philip 1325-1332 (King of France 1328-1350)
  • bestowed the territory on his son,
• Jean, Duke of Normandy 1332-1356 (King of France 1350-1364)
  • bestowed the territory on his second son,
• Louis I 1356-1360, who became Duke in 1360

Dukes of Anjou, 1360-1481

• Louis I 1360-1384
• Louis II 1384-1417
• Louis III 1417-1434
• René 1434-1480
• Charles IV 1480-1481

Later Grants of the Duchy of Anjou

• Louise of Savoy, mother of King Francis I of France, 1515-1531
• Henri, Duc d'Orléans, younger brother of King Charles IX of France 1566-1574
• François Hercule, Duc d'Alençon, younger brother of King Henry III 1576-1584
• Louis, Comte de Provence, younger brother of King Louis XVI 1771-1795

see also: Lists of incumbents