- Ingelger
Ingelger I Count of Anjou and Orléans (845 - 888) was a viscount who held territory around
Orléans andAngers at the end of the 9th century. [cite news|url=http://www.american-pictures.com/genealogy/persons/per00884.htm|publisher=American-Pictures.com|title=Ingelger I Count of Anjou and Orleans|date=24 October 2007 ] The son of Tertullus (or Tertulle) andPetronilla (whose grandfather wasHoly Roman Emperor Charlemagne ), [cite news|url=http://www.american-pictures.com/genealogy/persons/per00986.htm#0|publisher=American-Pictures.com|title=Petronilla Princess of Holy Roman Empire|date=24 October 2007 ] he was born inAnjou and christened at St Martin, Tours. His son Fulk became the first count of Anjou. AfterRobert the Strong , he directed the resistance to the Norman invasions on theLoire . Ingeleger eventually died at the age of 43 inTours .Through his most senior descendant Geoffrey Plantagenet, father of
Henry II of England , Ingelger was a direct ancestor of theHouse of Plantagenet , a powerful European royal house. The house is sometimes called the "First House of Anjou" and would rule theKingdom of England ,Lordship of Ireland ,Principality of Wales ,Duchy of Normandy ,Duchy of Aquitaine ,Duchy of Brittany and others, as well as claiming theKingdom of France .References
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