Fulk
family name
Fulk is an old European masculine given name, probably deriving from the Germanic folk ("people" or "chieftain"). It is cognate with the French Foulques, the German Volk, the Italian Fulco and the Swedish Folke, along with other variants such as Fulke, Foulkes, Fulko, Folco, Falquet or Folquet, and so on. However, the above variants are often confused with names derived from the Latin falco ("falcon"), such as Fawkes, Falko, Falkes, and Faulques.
It is also a surname.
Christian saints and clergymen
Ordered chronologically
Fulk of Fontenelle (died 845), Abbot of Fontenelle, France
Fulk (archbishop of Reims) (died 900), "the Venerable"
Patriarch Fulk of Jerusalem (died 1157), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
Saint Fulk, 12th century English saint
Fulk of Neuilly (died 1201), French preacher of the Fourth Crusade
Fulk of Pavia (1164–1229), Italian saint and Bishop of Piacenza
Folquet de Marselha (c. 1150–1231), also known as Fulk of Toulouse, Provençal troubadour, monk and Bishop of Toulouse
Fulk Basset (died 1271), Archbishop of Dublin
Fulk Basset (bishop of London) (died 1259)
Fulk or Fulke Lovell (died 1285), English bishop-elect
Medieval noblemen
Counts of Anjou
Fulk I of Anjou (about 870–942), also Count of Tours and Count of Nantes
Fulk II of Anjou (died 958)
Fulk III of Anjou (972–1040)
Fulk IV of Anjou (1043–1109)
Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1089/1092–1143), also Count of Anjou
Other noblemen
Ordered chronologically
Fulk Bertrand of Provence (died 1051), Count of Provence
Fulk of Vendôme (died 1066), Count of Vendôme
Fulk of Angoulême (died 1087 or 1089), Count of Angoulême
Fulk of Guînes (died 1125), 1st Lord of Beirut
Fulk FitzRoy (1092–c. 1132), illegitimate son of Henry I of England
Fulk I FitzWarin (1115-70/71), English marcher lord
Fulk Paynel (died c. 1182), Anglo-Norman nobleman
Falkes de Bréauté (died 1226), also spelled Fulk de Brent, Anglo–Norman soldier and nobleman
Fulk Baynard (died after 1226), English landholder and justice
Fulk FitzWarin (died 1258), English nobleman and outlaw
Fulk le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere (died 1324)
Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin (1445–1479), English baron of the House FitzWarin
Others
Fulk Baynard (fl. 1226), English landowner, official under King Henry III, and itinerant justice
Fulk Greville Howard (1773–1846), English politician and soldier
Fulk Lloyd (c. 1515–in or shortly before 1597), Welsh politician
Fulk Lucy (c.
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