French nobility. She was the only daughter of Fulko IV of Anjou and his first wife Hildegarde de Beaugency. She married Guillaume de Aquitaine in 1089 and persuaded him to grant Robert d'Arbissel land in Northern Poitou to establish a religious community which later became Fontevraud Abbey. The marriage was otherwise very unhappy and was dissolved in 1091. Two years later she married Alain IV de Bretagne whom she bore two sons and a daughter. When her husband joined the First Crusade she reigned the duchy until his return in 1101. The couple separated after Alains forced abdication in 1112. In 1117 she accompanied her son to Palestine and back to France. Ten year later she did again travel to the Holy Land and it is possible that she stayed in Jerusalem until her death.
French nobility. She was the only daughter of Fulko IV of Anjou and his first wife Hildegarde de Beaugency. She married Guillaume de Aquitaine in 1089 and persuaded him to grant Robert d'Arbissel land in Northern Poitou to establish a religious community which later became Fontevraud Abbey. The marriage was otherwise very unhappy and was dissolved in 1091. Two years later she married Alain IV de Bretagne whom she bore two sons and a daughter. When her husband joined the First Crusade she reigned the duchy until his return in 1101. The couple separated after Alains forced abdication in 1112. In 1117 she accompanied her son to Palestine and back to France. Ten year later she did again travel to the Holy Land and it is possible that she stayed in Jerusalem until her death.
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