List of Famous people with last name Anjou
Fulk II, Count of Anjou
Fulk II of Anjou, called le Bon was Count of Anjou from 942 to his death.
Ermengarde of Anjou
Ermengarde of Anjou, also known as Ermengarde of Brittany, was a member of the comital House of Anjou and by her two marriages was successively Duchess of Aquitaine and Brittany. She was also a patron of Fontevraud Abbey. Ermengarde was the regent of Brittany during the absence of her spouse, Duke Alan IV of Brittany, from 1096 until 1101.
Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey I of Anjou, known as Grisegonelle, was count of Anjou from 960 to 987.
Fulk III, Count of Anjou
Fulk III, the Black was an early Count of Anjou celebrated as one of the first great builders of medieval castles. It is estimated Fulk constructed approximately 100 castles, along with abbeys throughout the Loire Valley in what is now France. He fought successive wars with neighbors in Brittany, Blois, Poitou and Aquitaine and made four pilgrimages to Jerusalem during the course of his life. He had two wives and three children.
Fulk I, Count of Anjou
Fulk I of Anjou — Foulques le Roux — held the county of Anjou first as Viscount, then Count, until his death.
Blanche of Anjou
Blanche of Sicily, also called Blanche of Anjou, was the eldest surviving child born to Charles of Anjou and his first wife, Beatrice, the reigning Countess of Provence and Forcalquier. She later married Robert, the future Count of Flanders.
Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey II, called Martel, was Count of Anjou from 1040 to 1060 and Count of Vendôme from 1032 to 1056. He was the son of Fulk the Black. He was bellicose and fought against William VII, Duke of Aquitaine, Theobald I, Count of Blois, and William, Duke of Normandy. During his twenty-year reign he especially had to face the ambitions of the Bishop of Le Mans, Gervais de Château-du-Loir, but he was able to maintain his authority over the County of Maine. Even before the death of his father in 1040, he had extended his power up to the Saintonge, where he founded the Abbey aux Dames. Geoffrey Martel and his wife Agnes also founded the Abbaye de la Trinité at Vendôme. The first mention of Geoffrey in the Gesta Normannorum Ducum reads: "Geoffrey, count of the Angevins, nicknamed Martel, a treacherous man in every respect, frequently inflicted assaults and intolerable pressure on his neighbors."
Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou
Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou, also called Ermengarde of Anjou, was the Countess of Rennes, Regent of Brittany (992–994) and also Countess of Angoulême.
Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey III of Anjou, called le Barbu, was the Count of Anjou 1060–68.
Juan de Aragón y Anjou
John of Aragon was a prince of Aragon. He was the son of James II of Aragon and his second wife Blanche of Anjou. He was archbishop of Toledo from 1319 until 1328. He became archbishop of Tarragona in 1327 and Latin Patriarch of Alexandria in 1328, holding both posts until his death.