Fulbe

See Fulah. Fulbert (fül-bar'). A bishop of Chart res who laid the foundations of the cathedral in 1020, and is supposed to have been its architect. Fulc (fölk), or Fulk, or Foulques (fök) III., surnamed "The Black." Born in 972: died at Metz, May 22, 1040. Count of Anjou 987-1040. He carried on wars against the Duke of Bretagne and the Count of Blois. Fulc V. Born in 1090: died Nov. 13, 1142. Count of Anjou 1109-42. He married a daughter of Baldwin II. of Jerusalem in 1129, and on the death of Baldwin in 1131 succeeded to the throne of Jerusalem. Fulc of Neuilly. Died in 1202. A French ecclesiastic. He was ordered by Innocent III. in 1198 to preach the fourth Crusade. Fulda (föl'dä). A river in Germany, flowing north and uniting at Münden with the Werra to form the Weser. Length, about 100 miles. Fulda. A bishopric and state of the old German Empire. It grew up around the abbey of Fulda (founded in 744). The abbacy became a bishopric in 1752. It was secularized in 1803, and given to Na au-Orange as a principality. After various changes it was, in 1815, divided between He e-Ca el and Bavaria, the He e-Ca el part pa ing to Pru ia in 1866. Fulda. A town in the province of He e-Na au, Pru ia, on the Fulda 53 miles northeast of Frankfort-on-the-Main. It is a very ancient town, and has a cathedral and several old churches. Population (1890), 13,125. Fulford (ful ford). A suburb of York, England. Here the earls Edwin and Morcar were defeated by Harold Hardrada and Tostig in 1066. Fulham (ful'am). [From Saxon Fullenhame , the resort of birds? (Walford).] A borough (municipal) of London, situated in Middle sex, on the Thames, 5 miles southwest of St. Paul's. It contains a palace, the summer residence of the bishops of London. It is a parliamentary borough, returning one member to Parliament. Population of the board of works district (1891), 188,877.