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Fulk, King of Jerusalem

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “son of fulk iv”. Today it says “count of anjou”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Count of Anjou (r.1109-1129) and the king of Jerusalem (r.1131-1143)”. It now reads “Crusader ruler from 1131 to 1143”.
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Crusader ruler from 1131 to 1143 "Fulk of Jerusalem" redirects here. Fulk of Anjou ( Latin : Fulco , French : Foulque or Foulques ; c. 1089/1092 – 13 November 1143), also known as Fulk the Younger , was the king of Jerusalem from 1131 until 1143 as the husband and co-ruler of Queen Melisende . Previously, he was the count of Anjou as Fulk V from 1109 to 1129. He had also been the count of Maine from 1110 to 1126 alongside his first wife, Countess Erembourg . His direct descendants were the rulers of the Angevin Empire and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “son of fulk iv”. Today it says “count of anjou”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Count of Anjou (r.1109-1129) and the king of Jerusalem (r.1131-1143)”. It now reads “Crusader ruler from 1131 to 1143”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

son of fulk iv

Now

count of anjou

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