Sibylla Comtesse d’Anjou
- Born: Abt 1114, Anjou
- Marriage: Thierry de Lorraine comté de Flandres 160
- Died: 1165-1167, Convent of St.s Mary and Martha, Bethany, Jerusalem about age 51
Noted events in her life were:
• Background Information. 160 Thierry of Lorraine, comté de Flandres, married Sybil d'Anjou. Thierry was the son of Thierry duc de Lorraine and his wife Gertrude of Flanders.
~Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition,164:25, 165:25,
• Web Reference: Sibylla of Anjou. Sibylla of Anjou was a countess consort of Flanders. She was the daughter of Fulk V of Anjou and Ermengarde of Maine, and wife of William Clito and Thierry, Count of Flanders. She was the regent of Flanders in 1147-1149. In 1157 she travelled with Thierry on his third pilgrimage, but after arriving in Jerusalem she separated from her husband and refused to return home with him. She became a nun at the Convent of Sts. Mary and Martha in Bethany.
Sibylla married Thierry de Lorraine comté de Flandres, son of Thierry Duc de Lorraine and Gertrude de Flandres.160 (Thierry de Lorraine comté de Flandres was born about 1099 in Alsace, Lorraine,1024 died on 17 Jan 1168 in Gravelines 740 and was buried in 1168 in Abbey of Watten.)
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