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Fulk of Nevers (died 1066) known as Foulques l’Oison (meaning the Goose the Fool or the Idiot) was the count of Vendôme from 1028 until his expulsion in 1032 and again from 1056 to his death. He was the second son of Bodon of Nevers and Adela of Anjou.In 1028 his elder brother Bouchard II died and their mother took up the regency for the young Fulk. Half of the county was entrusted to Fulk’s care. Unsatisfied Fulk sought to evict his mother from her half.