d'Aquitaine, WIlliam III

Male 915 - 963  (47 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  d'Aquitaine, WIlliam III was born on 22 Oct 915 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France (son of d'Aquitaine, Ebles II and du Poitou, Emilienne); died on 3 Apr 963 in Saint-Maixent-l'École, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried on 5 Apr 963 in Saint Cyprien, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Nickname: Towhead
    • FSID: LD9Y-C7T
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 935 and 963, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Poitou and Auvergne
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 962 and 963, Aquitaine, France; Duc d'Aquitaine - after restoration

    Notes:

    Wikipedia

    William III (913 – 3 April 963), called Towhead (French: Tête d'étoupe, Latin: Caput Stupe) from the colour of his hair, was the "Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine" from 959 and Duke of Aquitaine from 962 to his death. He was also the Count of Poitou (as William I) from 935 and Count of Auvergne from 950. The primary sources for his reign are Ademar of Chabannes, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and William of Jumièges.

    William was son of Ebalus Manzer[1] and Emilienne. He was born in Poitiers. He claimed the Duchy of Aquitaine from his father's death, but the royal chancery did not recognise his ducal title until the year before his own death.

    Shortly after the death of King Rudolph in 936, he was constrained to cede some land to Hugh the Great by Louis IV. He did it with grace, but his relationship with Hugh thenceforward deteriorated. In 950, Hugh was reconciled with Louis and granted the duchies of Burgundy and Aquitaine. He tried to conquer Aquitaine with Louis's assistance, but William defeated them. Lothair, Louis's successor, feared the power of William. In August 955 he joined Hugh to besiege Poitiers, which resisted successfully. William, however, gave battle and was routed.

    After the death of Hugh, his son Hugh Capet was named duke of Aquitaine, but he never tried to take up his fief, as William reconciled with Lothair.

    He was given the abbey of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, which remained in his house after his death. He also built a library in the palace of Poitiers.

    Family background, marriage and issue

    His father was duke Ebles Manzer, who already was a man in his middle years when he was born in about 913. According to the chronicle of Ademar de Chabannes, William's wife was Geirlaug (French: Gerloc, also known as Adèle), a daughter of Rollo of Normandy. The less reliable Dudo of Saint-Quentin has William rather than Ebles marrying Gerloc, perhaps about 936, in a match that may have been arranged by William I of Normandy.

    With Gerloc, he had at least one child whose filiation is clearly attested:

    William, his successor in Aquitaine. He abdicated to the abbey of Saint-Cyprien in Poitiers and left the government to his son.
    Many[who?] genealogies accept the high likelihood[vague] that they also had a daughter:

    Adelaide, who married Hugh Capet
    But her parentage is not reliably documented of their era and is regarded only as a good possibility by usual modern genealogical literature.

    WIlliam married de Normandie, Adèle on 1 Jan 935 in Lyons-la-Forêt, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. Adèle (daughter of Rognvaldsson, Earl Rollo and of Bayeux, Poppa) was born in 911 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was christened in 912 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 14 Oct 962 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France; was buried on 14 Oct 962 in Saint-Maixent-l'École, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. d'Aquitaine, Adélaïde was born in 945 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 30 Oct 1004 in Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; was buried on 30 Oct 1004 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  d'Aquitaine, Ebles II was born on 23 Feb 876 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France (son of de Poitiers, Ranulf II); died on 27 May 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 27 May 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Nickname: The Bastard
    • FSID: 9SJP-9TN
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 890 and 892, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Poitou and Duc d'Aquitaine
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 890 and 892, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Poitou and Duc d'Aquitaine
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 902 and 935, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Poitou
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 928 and 932, Aquitaine, France; Duc d'Aquitaine, Count of Berry, Count of Auvegne and Velay

    Notes:

    Wikipedia -

    Ebalus, or Ebles Manzer, or Manser (c. 870 – 935), was Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine on two occasions: from 890 to 892; and then from 902 until his death in 935 (Poitou) and from 928 until 932 (Aquitaine).

    Early life
    Ebles was an illegitimate son of Ranulf II of Aquitaine. "Manzer", or "Mamzer", is a Hebrew word that means bastard, son of a forbidden relationship, although in the case of Ebles it may have been applied to bastardy in general.

    Count of Poitou
    Upon the death of his father (who was poisoned), Ebles assumed his father's mantle and acquired the role of Count of Poitou. But Ebles could not hold on to the title for long. Aymar, a descendant of one of Ramnulf II's predecessors, challenged Ebles' right to rule, as Ebles was merely a bastard son. In 892, Aymar, who was supported by Eudes of France, overthrew Ebles, and Ebles fled to the safety of his father's allies, Count Gerald of Aurillac and William the Pious, count of Auvergne and Duke of Aquitaine.[1] William the Pious had taken Ebles under his care and assured the boy's education after the death of Ebles' father.[2]

    Poitiers
    In 902, Ebles, with the assistance of William the Pious, a distant relative, conquered Poitiers while Aymar was away, and reestablished himself in his former position. Charles III, who knew Ebles as a childhood companion, then formally invested Ebles with the title, Count of Poitou. Ebles would hold this title until his death.[2]

    The comital title was the only one to which he ever had legitimate investiture. Ebles allotted the abbey of Saint-Maixent to Savary, Viscount of Thouars, who had been his constant supporter. He restructured Poitou by creating new viscounties in Aulnay and Melle and dissolved the title and position of Viscount of Poitou upon the death of its holder, Maingaud, in 925.

    In 904, he conquered the Limousin.

    French commanders
    In 911 he, with two other French commanders were aligned in opposition to Rollo, a Norwegian invader who had plundered the countryside. Ebles and the other two commanders intended to lead their armies in defense of the city of Chartres. Part of Rollo's army camped on a hill (Mount-Levis) north of the city, while the rest were stationed on the plains outside Chartres.[3]

    Battle
    On 20 July 911, the battle between the French and Danish armies commenced. "Rollo and his forces were shamefully routed, smitten, as the legend tells, with corporeal blindness. A panic assuredly fell upon the heroic commander, a species of mental infirmity discernible in his descendants: the contagious terror unnerved the host. Unpursued, they dispersed and fled without resistance." At the end of the day, 6,800 Danes lay dead on the field of battle.[4]

    Ebles was somewhat slow in arriving at Chartres, so he was unable to "take his due share in the conflict." His victorious partners proudly boasted of their success, and mocked Ebles and his tardy army. To redeem his honor and quiet the ridicule, Ebles accepted a challenge to confront the remnant of the Danish army that remained camped on the Mont-Levis. But instead of driving the Danes away, Ebles' army was defeated soundly. "In the dark of the night, the Northmen, sounding their horns and making a terrible clamour, rushed down the mount and stormed" Ebles camp. Ebles fled and hid in a drum in a fuller's workshop. His cowardice and dishonor was derided in a popular French ballad of the Plantagenet age.[5]

    Duke of Aquitaine
    When Ebles' benefactor, William the Pious, died, William was succeeded as Duke of Aquitaine by William the Younger. In 927, William the Younger died, and he left his title to his brother Acfred; but Acfred did not live even a year. Acfred made Ebles his heir, and in 928 Ebles assumed the titles Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Berry, Count of Auvergne, and Velay.[6]

    In 929, King Rudolph started trying to reduce the power of Ebles. He withdrew from him access to Berry, then in 932 he transferred the titles of Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Auvergne to the Count of Toulouse, Raymond Pons. Moreover, the territory of La Marche, which was under the control of the lord of Charroux, vassal of Ebles, was transformed into an independent county.

    Marriage and issue
    Ebles' first wife was Aremburga, whom he married before 10 October 892.[2] His second wife was Emilienne, whom he married in 911. Following Emilienne's death in 913/915, Ebles remarried to an Adele.[7] Some 19th-century English historians identified Adele with Ælfgifu, daughter of Edward the Elder, [8] known to have married "a prince near the Alps", but there is nothing to support this identification. She has also been called Adela, Alaine, or Aliana.

    Ebalus had one child by Emilienne, and another one by Adele:[9]

    William III of Aquitaine married Gerloc, daughter of Rollo of Normandy
    Ebalus, Bishop of Limoges and Treasurer of St. Hilary of Poitiers.[10]

    geni.com
    Ebles Manzer de Poitiers, duc d'Aquitaine
    Also Known As: "Ebalus", "Eble", "Ebles", "le Bâtard", "the Bastard", "Bekart", "Mamser", "Mancer", "Manzer", "Manser", "Ebles Manzer or Manser", "van Aquitanie"
    Birthdate: February 27, 876
    Birthplace: Poitou-Charentes, Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
    Death: May 27, 935 (59)
    Poitou-Charentes, Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
    Place of Burial: France
    Immediate Family:

    Son of Ranulf II de Poitiers, Comte de Poitou, Duc d'Aquitaine and NN, Mistress of Rainulfe II

    Husband of Émilienne of Poitou

    Father of
    Guillaume 'Tête d'étoupe' d'Aquitaine, III duc d'Aquitaine, I comte de Poitou

    Half brother of Ranulf III, Count of Poitou
    Occupation: Duc d'Aquitaine 890-892, 902-935 and 927-935, Comte de Poitou, du Limousin et d'Auvergne

    Wikipedia -

    Ebalus, or Ebles Manzer, or Manser (c. 870 – 935), was Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine on two occasions: from 890 to 892; and then from 902 until his death in 935 (Poitou) and from 928 until 932 (Aquitaine).

    Early life
    Ebles was an illegitimate son of Ranulf II of Aquitaine. "Manzer", or "Mamzer", is a Hebrew word that means bastard, son of a forbidden relationship, although in the case of Ebles it may have been applied to bastardy in general.

    Count of Poitou
    Upon the death of his father (who was poisoned), Ebles assumed his father's mantle and acquired the role of Count of Poitou. But Ebles could not hold on to the title for long. Aymar, a descendant of one of Ramnulf II's predecessors, challenged Ebles' right to rule, as Ebles was merely a bastard son. In 892, Aymar, who was supported by Eudes of France, overthrew Ebles, and Ebles fled to the safety of his father's allies, Count Gerald of Aurillac and William the Pious, count of Auvergne and Duke of Aquitaine.[1] William the Pious had taken Ebles under his care and assured the boy's education after the death of Ebles' father.[2]

    Poitiers
    In 902, Ebles, with the assistance of William the Pious, a distant relative, conquered Poitiers while Aymar was away, and reestablished himself in his former position. Charles III, who knew Ebles as a childhood companion, then formally invested Ebles with the title, Count of Poitou. Ebles would hold this title until his death.[2]

    The comital title was the only one to which he ever had legitimate investiture. Ebles allotted the abbey of Saint-Maixent to Savary, Viscount of Thouars, who had been his constant supporter. He restructured Poitou by creating new viscounties in Aulnay and Melle and dissolved the title and position of Viscount of Poitou upon the death of its holder, Maingaud, in 925.

    In 904, he conquered the Limousin.

    French commanders
    In 911 he, with two other French commanders were aligned in opposition to Rollo, a Norwegian invader who had plundered the countryside. Ebles and the other two commanders intended to lead their armies in defense of the city of Chartres. Part of Rollo's army camped on a hill (Mount-Levis) north of the city, while the rest were stationed on the plains outside Chartres.[3]

    Battle
    On 20 July 911, the battle between the French and Danish armies commenced. "Rollo and his forces were shamefully routed, smitten, as the legend tells, with corporeal blindness. A panic assuredly fell upon the heroic commander, a species of mental infirmity discernible in his descendants: the contagious terror unnerved the host. Unpursued, they dispersed and fled without resistance." At the end of the day, 6,800 Danes lay dead on the field of battle.[4]

    Ebles was somewhat slow in arriving at Chartres, so he was unable to "take his due share in the conflict." His victorious partners proudly boasted of their success, and mocked Ebles and his tardy army. To redeem his honor and quiet the ridicule, Ebles accepted a challenge to confront the remnant of the Danish army that remained camped on the Mont-Levis. But instead of driving the Danes away, Ebles' army was defeated soundly. "In the dark of the night, the Northmen, sounding their horns and making a terrible clamour, rushed down the mount and stormed" Ebles camp. Ebles fled and hid in a drum in a fuller's workshop. His cowardice and dishonor was derided in a popular French ballad of the Plantagenet age.[5]

    Duke of Aquitaine
    When Ebles' benefactor, William the Pious, died, William was succeeded as Duke of Aquitaine by William the Younger. In 927, William the Younger died, and he left his title to his brother Acfred; but Acfred did not live even a year. Acfred made Ebles his heir, and in 928 Ebles assumed the titles Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Berry, Count of Auvergne, and Velay.[6]

    In 929, King Rudolph started trying to reduce the power of Ebles. He withdrew from him access to Berry, then in 932 he transferred the titles of Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Auvergne to the Count of Toulouse, Raymond Pons. Moreover, the territory of La Marche, which was under the control of the lord of Charroux, vassal of Ebles, was transformed into an independent county.

    Marriage and issue
    Ebles' first wife was Aremburga, whom he married before 10 October 892.[2] His second wife was Emilienne, whom he married in 911. Following Emilienne's death in 913/915, Ebles remarried to an Adele.[7] Some 19th-century English historians identified Adele with Ælfgifu, daughter of Edward the Elder, [8] known to have married "a prince near the Alps", but there is nothing to support this identification. She has also been called Adela, Alaine, or Aliana.

    Ebalus had one child by Emilienne, and another one by Adele:[9]

    William III of Aquitaine married Gerloc, daughter of Rollo of Normandy
    Ebalus, Bishop of Limoges and Treasurer of St. Hilary of Poitiers.[10]

    Ebles married du Poitou, Emilienne in 911 in France. Emilienne (daughter of le Pieux, WIlliam and de Provence, Engelberge) was born in 879 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died in 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried in 935 in Saint-Jean de Montierneuf, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  du Poitou, Emilienne was born in 879 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France (daughter of le Pieux, WIlliam and de Provence, Engelberge); died in 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried in 935 in Saint-Jean de Montierneuf, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: G8XC-GM9

    Notes:

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    Émilienne
    Also Known As: "Emilienne", "Emilianne", "Emiliana", "Emillane", "may be Aremburga ?"
    Birthdate: circa 879
    Birthplace: France
    Death: circa 935 (47-65)
    Poitiers, Vienne, Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes, France
    Place of Burial: Poitiers, Vienne, Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes, France
    Immediate Family:
    Wife of Ebles II Manzer, duc d'Aquitaine
    Mother of Guillaume 'Tête d'étoupe' d'Aquitaine, III duc d'Aquitaine, I comte de Poitou

    Children:
    1. 1. d'Aquitaine, WIlliam III was born on 22 Oct 915 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 3 Apr 963 in Saint-Maixent-l'École, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried on 5 Apr 963 in Saint Cyprien, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  de Poitiers, Ranulf II was born in 840 in Poitou-Charentes, France (son of de Poitiers, Ranulf I and du Maine, Blichilde); died on 5 Aug 890 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: 9HP6-RVT
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 866 and 890; Count of Poitiers
    • Appointments / Titles: 887; Duke of Aquitaine

    Notes:

    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramnulf_II_de_Poitiers
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulf_II_of_Aquitaine

    Children:
    1. 2. d'Aquitaine, Ebles II was born on 23 Feb 876 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 27 May 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 27 May 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.

  2. 6.  le Pieux, WIlliam was born in 860 in Uzès, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (son of d'Auvergne, Bernard II and d'Auvergne, Ermengarde); died in DECEASED in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: GSZX-P1N

    WIlliam married de Provence, Engelberge. Engelberge (daughter of de Provence, Boson and de Italy, Queen of Burgundy Ermengarde) was born in 860 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died in 919 in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  de Provence, Engelberge was born in 860 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France (daughter of de Provence, Boson and de Italy, Queen of Burgundy Ermengarde); died in 919 in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: 2M5T-R9P

    Notes:

    Gotfrid of Champagne was the son of Drogo of Champagne and his wife Anstrude of Neustria and Burgundy. He was born in Champagne about 700. He was the younger brother of Arnulf, Duke of Champagne and Hugh Archbishop of Rouen, and older brother of Pippin. He was also the grandson of Pepin of Herstal.

    In 723 it is recorded that at the command of Gotfrid's paternal uncle Charles Martel "two sons of Drogo were bound, Arnold [Arnulf] and another who died", either Gotfrid or Pippin. (Recorded in the Annales Nazariani, the Annales Petaviani, Annales Laureshamenses and Annales Alamannici.) As most records give Gotfrid's year of death as 735, it appears that it was Pippin and not Gotfrid who died at the hands of their uncle.

    Children:
    1. 3. du Poitou, Emilienne was born in 879 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died in 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried in 935 in Saint-Jean de Montierneuf, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  de Poitiers, Ranulf I was born in 820 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France (son of d'Auvergne, Gerald I and d'Auvergne, Hildgard); died on 2 Jul 866 in Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in 866 in Saint-Jean de Montierneuf, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count
    • Appointments / Titles: Poitou-Charentes, France; Count
    • Appointments / Titles: Aquitaine, France; Duke
    • FSID: LBQB-VWT

    Notes:

    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramnulf_Ier_de_Poitiers
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulf_I_of_Aquitaine

    Ranulf married du Maine, Blichilde. Blichilde (daughter of du Maine, Count Rorgon and de Poitiers, Bilichilde I) was born in 815 in Maine (Historical), France; was christened in 837 in France; died in 865 in France; was buried in 865 in Saint-Jean de Montierneuf, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  du Maine, Blichilde was born in 815 in Maine (Historical), France; was christened in 837 in France (daughter of du Maine, Count Rorgon and de Poitiers, Bilichilde I); died in 865 in France; was buried in 865 in Saint-Jean de Montierneuf, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Countess
    • FSID: G8H3-23Z

    Notes:

    geneanet
    Bilchilde du MAINEPrint Family Tree

    Parents
    Roricon II du MAINE, comte de Rennes (819) comte du Maine (832-839) 808-839
    Bichilde N 810-840

    Spouses and children
    Married to Bernard de POITIERS with
    M Bernard de GOTHIE

    Siblings
    M Roricon du MAINE †866
    F Adeltrude du MAINE 832/-865
    M Gauzfrid Ou Roricon III du MAINE, comte du Maine 833-878..885
    M Gauzlin du MAINE 834-886

    Half-siblings
    On the side of Roricon II du MAINE, comte de Rennes (819) comte du Maine (832-839) 808-839
    with Rotrude N 775-810
    F Adeltrude du MAINE
    M Louis du MAINE, chancelier de France ca 800-867

    Children:
    1. 4. de Poitiers, Ranulf II was born in 840 in Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 5 Aug 890 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

  3. 12.  d'Auvergne, Bernard II was born on 22 Mar 841 in Uzès, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (son of de Poitiers, Bernhard II and du Maine, Blichilde); died on 18 Jul 886 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: LDSQ-N44
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 864 and 869, Auvergne, France; Count of Aquitaine and the Auvergne, Marquis of Gothie, Count of Autun, Count of Rodez

    Notes:

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    Bernard "Plantapilosa", Count of Toulouse
    Occitan: Bernat «Plantapeluda», comte d'Auvèrnhe, Catalan: Bernat «Plantapilosa», comte d'Alvèrnia, French: Bernard «Plantevelue», comte d'Auvergne, Spanish: Bernardo «Plantapilosa», condado de Tolosa, Latin: Bernardus, Count of Toulouse
    Birthdate: March 22, 841
    Birthplace: Uzès, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
    Death: between circa June 20, 885 and circa August 16, 886 (40-49)
    Immediate Family:

    Son of Bernard I, duc de Septimanie and Duoda De Gascogne

    Husband of Ava d'Auvergne and Ermengarde

    Father of
    Hector d'Auvergne;
    Adelinde d'Auvergne;
    Raculf, Vicomte de Mâcon;
    Guillaume I the Pious, Count of Auvergne & Duke of Aquitaine;
    Warin; and
    Ava « less

    Brother of William of Septimania; Roselinde Guilhemide and Sancia de Septimanie, Comtessa d'Agen

    Bernard married d'Auvergne, Ermengarde. Ermengarde was born in 845 in France; died in 881 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  d'Auvergne, Ermengarde was born in 845 in France; died in 881 in France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: G8WY-Y15

    Children:
    1. 6. le Pieux, WIlliam was born in 860 in Uzès, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France; died in DECEASED in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

  5. 14.  de Provence, Boson was born in 841 in Metz, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France (son of of Gorze, Bivin and d'Arles, Dame Richilde); died on 11 Jan 887 in Vienne, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried after 11 Jan 887 in Vienne, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: 9KZ2-PL4
    • Name: Boson de Provence Roi de Bourgogne Cisjurane
    • Birth: 840, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France
    • Appointments / Titles: 876; Governor in Italy with the title of Duke
    • Appointments / Titles: 15 Oct 879, Mantaille, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, France; King Boson
    • Death: 11 Jan 887, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France

    Notes:

    Boson son of Buvinus by Richildis
    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boson_de_Provence
    Laatste wijziging: 8 december 2021

    Boson de Provence 1 or Boson V de Provence 2 (lat. Boso 1 ) is the son of Bivin de Gorze 3 , also known as Bivin de Vienne, he married in 876 Ermengarde , daughter of Emperor Louis II the Younger 4 . His sister Richilde d'Ardennes is first the concubine and finally the second wife in 870 of Charles II the Bald , King of West Francia and Emperor of the Westwho grants his brother-in-law Boson many favors, including the abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune which had been owned by his maternal uncle Hucbert 4 . Through his excellent family relations, Boson reached high office before emancipating himself by being crowned king of Provence . He is named Boson V by the genealogists of the Bosonides.

    A relative of Charles II the Bald

    In the fall of 870 , Boson was the executor of Duke Gérard II of Paris , along with the Marquis Bernard of Gothie [ref. necessary]. That same year, he received the administration of the county of Troyes 5.

    In January 871 , Charles II the Bald appointed him Duke of Lyonnais and Viennois (Bourgogne Cisjurane), in succession to Girart de Vienne 6.

    In 872 , Charles the Bald appointed him advisor 7 to his son Louis le Bègue , king of Aquitaine since 867 . Appointed count of Bourges , chamberlain and master of bailiffs 7 , Boson received the functions of Count Gérard d'Auvergne (son of Gérard d'Auvergne who died in 841 during the battle of Fontenoy-en-Puisaye ), deposed by the king.

    In 875 , on the death of Emperor Louis II the Younger , Boson accompanied King Charles II the Bald who left for Italy to receive the title of emperor from Pope John VIII . The new emperor, Charles, appoints his brother-in-law, duke in Italy, and duke of Provence .

    In February 876 or September 877 8, in Pavia , Charles the Bald before leaving for the kingdom of France , appointed Boson viceroy of the kingdom of Italy . That same year in Rome, he married Ermengarde , the only daughter of the deceased Emperor Louis II the Younger 8 .

    In March 877, Boson returned to France, recalled by Charles II the Bald. The latter then says the Italian kingdom and duchy of Provence to Abbot Hugh , son of Conrad I st of Burgundy and nephew of the Empress Judith of Bavaria , wife of Emperor Louis the Pious and associates Richard the Justice , brother of Boson 9 . That same year, on the death of his uncle, Count Ecchard , Boson received the county of Mâcon and the county of Chalon. With its two new strongholds, Boson is now master of almost the entire Rhône valley (Viennois and Lyonnais), the Saône valley (Mâconnais and Chalonnais) and Provence.

    Boson married de Italy, Queen of Burgundy Ermengarde in 876. Ermengarde (daughter of of Bavaria, Ludwig II and d'Alsazia, Engelberga) was born in 852 in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 2 Jun 896 in Vienne, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried after 2 Jun 896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  de Italy, Queen of Burgundy Ermengarde was born in 852 in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (daughter of of Bavaria, Ludwig II and d'Alsazia, Engelberga); died on 2 Jun 896 in Vienne, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried after 2 Jun 896.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Regent of Bavaria during minority of son Henry the Wrangler
    • House: Liutpolding
    • FSID: GMJ7-4VN

    Notes:

    http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ITALY,%20Kings%20to%20962.htm#Ermengardisdied896

    Ermengarde is the second daughter of the Western Emperor Louis II the Younger and Engelberge.

    Ermengarde (852 / 855-896 in Vienna 1 ) is the second daughter of the Western Emperor Louis II the Younger and Engelberge .

    Summary
    1 Biography
    1.1 Boson's wife
    1.2 Regent of the Kingdom of Provence
    2 Offspring
    3 Notes and references
    4 See as well
    4.1 Sources and bibliography
    4.2 external links
    Biography
    Boson's wife
    In 876 , she married, Duke Boson V of Provence - with Ermengarde, a branch of the Carolingians was founded in the Bosonides - and gave him two daughters and a son, Louis , future emperor of the West .

    In May 878 , Pope John VIII, threatened by the Saracens and Italian nobles, took refuge in Arles with her and her husband, Duke Boson.

    After the coup d'état of Boson in October 879 , she participated in the defense of Provence against the attempts of the Carolingian kings to reconquer . At the end of 880 , she successfully defended the city of Vienne , in the Rhône valley , capital of the kingdom of Burgondia that her husband Boson had tried to restore, and besieged by the troops of the alliance of the Carolingian kings Charles III the Fat , Louis III of France and Carloman II of France .

    In August 881 , during the second siege of Vienna , the troops of Charles III the Fat , newly elected West Germanic Emperor , succeeded in taking the city which was pillaged and burned down. Richard the Justice , brother of Boson, then takes under his protection his sister-in-law and his niece and takes them to Autun , while her husband Boson takes refuge in Provence.

    His genealogy on the FMG website [ archive ]
    René Poupardin , The Kingdom of Provence under the Carolingians , p. 162-163.
    See also
    Sources and bibliography
    René Poupardin , The Kingdom of Provence under the Carolingians , Lafitte Reprints, 1974.
    External links
    Notices in general dictionaries or encyclopedias :Dizionario biografico degli italiani [ archive ]Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana [ archive ]
    (en) Charles Cawley, “ Italy, emperors & kings - Chapter 4. Kins of Italy 774-887 (Carolingians) ” [ archive ] , at fmg.ac/MedLands (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy) (consulted inapril 2020) , including the dedicated leaflet [ archive ]

    Children:
    1. de Provence, Guilla was born in 873 in Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 14 Feb 929 in Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.
    2. 7. de Provence, Engelberge was born in 860 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died in 919 in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
    3. d'Aveugle, Louis III was born in 880 in France; died on 5 Jun 928 in France.