Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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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

Family/Spouse: de Poitiers, Ranulf I. Ranulf (son of d'Auvergne, Gerald I and d'Auvergne, Hildgard) was born in 820 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: de Poitiers, Bernhard II. Bernhard (son of de Septimanie, Bernard I and de Gascogne, Dhouda Sanchez) was born in 822 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died in 872 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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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

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

Family/Spouse: d'Auvergne, Ava. Ava was born in 840 in France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GS6B-63C
• Appointments / Titles: 866; Countess de Périgord

Notes:

"Wulgrin married Regelindis (Roselinde), a daughter of Bernard of Septimania."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulgrin_I_of_Angoulême --

"He marries Regelinde, sister of Guillaume de Toulouse, daughter of Bernard de Septimanie and his wife Dhuoda, who brings him the county of Agen as a dowry. The last example of a royal will imposing an administrator on a region, he transmits his titles and property pertaining thereto to his children."
-- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgrin_Ier_d%27Angoul%C3%AAme --

Roselinde married de Taillefer, Wulgrin I in 865 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Wulgrin (son of de Flavigny, Wulfhard and de Paris, Suzanne) was born in 828 in Avanton, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 3 May 886 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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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]

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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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GSZX-P1N

Family/Spouse: 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G7LL-P3K

Notes:

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Hector d'Auvergne
Birthdate: circa 860
Birthplace: Auvergne, France
Death: 890 (25-34)
Y, Somme, Picardie, France
Immediate Family:
Son of Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Toulouse and Ava d'Auvergne

Husband of
Aube Ermengarde d'Auvergne, Abbess of Sauxillanges

Father of
Aube d'Auvergne and
Geoffrey Viscount Gatinais d'Orleans d'Auvergne, I

Half brother of Adelinde d'Auvergne; Raculf, Vicomte de Mâcon; Guillaume I the Pious, Count of Auvergne & Duke of Aquitaine; Warin and Ava

Family/Spouse: d'Châlons, Aube Ermengarde. Aube (daughter of d'Châlons, Warin and d'Châlons, Alba) was born in 865 in Auvergne, France; died in 893 in Sauxillanges, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Hildouin
• FSID: GWL6-T7K
• Appointments / Titles: Between 886 and 916, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; 6th Count

Alduin married d'Angouleme, Countess N.N. in 894 in France. N.N. was born in 866 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died in 895 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; Countess of Angouleme
• FSID: 99QR-DL6

Family/Spouse: de Marcillac, Ramnoul. Ramnoul (son of de Marcillac, Wilgrim) was born on 23 Aug 835 in France; died on 28 Apr 898 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

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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]

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

Emilienne married d'Aquitaine, Ebles II in 911 in France. Ebles (son of de Poitiers, Ranulf 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GZRV-8PP
• Birth: 885, Auvergne, France

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Aube d'Auvergne
Also Known As: "Ave", "Ava"
Birthdate: circa 893
Birthplace: Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Death: circa 942 (40-58)
Sauxillanges, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Hector d'Auvergne and Aube Ermengarde d'Auvergne, Abbess of Sauxillanges
Wife of Geoffroi I, Count of Gâtinais
Mother of Aubry, Count of Gatinais; Gerberge du Gâtinais, comtesse d'Anjou; Gautier d'Orleans; Geoffroy II comte de Gâtinais and Bouchard d'Orleans
Sister of Geoffrey Viscount Gatinais d'Orleans d'Auvergne, I
Occupation: Countess of Gasinois

Family/Spouse: du Gatinais, Geoffroi I. Geoffroi was born in 864 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; died in 952 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GS9Q-VKC
• Appointments / Titles: Between 926 and 945, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Angoulême

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GHV2-TM4

Odelgar married de Marcillac, Mr. Mr. Remi in 904 in Marcillac, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. Remi was born in 874 in Marcillac, Gironde, Aquitaine, France; died between 930 and 965 in Blaye, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]