The county of Angoulême lay to the south of the county of Poitou, and covered approximately the same territory as the present-day French département of Charente. The county of la Marche lay to the north-east of Angoulême, and the county of Périgord to the south-east. When the territories of the Merovingian king Clotaire were partitioned between his sons after his death in 561, the territory of all three of these future counties formed part of the area allocated to king Charibert, whose capital was in Paris[1]. When King Charibert died in 567, Angoulême and Périgord were transferred to his brother Gontran, although they were not territorially contiguous with the latter's Burgundian kingdom. The area of the future county of la Marche was transferred to Gontran's brother King Chilperic. By the end of the 6th century, the whole area formed part of the kingdom of Neustria, although from 629 to 633 it was incorporated into the kingdom of Aquitaine which King Dagobert I created for his half-brother King Charibert II. Under the Carolingian partition recorded in the treaty of Verdun in 843, all three counties lay firmly within the kingdom of the West Franks.

The county of la Marche first appears in primary source records in the mid-10th century, the first recorded count being "Bosonis vetuli de Marca" who is named by Adémar de Chabannes[2] (see Chapter 1). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records that "Boso comes de Marchia", last descendant in the male line of Boson [I], was killed in battle in 1091[3]. Boson's sister, married to one of the sons of Roger de Montgommery Sire d'Alençon and Earl of Shropshire, inherited the county. After the death in 1180 of this couple's last direct descendant in the male line, Audebert [IV], the county was inherited by the counts of Angoulême[4]. The name of the county suggests that it was originally a "March", in other locations in Europe the name given in medieval times to a frontier area ruled by a marquis who was appointed by royal authority to maintain control with a firm military hand. However, the local requirement for this type of jurisdiction in the area to the north-east of Angoulême is unclear.

The counties of Angoulême and Périgord are recorded from the mid-9th century. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes and the Chronicle of Saint-Maxence both state that the counties formed part of the territories of Emenon Comte de Poitou, and that Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks granted them to his relative Vulgrin after Emenon died in 866[5]. Angoulême passed to Vulgrin's older son Alduin, whose male line descendants continued to rule the county until 1202 (see Chapter 2). Périgord was inherited by Vulgrin's younger son Guillaume, although during the period [945]-975 the younger line successfully challenged the older branch's control over Angoulême. The last recorded count of Périgord, who descended from count Guillaume, died in the early 12th century. After this date, the county was inherited by a younger branch of the comtes de la Marche who continued to rule as counts until the end of the 14th century. The evolution of the county of Périgord is discussed more fully in the introduction to Chapter 2.

As a result of a fortuitous succession of dynastic marriages, the counties of Angoulême and la Marche were united under the control of the family of the sires de Lusignan (see Chapter 3), until the death in 1303 of Hugues [XIII], the last direct male line descendant. The county of la Marche was inherited by his sisters Isabelle and Jeanne, who jointly sold their rights to Philippe IV "le Bel" King of France in 1309, at which time they were incorporated into the domaine royale.

From the point of view of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, throughout the medieval period the bishoprics of Angoulême and Périgueux lay within the archbishopric of Bordeaux, while the county of la Marche lay within the jurisdiction of the bishopric of Limoges, which was part of the province of Bourges[6].

Chapter 1. COMTES de la MARCHE

A. COMTES de la MARCHE [960]-1091

The origins of Geoffroy, first ancestor shown below, are unknown. Settipani suggests[7] that Geoffroy may have been the son of Comte Roger ([780/after 790]) who founded the monastery of Charroux, which could explain the reference to Geoffroy as "Comte de Charroux" which is referred to below. The same author also highlights the mention of a deacon at Charroux in [830] named Sulpice, the name which Geoffroy gave to his son.

1. GEOFFROY, son of --- . Comte [de Charroux]. The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence names "Audeberti comitis Marchiæ…filius Bernardi, qui fuit Audeberti, qui fuit Bosonis, qui Sulpicii, qui fuit Godfredi primi comitis de Karrofo"[8]. m ---. The name of Geoffroy's wife is not known. Geoffroy & his wife had one child:

a) SULPICE . The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence names "Audeberti comitis Marchiæ…filius Bernardi, qui fuit Audeberti, qui fuit Bosonis, qui Sulpicii, qui fuit Godfredi primi comitis de Karrofo"[9]. m ---. The name of Sulpice's wife is not known. Settipani suggests that she was a daughter of Audebert [Vicomte] de Limoges & his wife Deda[10], which would explain the transmission of the names Hélie and Audebert into this family. Sulpice & his wife had one child:

i) BOSON [I] "le Vieux" (-before 974). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Bosonis vetuli de Marca" as father of "Helias Petragoricensi comite"[11]. The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence names "Audeberti comitis Marchiæ…filius Bernardi, qui fuit Audeberti, qui fuit Bosonis, qui Sulpicii, qui fuit Godfredi primi comitis de Karrofo"[12]. Comte de la Marche. m AINA [Emma] de Périgord, daughter of [BERNARD I Comte d'Angoulême et de Périgord & his first wife Berthe ---]. Ademar names "sorore Bernardi…Emma" as wife of "Bosonis Vetuli" and mother of "Aldebertus comes…Petragoricensis"[13], although this appears difficult to sustain chronologically given the likely birth date range of Bernard in [892/95] and the likely death date of Bernard's father Guillaume in [918]. It is more likely that "sorore" was an error for "filia", unless Aina was Bernard's uterine sister by an unidentified second marriage of his mother. If Aina was the daughter of Bernard, her naming one of her sons Gausbert suggests that his first wife was her mother, Bernard's son Gausbert being one of his older children, no doubt also born from this first marriage. Comte Boson I & his wife had five children:

(a) HELIE [I] (-Villebois [975]). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Bosonis vetuli de Marca" as father of "Helias Petragoricensi comite", specifying that he and "fratre suo Aldeberto" were captured by Guy Vicomte de Limoges and imprisoned "in castro Montiniaco", but that Hélie escaped and died soon after "in via Romæ peregrinus"[14]. He succeeded his father [before 974] as Comte de la Marche. The Miracula Sancti Bernardi names "Boso marcham ipsius possidens regionis…Elias, Bosonis filius" when recording his siege of "castrum…Brucia", held by "Giraldus Lemovicinæ urbis vicecomes"[15].

(b) AUDEBERT [I] (-killed in battle Charroux 997, bur Charroux Monastery). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence names "Audeberti comitis Marchiæ…filius Bernardi, qui fuit Audeberti, qui fuit Bosonis, qui Sulpicii, qui fuit Godfredi primi comitis de Karrofo"[16]. He succeeded his father [before 974] as Comte de la Marche . He succeeded [after 975] as Comte de Périgord, inherited from his mother's family.

- see below.

(c) BOSON [II] (-[27 Dec 1003/before 1012], bur Périgueux). His paternity is confirmed by the Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes which records that "Aldebertus comes…Petragoricensis" was succeeded by "Boso frater eius"[17]. He succeeded his brother in 997 as Comte de la Marche, Comte de Périgord. "Boso comes" granted privileges to Uzerche, for the souls of "…fratris mei Gauberti", by charter dated 997, witnessed by "Boso comes Marchiæ…et Gaubertus frater eius…"[18].

- COMTES de PERIGORD.

(d) GAUSBERT (-after 997). Ademar names "Gauzberto fratre Eliæ comitis", specifying that he was captured and blinded by the Poitevins[19]. "Boso comes" granted privileges to Uzerche, for the souls of "…fratris mei Gauberti", by charter dated 997, witnessed by "Boso comes Marchiæ…et Gaubertus frater eius…"[20]. Monk 997.

(e) MARTIN (-1000). The Chronicon Episcoporum Petragoricensis names "Martin" as son of "Bosonis Vetuli comitis Petragoricensis et Marchiæ…natus ex sorore Bernardi comitis Petragoricensis, Eyna" when recording that he succeeded as Bishop of Périgueux and died in 1000[21].

AUDEBERT [I] de la Marche, son of BOSON [I] "le Vieux" Comte de la Marche & his wife Emma de Périgueux (-killed in battle Charroux 997, bur Charroux Monastery). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence names "Audeberti comitis Marchiæ…filius Bernardi, qui fuit Audeberti, qui fuit Bosonis, qui Sulpicii, qui fuit Godfredi primi comitis de Karrofo"[22]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Bosonis vetuli de Marca" as father of "Helias Petragoricensi comite", specifying that he and "fratre suo Aldeberto" were captured by Guy Vicomte de Limoges and imprisoned "in castro Montiniaco" and that Audebert was held for a long time "in turre civitatis Lemovicæ"[23]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Aldebertus comes…Petragoricensis" as son of "Bosonis Vetuli ex sorore Bernardi…Emma"[24]. He succeeded his father [before 974] as Comte de la Marche . He succeeded [after 975] as Comte de Périgord, inherited from his mother's family. The Miracula Sancti Bernardi names "Hildebertus…Bosonis filius", stating that he inherited "ex materni avi successione comitatum Petragoricæ urbis"[25]. "Guilelmi comitis, Aldeberti comitis, Guidoni vicecomitis, Ecfridi vicecomitis, Geraldi vicecomitis, Bosoni fratris vicecomitis…" subscribed the charter dated 20 Apr 991 under which "Guilelmus…dux Aquitaniensium" granted rights to the abbey of Nouaillé[26]. "Hildeberti comitis…" subscribed the charter dated Dec 992 under which "Willelmus Aquitanorum comes et dux et uxor mea Hemma et filius noster equivocus Willelmus" donated property to Saint-Maixent[27]. He invaded the county of Poitou with the intention of dispossessing Guillaume II Comte de Poitou, captured Gençais and threatened Charroux. He died from an arrow wound received at Gençais, from where he was carried to Charroux[28]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Aldebertus comes…Petragoricensis" captured "Gentiaco…castro" but died from an arrow wound at "sancto Carrofo" where he was taken[29].

m ([990]) as her first husband, ADALMODE de Limoges, daughter of GERAUD Vicomte de Limoges & his wife Rothilde de Brosse. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Aldebertus frater [Helias Petragoricensi comite]" married "sorore Widonis vicecomitis"[30]. Ademar records the second marriage of "Adalmode coniuge…Aldeberti" to Duke William[31]. The Chronicle of Petrus Malleacensis records that Adalmodis was wife of Boson Comte du Périgord and daughter of "Candida", for whom Duke Guillaume promised to expand "fluvium Rhodanum Regni" in return for marrying her daughter[32], but this is inconsistent with the other sources. According to the Chronicle of Maillezais, Adalmode was the daughter of Adelais d'Anjou (presumably by her first husband Etienne de Brioude/Gévaudan), and also widow of Boson Comte du Périgord (brother of Comte Audebert I, whom he survived by several years). Thierry Stasser has shown that this is incorrect[33]. After her first husband was killed, Adalmode sought refuge in the château de Rochemeaux but was forced to surrender by Poitevin forces[34]. She married secondly ([997]) as his first wife, Guillaume V Duke of Aquitaine [Guillaume III Comte de Poitou][35].

Comte Audebert I & his first wife had one child:

1. BERNARD de la Marche ([991/93]-[1038/16 Jun 1047]). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Bernardus" as son of "Aldebertus frater [Helias Petragoricensi comite]" and his wife "sorore Widonis vicecomitis"[36]. The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence names "Audeberti comitis Marchiæ…filius Bernardi, qui fuit Audeberti, qui fuit Bosonis, qui Sulpicii, qui fuit Godfredi primi comitis de Karrofo"[37]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Bernardo filio Hildeberti", specifying that he succeeded in la Marche on the death of Boson Comte de Périgord et de la Marche[38]. He succeeded his uncle in [1003/12] as Comte de la Marche. m AMELIE, daughter of --- (-1053). Her marriage is confirmed by the charter dated to [1053] under which "Guilabertus episcopus filius qui fui Richeldis femine" swore allegiance to her daughter "Almodis comitissa, filia que es Amelie comitisse", also naming "Remundus comes, senior meus, filio qui fuit Sanciæ comitisse"[39]. The wording of this document also confirms that Amélie was still alive at that date. It is possible that Amélie was related to Ermengarde, daughter of Hugues Garsinus de Corson, who married Bernard Vicomte de Comborn (see AQUITAINE NOBILITY), as she donated to Uzerche her share in property at "Montecenso"[40], part of which was later donated by Amélie´s son Eudes Comte de la Marche (see below). If this hypothesis is correct, the chronology suggests that Amélie would have belonged to the previous generation and therefore could have been the sister of Hugues de Corson. Amélie must have died soon after this charter as a charter also dated to [1053] records that "Udalardus filius que sum Ermengardis feminæ" swore allegiance to "domne Almodi comitissæ, filia quæ fuisti Ameliæ comitissæ"[41]. Comte Bernard & his wife had six children:

a) AUDEBERT [II] de la Marche (-1088). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence names "Audeberti comitis Marchiæ…filius Bernardi, qui fuit Audeberti, qui fuit Bosonis, qui Sulpicii, qui fuit Godfredi primi comitis de Karrofo"[42]. He succeeded his father [1038/1047] as Comte de la Marche. "…Audeberti comitis de Marca…" subscribed the charter dated [1047] under which "Guilelmus…princeps Arvernorum" donated property to the abbey of Charroux[43]. "Aldeberti comitis" subscribed the charter dated [1058/68] of "Aquitanorum…dux Gaufridus"[44]. The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records the death in 1088 of "Audebertus comes de Marchia" and the succession of "Boso filius eius"[45]. m PONCE, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. [1080]. Comte Audebert II & his wife had five children:

i) BOSON [III] de la Marche (-killed in battle near Confolens 1091). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records the death in 1088 of "Audebertus comes de Marchia" and the succession of "Boso filius eius"[46]. He succeeded his father in 1088 as Comte de la Marche. "…Boso…comes de Marchia…" affirmed the actions of "Amatus [archiepiscopi Burdagelensisi Legatique apostolici]" in the charter dated [1090][47]. The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records that "Boso comes de Marchia" was killed "Confolento castro" in 1091 and was succeeded by "Aumodis soror sua"[48]. "Oddo comes…frater…Aldeberti Marchiæ comitis" donated "terram de alodo suo…Montecenso…in parrochia de Chambaret" and other properties to Uzerche, for the souls of "patris sui Bernardi comitis et matris suæ Ameliæ comitissæ ac nepotis sui Bosonis comitis…duorumque fratrum suorum filiorum…Ildeberti fratris", by charter dated to [1092][49]. m [ALDEARDIS, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. 1091].

ii) son (-before [1092]). "Oddo comes…frater…Aldeberti Marchiæ comitis" donated "terram de alodo suo…Montecenso…in parrochia de Chambaret" and other properties to Uzerche, for the souls of "patris sui Bernardi comitis et matris suæ Ameliæ comitissæ ac nepotis sui Bosonis comitis…duorumque fratrum suorum filiorum…Ildeberti fratris", by charter dated to [1092][50].

iii) son (-before [1092]). "Oddo comes…frater…Aldeberti Marchiæ comitis" donated "terram de alodo suo…Montecenso…in parrochia de Chambaret" and other properties to Uzerche, for the souls of "patris sui Bernardi comitis et matris suæ Ameliæ comitissæ ac nepotis sui Bosonis comitis…duorumque fratrum suorum filiorum…Ildeberti fratris", by charter dated to [1092][51].

iv) ALMODIS de la Marche (-[1117/29]). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records that "Boso comes de Marchia" was killed "Confolento castro" in 1091 and was succeeded by "Aumodis soror sua", wife of "Rotgerio comite"[52]. Ctss de la Marche 1098. "Aalmodis comitissa Marchiæ et filius meus Boso" confirmed the donation of property "in parrochia Cambartensi et in parrochia Sancti Ylarii de Las Corbas et in parrochia de Trainiaco", held by "patre meo Aldeberto et…avunculo meo Oddone", by "avunculus meus Oddo comes" by charter dated 23 Mar 1112[53]. "Comite Rotgerio et eius uxore comitissa de Marchia" are named in a charter dated to [1113/24] which records an agreement with the monks of Uzerche relating to the appointment of the abbot "in Agidunensi ecclesia"[54]. m (before 1091) ROGER de Montgommery, son of ROGER [II] de Montgommery, Sire d'Alençon, Earl of Shropshire and Shrewsbury & his first wife Mabile d'Alençon (-1123). He was a considerable landowner in England especially in Lancashire but was banished in 1102 with his brother Robert and retired to Poitou[55]. Comte de la Marche in 1113, de iure uxoris.

- see below, Part B. COMTES de LA MARCHE (MONTGOMMERY).

v) daughter . The Vita Simonis, interpolated in the Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines, records the betrothal of "comes Symon" and "filiam comitis Hildeberti de Alvernis", specifying that Simon fled "ad monasterio de Casa Dei" without his father's knowledge before the marriage[56]. It is possible that this daughter was the same person as Almodis, who later married Roger de Montgommery (see above). Betrothed (before 1077) to SIMON de Crépy Comte du Vexin et de Bar-sur-Aube, son of RAOUL III “le Grand” Comte de Valois & his first wife Adela [Aélis] de Bar-sur-Aube (-[30 Sep/1 Oct] 1080 Rome, bur 1082 Rome St Peter). He resigned his county in 1077, became a monk and went on pilgrimage to Rome where he died[57].

b) EUDES [I] de la Marche (-[25 Apr 1091/12 Nov 1098]). The cartulary of Tulle St Martin records a donation by "Odo comes, consentiente fratre meo Aldeberto comite", undated but dated to [1106] in the edition[58], although this date would be incorrect if the donor is correctly identified as Eudes [I] Comte de la Marche. He succeeded in 1081 as Comte de la Marche. The cartulary of Tulle St Martin records a donation by "Oddo comes Marchiæ" with the consent of "fratre meo Aldeberto" dated "IV Non Ian"[59]. "Oddo comes…frater…Aldeberti Marchiæ comitis" donated "terram de alodo suo…Montecenso…in parrochia de Chambaret" and other properties to Uzerche, for the souls of "patris sui Bernardi comitis et matris suæ Ameliæ comitissæ ac nepotis sui Bosonis comitis…duorumque fratrum suorum filiorum…Ildeberti fratris", by charter dated to [1092][60].

c) ALMODIS de la Marche (-murdered 16 Oct 1071). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records the marriage of "Almodim…sororem Audeberti comitis de Marcha" and "Pontius comes Tolosanus", specifying that she was previously the wife of "Hugo Pius de Liziniaco" from whom she was separated for consanguinity and that afterwards she married "Raimundo Barcinonensi"[61]. "Poncius Tolosanæ urbis comes" named "Adalmodis uxoris mee" in his donation to Cluny dated 29 Jun 1053[62]. The Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium records that "Petrus Raimundi" murdered his stepmother "Adalmoyn"[63]. Pope Gregory VII (elected 22 Apr 1073) sent a decree of penitence (undated) to "Petro Raimundi…pro interfectione Adalmodis eius…noverce"[64]. m firstly (repudiated) HUGUES V "le Pieux" Sire de Lusignan, son of HUGUES IV "le Brun" Sire de Lusignan & his wife Auliarde de Thouars (-killed in battle Lusignan 8 Oct 1060). m secondly ([1045], repudiated before 1053) as his second wife PONS II Comte de Toulouse, son of GUILLAUME III "Taillefer" Comte de Toulouse & his second wife Emma de Provence ([991]-1060, bur Toulouse, Saint-Sernin). m thirdly (1053) as his third wife, RAMÓN BERENGUER "el Viejo" Conde de Barcelona, son of BERENGUER RAMÓN "el Curvo" Conde de Barcelona & his second wife Sancha Sánchez de Castilla (1023-26 May 1076).

d) RAINGARDE de la Marche . Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the charter dated 22 Apr 1070 under which “Rangardis comitissa, filia…Ameliæ comitissæ” sold property in “comitatu Redensi, Cosaranensi, et Comeniensi, et Carcassonensi, et Narbonensi, et Minerbensi, et Tolosano”, previously held by “Rodgario comite vetulo Carcassonensi et Otone fratre eius comite Redensi et…Bernardo Rodgarii et Raymundo Rodgarii et Petro episcopo filiorum prædicti Rodgarii, et…Petri Raymundi comitis mariti mei et Rodgarii filii mei”, to “Raimundo comiti Barcheonensi et Almodi comitissæ coniugi vestræ sorori meæ et filio vestro Raymundo Berengarii”[65]. m PIERRE RAYMOND Comte de Carcassonne, Vicomte de Béziers et d'Agde, son of RAYMOND ROGER [I] Comte de Carcassonne & his wife Garsindis de Béziers (-1060).]

e) LUCIE de la Marche (-after 1090). An undated charter, dated to [1054], records that Guillem [II] Comte de Besalú agreed to marry "Lucia hermana de…la condesa Almodis"[66]. The marriage contract between the same "Lucia…" and "Artallo conde de Pallars" is dated 27 Jan 1057[67]. "Artallus…comes et marchio cum coniugem meam Luciam comitissa" donated property to Santa Maria de Gerri by charter dated 22 Jun 1059[68]. "Artallus…comes et coniux mea Lucia" donated property to Santa Maria de Gerri by charter dated 22 Apr 1068[69]. "Artaldus…comes et uxor mea Lucia comitissa" donated property to Santa Maria de Gerri by charter dated 8 Jul 1081[70]. "Artallus comes…frater meus Odo materque nostra Lucia" donated property to Santa Maria de Gerri by charter dated 19 Apr 1082[71]. A charter dated to [1082/88] records a judgment by "Artalli comiti seu et Otone frater eius et Regemundo Guillelmi avunculi eius seu et Lucia comitissa mater eius"[72]. Betrothed (1054) to GUILLEM [II] "Trunus" Comte de Besalú i Ripoll, son of GUILLEM [I] Comte de Besalú & his wife Adelaide --- (-murdered [1066/70]). m (contract 27 Jan 1057) as his second wife, ARTALDO [I] Comte de Pallars, son of GUILLERMO [II] Conde de Pallars-Subirà & his wife Estefanía --- (-after 13 Apr 1082).

f) AGNES de la Marche . The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m RAMNULFE de Montmorillon . 1098.

B. COMTES de LA MARCHE 1091-1180 (MONTGOMMERY)

ROGER de Montgommery, son of ROGER [II] de Montgommery, Sire d'Alençon, Earl of Shropshire and Shrewsbury & his first wife Mabile d'Alençon (-1123). His parentage is stated by Orderic Vitalis, who lists him third among his father's sons by his first marriage[73]. He was a considerable landowner in England especially in Lancashire but was banished in 1102 with his brother Robert and retired to Poitou[74]. Comte de la Marche, de iure uxoris. "Comite Rotgerio et eius uxore comitissa de Marchia" are named in a charter dated to [1113/24] which records an agreement with the monks of Uzerche relating to the appointment of the abbot "in Agidunensi ecclesia"[75].

m (before 1091) ALMODIS de la Marche, daughter of AUDEBERT [II] Comte de la Marche & his wife Ponce --- (-[1117/29]). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records that "Boso comes de Marchia" was killed "Confolento castro" in 1091 and was succeeded by "Aumodis soror sua", wife of "Rotgerio comite"[76]. "Rotgerius comes et Almodis comitissa" donated property to the abbey of Charroux by charter dated [1090/1100][77]. She succeeded as Ctss de la Marche in 1091. "Aalmodis comitissa Marchiæ et filius meus Boso" confirmed the donation of property "in parrochia Cambartensi et in parrochia Sancti Ylarii de Las Corbas et in parrochia de Trainiaco", held by "patre meo Aldeberto et…avunculo meo Oddone", by "avunculus meus Oddo comes" by charter dated 23 Mar 1112[78]. "Aldebertus comes, filius…Aalmodis comitissæ, frater Bosonis" confirmed his mother´s donation referred to above by charter dated 7 Apr 1113, witnessed by "Almodis comitissa mater Aldeberti…"[79]. "Comite Rotgerio et eius uxore comitissa de Marchia" are named in a charter dated to [1113/24] which records an agreement with the monks of Uzerche relating to the appointment of the abbot "in Agidunensi ecclesia"[80]. A charter dated to [1124/29] relating to a dispute between the abbé de Charroux and the abbesse de Fontevrault refers to a previous donation with the consent of "Almodi comitissa Charofensi ac filius eius Audeberto et Bosone"[81].

Roger & his wife had [five] children:

1. AUDEBERT [III] (-before Feb 1168). "Aldebertus comes, filius…Aalmodis comitissæ, frater Bosonis" confirmed his mother´s donation referred to above by charter dated 7 Apr 1113, witnessed by "Almodis comitissa mater Aldeberti…"[82]. A charter dated to [1124/29] relating to a dispute between the abbé de Charroux and the abbesse de Fontevrault refers to a previous donation with the consent of "Almodi comitissa Charofensi ac filius eius Audeberto et Bosone"[83]. The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records that "Rotgerio comite" & his wife had two sons[84]. "Odo comes" donated property to Tulle, with the consent of "fratre meo Aldeberto", by charter dated to [1106][85]. Comte de La Marche. m ORENGARDE, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. 1145. Audebert [III] & his wife had three children:

a) AUDEBERT [IV] (-Constantinople 29 Aug 1178, or 1180, or 7 Oct 1187, bur "Barbeu"). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. However, it is hinted by the Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis which records that "Gaufredus de Lesigniaco" claimed to be Audebert's heir[86]. Comte de la Marche 1145. The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis records that he sold his properties to Henry II King of England for "quinque mille marchis argenti" and left for Jerusalem, dated to [1178] from the context[87]. A charter dated Feb 1179 recounts disputes between the Knights Templars and the Knights Hospitallers, subscribed by "…Adelbertus, comes Marche…"[88]. The Chronicon Bernardi Iterii records the death in 1178 of "Audebertus comes de la Marcha"[89], although this is apparently incorrectly dated if the preceding charter is correct. The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis records the death "Constantinopoli in Decollatione S. Joannis-Baptistæ" of "Comes de Marchia ultimus Audebertus" and his burial "in Cœnobio…Barbeu" (in 1180 from the context)[90]. One of the fragmentary chronicles of Saint-Marcial records the death "Non Oct" in 1187 of "Audebertus comes Marchie"[91]. The obituaire de Saint-Marcial records the death "III Kal Sep" of "Audebertus comes de Marchie"[92]. m (repudiated) as her first husband, MIRABLE, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. 1174/77. One of the fragmentary chronicles of Saint-Marcial records the death "Non Oct" in 1187 of "Audebertus comes Marchie", stating that "iste comes" repudiated his wife and, it was said, killed her and her companion secretly[93]. She married secondly Chalon de Pons. The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis records the marriage of "Chalo de Pons" and "uxorem [comitis de Marchia Aldeberti]"[94]. Audebert [IV] & his wife had two children:

i) MARQUIS (-[1174/78]). "Audebertus comes Marchie" donated property after the death of "filii sui Marquisii" by charter dated to [before 1177][95]. The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis records that "comes de Marchia Aldebertus, unici filii morte", dated to [1178] from the context[96].

ii) MARQUISE . One of the fragmentary chronicles of Saint-Marcial records the death "Non Oct" in 1187 of "Audebertus comes Marchie", and names "Marquisiam sterilem" as his only surviving child[97]. m (before 1172) GUILLAUME "Calvus".

b) BOSON [V] (-1172 or after). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Comte de La Marche.

c) MARQUISE . The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis records that "Guido Vicecomes" married "Marquisia sorore Audeberti Comitis de Marchia" but died childless[98]. m GUY Vicomte de Limoges, son of ARCHAMBAUD [IV] "le Barbu" Vicomte de Comborn & his wife Humberge [Brunissent] de Limoges (-Antioch 1148).

2. BOSON [IV] (-1118). "Aalmodis comitissa Marchiæ et filius meus Boso" confirmed the donation of property "in parrochia Cambartensi et in parrochia Sancti Ylarii de Las Corbas et in parrochia de Trainiaco", held by "patre meo Aldeberto et…avunculo meo Oddone", by "avunculus meus Oddo comes" by charter dated 23 Mar 1112[99]. A charter dated to [1124/29] relating to a dispute between the abbé de Charroux and the abbesse de Fontevraud refers to a previous donation with the consent of "Almodi comitissa Charofensi ac filius eius Audeberto et Bosone"[100]. Comte de La Marche. "Boso consul de la Marcha" donated property to the priory of Aureil by charter dated to [1115][101].

3. EUDES [II] (-1135). "Odo comes" donated property to Tulle, with the consent of "fratre meo Aldeberto", by charter dated to [1106][102]. Comte de La Marche.

4. PONTIA de la Marche . The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "Pontia filia Comitis de Marcha" as wife of Comte Vulgrin II and mother of his successor[103]. Her descendants ultimately inherited the county of La Marche after the death of her nephew Audebert [IV]. m as his first wife, VULGRIN II Comte d'Angoulême, son of GUILLAUME V "Taillefer" Comte d'Angoulême & his wife Vitapoi de Bezaunes et de Beanuges [Albret] (-16 Sep 1140).

5. [AVISE de Lancastria (-after 1149). The Cartulary of Darley records the donation of “Avicia de Lancastria uxor W Peverel”, undated[104]. The Complete Peerage speculates that the second wife of William Peveril was the daughter of Roger de Montgommery Lord of Lancaster and his wife Almodis Ctss de la Marche[105]. However, this is not an ideal fit. Her supposed father was banished in 1102 and retired to La Marche so it is unclear why Avise would have been described as “de Lancastria” in a charter which must have been dated about 40 years later. In any case, the chronology also appears unfavourable. It is unlikely that Almodis de la Marche was born much later than 1070, given the known chronology of her family, which means that her children would probably have been born before 1110 at the latest. However, it is likely that William Peveril´s second marriage should be dated to the early 1140s at the earliest as his first wife is named in one of the charters of Stephen King of England (who succeeded in 1135), rather late if his second bride had been born in the early 1100s. m ([1140/45]) as his second wife, WILLIAM Peveril of Nottingham, son of WILLIAM Peveril of Nottingham & his wife Adeline --- ([1100/05]-after 1155).]

Chapter 2. COMTES de PERIGORD

The county of Périgord, named after the Celtic tribe of the Petrocorii, was located to the south-east of the county of Angoulême and now forms the major part of the département of Dordogne. The counts were vassals of the dukes of Aquitaine. The main towns in the county were Périgueux (ancient Vesunna) and Bergerac. From an ecclesiastical point of view, the county's territory was co-extensive with the episcopacy of Périgueux, within the archbishopric of Bordeaux. The earliest reference to Périgord as a separate county dates to 866, when Vulgrin, a member of a prominent Frankish noble family of Carolingian descent through the female line, was installed by Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks as comte in Périgord and Angoulême after the death of Emenon Comte de Poitiers, as reported in the Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes[106]. The county of Périgord was inherited by Vulgrin's younger son Guillaume, whose descendants are set out in Part A of this Chapter 2. The line of Guillaume was in constant rivalry with the descendants of Vulgrin's older son Alduin, who inherited the county of Angoulême, the latter county also falling to Bernard Comte de Périgord in [945]. Comte Bernard is reported as having eight sons, none of whom appear to have left any descendants. After passing successively through four of these sons, the county of Périgord was ultimately inherited by Audebert [I] Comte de la Marche, son of their sister Aina who had married Boson [I] Comte de la Marche. Audebert [I] was succeeded in Périgord in 997 by his younger brother Boson [II], who founded the second dynasty of the Comtes de Périgord (see Part B).

The genealogy of the second dynasty of the Comtes de Périgord, and even their order of succession and chronology, has been the subject of much confusion and debate over the years. A letter of Louis IX King of France to the comte de Périgord dated Jun 1270 appears to provide the clue to the reason for this situation, as it records that the count's archives had been burnt to ashes by fire, resulting in the need for the king to send to the count a copy of his ancestor's act of homage to King Philippe II dated 1212[107]. Some documentation relating to the counts survived in the cartularies of various monasteries, notably those of Saintes, Uzerche, Dalon Notre-Dame, and Chancelade, but frequent homonymy and the repeated use of the unusual name "Talairand" (explained further below) renders accurate interpretation of this data difficult. Seventeenth and eighteenth century scholars, such as Lépine, Leydet and de Prunis, copied documents relating to the ancient county of Périgord into a large compilation, known as the Collection Périgord which is available in manuscript form in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris[108]. The same scholars also attempted their own reconstructions of the genealogy, which conflict with each other and altogether leave much to be desired. The making of this compilation, and the family reconstructions, were greatly encouraged by a family of the name "Talleyrand" who claimed descent from the ancient Comtes de Périgord, and were aiming to recover use of this title from the kings of France. The title was finally granted to them by King Louis XV, when Gabriel Marie de Talleyrand Seigneur de Grignols, ancestor of the famous minister of Emperor Napoléon I, was created comte de Périgord.

Primary sources relating to the comtes de Périgord can also be found on the website Archives de Périgord[109], implemented with the ultimate aim of centralising copies of all documents relating to the history of Périgord, in fulfilment of a suggestion made in the nineteenth century by Ferdinand Villepelet. The site includes transcriptions and photographs of original documents which are in the archives of the département of Pyrénées-Orientales located at Pau, many of which are also found in the Collection Périgord. Seventeenth century copies of some of these and other documents are available at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in the Collection Doat[110]. More recent studies of some generations of the second dynasty of the comtes de Périgord have been made by Stanisław Stroński[111] (concentrating particularly on the children of Comte Boson [II], who lived in the second half of the 12th century) and Christian Settipani[112] (the first four generations of the family, from the 11th to early 12th centuries). The former is especially interesting as the author carried out a critical analysis of primary source documents relating to the comtes de Périgord, and also the vicomtes de Comborn, Limoges, Turenne and Ventadour (see AQUITAINE NOBILITY) for a purpose unconnected with genealogical research. His purpose in reconstructing the relationships of these noble families was to prove that the commentaries ("razos") which provide background to five love poems composed by the Provençal troubadour Bertrand de Born were written by a biographer who could not have been the poet's contemporary. The poems hint cryptically at certain family relationships in these five Aquitainian families. These relationships are described in more detail in the biographer's commentaries, which purport to be historically precise and have been assumed to paint an accurate picture of contemporary courtly life and noble society in southern France during the late 12th century. Stroński's study demonstrated that the family relationships described in the commentaries in fact bore little relationship to the historical reality of which a knowledgeable contemporary would have been aware, and therefore that the commentaries were most likely written by someone who had little direct knowledge of the families about which he wrote and who most probably lived at a much later time. Assuming that Stroński is correct in this conclusion, it also casts doubt on the accuracy of the general picture of noble society at the time of the troubadours which is purportedly painted by their biographers. As an aside, Stroński's work provides an interesting demonstration, should this be necessary, of the importance of accurate genealogy in reaching correct conclusions in more general fields of historical research.

The name "Talairand" is associated with the family of the second dynasty of Comtes de Périgord from the late 11th century. Guillaume Talairand (who died in 1115), son of Hélie [IV] Comte de Périgord, appears to have been the first member of the family to use it. It has not so far been possible to trace the origin of this name. However, what is clear is that it was a first name, not a nickname, family name or patronymic, but it was used mainly as what could be described as a "second" first name. In this respect, it is similar to the name "Bermond" used by the family of the seigneurs d'Anduze and "Talhafer" by the comtes d'Angoulême. In the case of the comtes de Périgord, the reconstruction which follows shows that the name Talairand was borne only by the eldest son in each generation of the family (with the sole exception of Cardinal Talairan de Périgord, son of Comte Hélie [IX] in the early 14th century, who was apparently his father's second son). This contrasts with the case of the name "Talafer" in the family of the comtes d'Angoulême, for which no such pattern emerges. Over time, "Talairand" came to be used as a family name, particularly by the descendants of the branch of the seigneurs de Grignols, the spelling gradually becoming standardised as "Talleyrand".

The county of Périgord was confiscated from Archambaud [IV] Comte de Périgord by the Parliament of Paris in 1396, following his repeated abuse of the citizens of the town of Périgueux which by then belonged to the French king. His son was condemned by an arrêt of the Parliament of Paris in Jul 1399. By charter dated 23 Jan 1400, the king granted the county of Périgord to Louis de France Duc d'Orléans, who took possession 26 Jul 1400. His son Charles d'Orléans eventually sold the county to Jean de Bretagne Comte de Penthièvre.

I am grateful to Jean-Claude Chuat for his active collaboration in the reconstruction of the family of the second dynasty of the comtes de Périgord, especially his consultation of manuscript documentation which is available only at the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris.

A. COMTES de PERIGORD [860]-after 975

VULGRIN, son of VULFARD Comte de Flavigny {Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, Côte d'Or} & his wife Susanna de Paris (-3 May 886, bur Angoulême Saint-Cybard). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks installed "Vulgrimnum propinquum suum, fratrem Aldoini abbatis" with "Engolisme et Petragorice" after Comte Emenon was killed (in 866)[113]. He was installed as Comte d'Angoulême, Comte de Périgord in 866. His parentage is confirmed by the charter dated 2 Nov 889 under which "Vulfardus" donated property to Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire for the souls of "genitoris mei Vulfardi et genetrice mea Susannane necnon et germanorum fratrum meorum Adelardo, Vulgrino, Ymo et sorore mee Hildeburga vel nepote meo Vulgrino"[114]. The death in 886 of "Vulgrimnus comes" is recorded in the Annales Engolismenses[115].

1. other children: see ANGOULEME.

2. ALDUIN [Audouin] (-27 Mar 916, bur Angoulême Saint-Cybard). "Alduino [et] Willelmo" are named as sons of "Vulgrimnus" by Ademar, who specifies that Alduin inherited Angoulême[116]. He succeeded his father in 886 as ALDUIN I Comte d'Angoulême.

- COMTES d'ANGOULEME.

3. GUILLAUME (-[918]). "Alduino [et] Willelmo" are named as sons of "Vulgrimnus" by Ademar, who specifies that Guillaume inherited Périgord[117]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord et d'Agen. m ([892]) REGILINDIS, daughter of RAYMOND I Comte de Toulouse & his wife Berthe --- . Ademar states that the wife of Guillaume was "sororem Willelmi Tolosani"[118], but this is contradicted in later sources. An act at Angoulême dated 907/908[119] states her first name. An 11th century history of Angoulême[120] states that her son Bernard de Périgueux was the nephew of "Eudes". According to Settipani[121], it is more likely that this "Eudes" was Eudes Comte de Toulouse than Eudes King of France. Comte Guillaume I & his wife had three children:

a) BERNARD (before 895[122]-[950]). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Bernardus" as son of "Willelmo"[123]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Lambertus vicecomes Martiliacensis et Arnaldus frater eius" were killed "a Bernardo" (clarified in a later passage as meaning Bernard, son of Guillaume Comte de Périgord) in revenge for "Santie sororis sue [Alduini]", without further explanation or detail regarding their offence against Sancha[124]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that the testament of "Willelmus Sector ferri" was signed by "Bernardus comes, Arnoldus filius Bernardi…"[125]. "Bernardus…comes Petragoricensis" donated property to the monastery of Sarlat, with the consent of "uxore mea Garsinda", for the soul of "filiis et filiabus nostris…fratribus quoque nostris", by charter dated Jun [936/42], subscribed by "Guillelmi, Arnaldi, Gauberti, Bernardi, Ramnulphi, Alduini, Gaufredi, Heliæ, Amalgerii, Fulcherii, Oldolrici"[126]. "Guillelmus comes" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Cybard by charter dated after 942, subscribed by "Domni Guillelmi comitis et monachi, Bernardi comitis, Arnaldi filii sui, comitis, Odolrici vice comitis, Ademari vicecomitis…Ademari comitis filii Guillelmi"[127]. He succeeded his cousin in [945] as BERNARD I Comte d'Angoulême. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Bernardus comes" succeeded "Willelmus…Sector ferri" in Angoulême and that he and his sons ruled there for thirty years"[128]. "Bernardus comes" restored the abbey of Saint-Sour de Genouillac, with the consent of "uxore mea…Berta et filiis meis Guillelmo…atque Gausberto, seu Arnaldo, et Bernardo pariter", by undated charter[129]. He, his wife Garsinde, and sons (in order) Bernard, Guillaume, Arnaud, Gausbert, Ramnulf, Hilduin and Geoffroy are named in his document dated to [936/42] describing his restoration of the monastery of Sarlat in Périgord[130]. m firstly BERTHE, daughter of ---. "Bernardus comes" restored the abbey of Saint-Sour de Genouillac, with the consent of "uxore mea…Berta et filiis meis Guillelmo…atque Gausberto, seu Arnaldo, et Bernardo pariter", by undated charter[131]. m secondly GARSINDE, daughter of ---. She is named as wife of Comte Bernard in the [936/42] document relating to the monastery of Sarlat[132]. Comte Bernard I & his first wife had four children:

i) ARNAUD "Borracio" (-before 6 Aug 962, bur basilica Sancti Eparchii). Ademar names (in order) "Arnaldus cognomento Borracio, Willelmus Talerandus, Rannulfus Bomparius, Richardus Insipiens" as sons of "Bernardus comes Petragoricensis", specifying that Arnaud was buried "iuxta basilicam sancti Eparchii"[133]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that the testament of "Willelmus Sector ferri" was signed by "Bernardus comes, Arnoldus filius Bernardi…"[134]. "Bernardus comes" restored the abbey of Saint-Sour de Genouillac, with the consent of "uxore mea…Berta et filiis meis Guillelmo…atque Gausberto, seu Arnaldo, et Bernardo pariter", by undated charter[135]. He is named as the son of Bernard in the [936/42] document relating to the monastery of Sarlat[136]. "Guillelmus comes" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Cybard by charter dated after 942, subscribed by "Domni Guillelmi comitis et monachi, Bernardi comitis, Arnaldi filii sui, comitis, Odolrici vice comitis, Ademari vicecomitis…Ademari comitis filii Guillelmi"[137]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord. m ALDEALENDIS, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified.

ii) GUILLAUME (-6 Aug 962). Ademar names (in order) "Arnaldus cognomento Borracio, Willelmus Talerandus, Rannulfus Bomparius, Richardus Insipiens" as sons of "Bernardus comes Petragoricensis"[138]. "Bernardus comes" restored the abbey of Saint-Sour de Genouillac, with the consent of "uxore mea…Berta et filiis meis Guillelmo…atque Gausberto, seu Arnaldo, et Bernardo pariter", by undated charter[139]. He is named as the son of Bernard in the [936/42] document relating to the monastery of Sarlat[140]. He succeeded as GUILLAUME III Comte de d'Angoulême, and as Comte de Périgord. The death "VIII Id Aug 962" of "Willelmus comes Egolismensis Talerandus" is recorded in the Annales Engolismenses[141].

iii) GAUSBERT . "Bernardus comes" restored the abbey of Saint-Sour de Genouillac, with the consent of "uxore mea…Berta et filiis meis Guillelmo…atque Gausberto, seu Arnaldo, et Bernardo pariter", by undated charter[142]. He is named as the son of Bernard in the [936/42] document relating to the monastery of Sarlat[143].

iv) BERNARD . "Bernardus comes" restored the abbey of Saint-Sour de Genouillac, with the consent of "uxore mea…Berta et filiis meis Guillelmo…atque Gausberto, seu Arnaldo, et Bernardo pariter", by undated charter[144]. He is named as the son of Bernard in the [936/42] document relating to the monastery of Sarlat[145].

v) [AINA [Emma] ([930]-after 988). Ademar names "sorore Bernardi…Emma" as wife of "Bosonis Vetuli"[146], although this appears difficult to sustain chronologically given the likely birth date range of Bernard in [892/95] and the likely death date of Bernard's father Guillaume in [918]. It is therefore probable that "soror" was an error for "filia", unless Aina was Bernard's uterine sister by an unidentified second marriage of his mother. If Aina was the daughter of Bernard, her naming one of her sons Gausbert suggests that his first wife was her mother, Bernard's son Gausbert being one of his older children, no doubt also born from this first marriage. m BOSON I "le Vieux" Comte de la Marche, son of Comte SULPICE & his wife [--- de Limoges] (-before 974).]

Comte Bernard I & his second wife had [five] children:

vi) RANULF "Bompar" (-killed in battle 27 Jul 975). Ademar names (in order) "Arnaldus cognomento Borracio, Willelmus Talerandus, Rannulfus Bomparius, Richardus Insipiens" as sons of "Bernardus comes Petragoricensis"[147]. He is named as the son of Bernard in the [936/42] document relating to the monastery of Sarlat[148], referred to above. He succeeded as RANULF Comte de d'Angoulême, Comte de Périgord. The Annales Engolismenses records that "Ramnulfus comes Egolismensis" was killed "VI Kal Aug 975"[149]. He was killed fighting his second cousin Arnaud "Mancer"[150].

vii) RICHARD "Insipiens" (-after 975). Ademar names (in order) "Arnaldus cognomento Borracio, Willelmus Talerandus, Rannulfus Bomparius, Richardus Insipiens" as sons of "Bernardus comes Petragoricensis", specifying that he was expelled from Angoulême after his brother was killed by their second cousin Arnaud "Mancer"[151]. He succeeded as RICHARD Comte d'Angoulême, Comte de Périgord. He lost the county of Angoulême in 975.

viii) HILDUIN . He is named as the son of Bernard in the [936/42] document relating to the monastery of Sarlat[152], referred to above.

ix) GEOFFROY . He is named as the son of Bernard in the [936/42] document relating to the monastery of Sarlat[153], referred to above.

x) daughters . The charter dated Jun [936/42] under which "Bernardus…comes Petragoricensis" donated property to the monastery of Sarlat, with the consent of "uxore mea Garsinda", for the soul of "filiis et filiabus nostris…fratribus quoque nostris"[154] shows that the couple had daughters.

b) [sons . The charter dated Jun [936/42] under which "Bernardus…comes Petragoricensis" donated property to the monastery of Sarlat, with the consent of "uxore mea Garsinda", for the soul of "filiis et filiabus nostris…fratribus quoque nostris"[155] shows that the either the husband or the wife (or both) had brothers.]

B. COMTES de PERIGORD 997-1399 (LA MARCHE)

BOSON [II] de la Marche, son of BOSON [I] "le Vieux" Comte de la Marche & his wife Aina [Emma] de Périgord (-[27 Dec 1003/before 1012], bur Périgueux). His paternity is confirmed by the Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes which records that "Aldebertus comes…Petragoricensis" was succeeded by "Boso frater eius"[156]. He succeeded as Comte de la Marche, Comte de Périgord. "Boso comes" granted privileges to Uzerche, for the souls of "…fratris mei Gauberti", by charter dated 997, witnessed by "Boso comes Marchiæ…et Gaubertus frater eius…"[157]. "Bosonis comitis" signed a charter dated 998 relating to "ecclesia Baunisa in vicaria Vallarense"[158]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Bosone…comite" was poisoned by his wife and was buried "Petragoricæ"[159].

m ---. The name of Boson's wife is not known. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes reports that she poisoned her husband[160]. The Chronicle of Petrus Malleacensis records that Adalmodis was wife of Boson Comte du Périgord and daughter of "Candida", for whom Duke Guillaume promised to expand "fluvium Rhodanum Regni" in return for marrying her daughter[161]. However, other sources indicate that Adalmodis, sister of Guy Vicomte de Limoges, was the wife of Audebert [I] Comte de la Marche (brother of Boson [II] Comte de Périgord].

Boson [II] & his wife had two children:

1. HELIE [II] de Périgord ([990]-after [1032/33]). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Heliæ" as son of "Bosone…comite", specifying that he succeeded in "urbe Petragorica" while la Marche went to "Bernardo filio Hildeberti", in accordance with a decision by Guillaume V Duke of Aquitaine "tutor filiorum eius et nepotis"[162]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord. "Helia consul" subscribed the charter dated Aug 1013 under which Arnaud Bishop of Périgueux confirmed a charter dated Jan 1013 issued by his predecessor Bishop Raoul[163]. Pope John XIX names "Joannes episcopus…necnon Heliæ Petragoricæ urbis degenti" in a letter dated [1032/33][164]. A charter dated to [1131] records prior donations by "quoniam Petragoricenses comites Helias et Boso frater eius" of "in villa sive in parochia Sancti Silvani" {Lamonzie-Saint-Martin, Dordogne} to Saintes Notre-Dame, that later "Aldebertus supradictorum consulum heres" unlawfully appointed "vicarium suum Constantinum" to the place, and that "Helias comes…filius Aldeberti predicti" revoked the appointment of Constantine´s successor "Garsias"[165]. m [AMELIA de Fronsac, daughter of GRIMOARD Vicomte de Fronsac {Fronsac, Gironde} & his wife Deda de Montignac {Montignac, Dordogne}.] The chronicle of Guitres {Guîtres, Gironde} names "Grimoardus…vicecomes [et] uxorem de Montiniac…Dea" as parents of "Ameliam, Petragoricorum comitissam"[166]. The chronology appears favourable for Amelia to have been the wife of Comte Hélie [II], as shown by Settipani[167], but there does not appear to be any direct proof which confirms that this is correct.

2. BOSON [III] de Périgord ([990]-[1031/44]). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes confirms that Hélie [II] was not the only son of Boson [II] when it specifies that Guillaume V Duke of Aquitaine was "tutor filiorum eius et nepotis" (referring to Boson [II])[168]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord. A charter dated to [1079/81] records the donation of "cœnobium…Sancti Silvani" to Notre-Dame de Saintes by "Petragorice dux civitatis…Boso", its confirmation by "eius successor…et filius Aldebertus", and its withdrawal by "supradicti filio…Helia" before confirming the donation again[169]. A charter dated to [1131] records prior donations by "quoniam Petragoricenses comites Helias et Boso frater eius" of "in villa sive in parochia Sancti Silvani" to Saintes Notre-Dame, that later "Aldebertus supradictorum consulum heres" unlawfully appointed "vicarium suum Constantinum" to the place, and that "Helias comes…filius Aldeberti predicti" revoked the appointment of Constantine´s successor "Garsias"[170]. A charter dated 14 Jun 1131 refers to the same donation of "ecclesiam Sancti Silvani" by "Bosonis Petragoricensis comitis ac filii sui Audeberti"[171]. m AINA de Montignac, daughter of GERAUD de Montignac {Montignac, Dordogne} & his wife Nonie de Grignols {Saint-Astier, Dordogne} (-1072 or after). "Aina comitissa" donated "alodus…in Lemovicino in vicaria Usercense in parrochia Sanctæ Mariæ…d´Espartinæ…villa de Seirac" to Uzerche, for the souls of "patris mei Geraldi de Montinac vel…matris meæ Noniæ de Granol", with the consent of "filii mei Aldeberti", by charter dated 1072, signed by "Petrus de Montell, Guillelmus de Montignac…"[172]. She brought the castles of Montignac {Dordogne} and Grignols {Dordogne} into the family of the Comtes de Périgord[173]. Boson [III] & his wife had [two] children:

a) AUDEBERT [II] de Périgord (-[1072/73]). A charter dated to [1079/81] records the donation of "cœnobium…Sancti Silvani" to Notre-Dame de Saintes by "Petragorice dux civitatis…Boso", its confirmation by "eius successor…et filius Aldebertus", and its withdrawal by "supradicti filio…Helia" before confirming the donation again[174]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord.

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b) [AINA de Périgord (-after 1058). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence names "Audeberti comitis Petragoricæ filiam" as the wife of "Gaufredus", specifying that they later separated on the grounds of consanguinity[175]. This is impossible from a chronological point of view if it is assumed the charters dated 1122 naming "Ascelina comitissa" (see above) refer to the wife of Audebert [III] Comte de Périgord. It is therefore posited that Aina was the daughter of Boson [III] which, assuming the latter's birth in [990], is chronologically consistent with her first marriage before 1039. The primary source which confirms her first marriage has not so far been identified, although the charter dated 1043 under which "Ama comitissa Burdagelensis seu Petragorice patrie" donated property in the Dordogne to the monastery of Sainte-Marie-de-la-fin-des-terres suggests that it may be correct[176]. After her repudiation by her second husband, she became a nun at Notre Dame de Saintes where she died. m firstly EUDES de Bordeaux, son of --- (-1039). m secondly (Jan 1044, repudiated 1058) as his first wife, GUY-GEOFFROY d'Aquitaine Comte de Gascogne, son of GUILLAUME V "le Grand" Duke of Aquitaine [GUILLAUME III Comte de Poitou] & his third wife Agnès de Mâcon [Bourgogne-Comté] (1023-Chizé near Niort, Poitou 25 Sep 1086, bur Poitiers, église abbatiale de Saint-Jean l'Evangéliste de Montierneuf). Comte de Bordeaux et d'Agen 1044. He adopted the first name GUILLAUME when he succeeded his brother in 1058 as GUILLAUME VIII Duke of Aquitaine [Guillaume VI Comte de Poitou].]

AUDEBERT [II] de Périgord, son of BOSON [III] Comte de Périgord & his wife Aina de Montignac (-1073 or before). A charter dated to [1079/81] records the donation of "cœnobium…Sancti Silvani" to Notre-Dame de Saintes by "Petragorice dux civitatis…Boso", its confirmation by "eius successor…et filius Aldebertus", and its withdrawal by "supradicti filio…Helia" before confirming the donation again[177]. This charter also confirms that he succeeded his father as Comte de Périgord. "…Audeberti Petragoriciensis comitis…" subscribed the charter dated [1047] under which "Guilelmus…princeps Arvernorum" donated property to the abbey of Charroux[178]. "Aina comitissa" donated "alodus…in Lemovicino in vicaria Usercense in parrochia Sanctæ Mariæ…d´Espartinæ…villa de Seirac" to Uzerche, for the souls of "patris mei Geraldi de Montinac vel…matris meæ Noniæ de Granol", with the consent of "filii mei Aldeberti", by charter dated 1072[179]. A charter dated to [1131] records prior donations by "quoniam Petragoricenses comites Helias et Boso frater eius" of "in villa sive in parochia Sancti Silvani" to Saintes Notre-Dame, that later "Aldebertus supradictorum consulum heres" unlawfully appointed "vicarium suum Constantinum" to the place, and that "Helias comes…filius Aldeberti predicti" revoked the appointment of Constantine´s successor "Garsias"[180]. A charter dated 14 Jun 1131 refers to the same donation of "ecclesiam Sancti Silvani" by "Bosonis Petragoricensis comitis ac filii sui Audeberti"[181]. His date of death is estimated from the charter of Saint-Etienne de Limoges which names his son with his wife ("Helias comes et mater eius Ascelina")[182], presumably indicating that Audebert [II] was deceased at the time, the document being signed by Ithier Bishop of Limoges who, Settipani states[183], died in 1073.

m AINA, daughter of --- (-after 1079). "Aina Petragoricensis comitissa et Helias comes et Aldebertus filii eius" donated "terram…Aldrulet" to Saintes Notre-Dame by charter dated to after 1079[184]. "Amelia comes [error for "Helia"] et Audebertus comes et Aina comptissa" donated "vineas Alasferreras" to Saintes Notre-Dame by charter dated to after 1079[185]. It is unlikely that these two charters refer to the widow of Comte Boson [III], also called Aina (see above). The charter dated to [1079/81] quoted above confirms that Audebert [II] was the successor of Boson [III], indicating that Audebert did not have an older brother named Hélie who was the intermediate successor of their father. same person as…? ASCELINE de Salagnac {Salagnac, Dordogne}, daughter of ---] (-[after 1122]). "Helias comes et mater eius Ascelina" are named in the act of Saint-Etienne de Limoges dated to 1073 (see above)[186]. Settipani[187] points out that it is not certain that this Hélie was the same person as Hélie [IV] Comte de Périgord, nor therefore that Asceline was the wife of Comte Audebert [II]. However, no other Comte Hélie has so far been identified at the time. "Ascelina cometissa, Elias filius eius, Elias et Guillelmus nepotes eius" are named in a charter dated 5 Apr 1122 of Saint-Barthélemi de Bénévent {Bénévent-l'Abbaye, Creuse}[188]. "Ascelina cometissa de Salaniaco…Elia filio eius ipse Elias vicecomes, Rainaudus item vicecomes frater eius" are named in an undated charter of Saint-Barthélemi de Bénévent[189]. "Audebertus de Rocacavardi, Aimericus filius eius…Ascelina comitissa…Alpaidis mater ipsius Audiberti" are named in a charter dated 5 Apr 1122 of Saint-Barthélemi de Bénévent[190], which may refer to the same Asceline de Salagnac, linking her with the family of the Vicomtes de Rochechouart (see AQUITAINE NOBILITY)[191]. Europäische Stammtafeln[192] names Alpais de Solignac [1036/1069] as wife of Aimery [III] Vicomte de Rochechouart [1036/1069] and mother of Audebert Vicomte de Rochechouart [1110/1121]. It is chronologically consistent for Asceline to have been the sister of Alpais.

Audebert [II] & his wife had [six] children:

1. HELIE [III] de Périgord (-[1101/04]). A charter dated to [1079/81] records the donation of "cœnobium…Sancti Silvani" to Notre-Dame de Saintes by "Petragorice dux civitatis…Boso", its confirmation by "eius successor…et filius Aldebertus", and its withdrawal by "supradicti filio…Helia" before confirming the donation again[193]. "Ascelina cometissa de Salaniaco…Elia filio eius ipse Elias vicecomes, Rainaudus item vicecomes frater eius" are named in an undated charter of Saint-Barthélemi de Bénévent[194]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord, in 1073 or before: "Helias comes et mater eius Ascelina" are named in the act of Saint-Etienne de Limoges dated to 1073 (see above)[195]. Stroński cites acts dated to [1073/85], [1076/81], 1081, 1099 and 1101 in which he is named[196]. "Amelia comes [error for "Helia"] et Audebertus comes et Aina comptissa" donated "vineas Alasferreras" to Saintes Notre-Dame by charter dated to after 1079[197]. A charter dated to [1079/99] records a donation by "Helias comes Petragoricensis" of "terre…Froterii juxta castellum de Brageirach" to Saintes Notre-Dame, witnessed by "Othone…de Brageirach…"[198]. "Helias comes Petragoricensis" witnessed a charter of Renaud Bishop of Périgueux for Uzerche dated to [1096][199]. A charter dated to [1131] records prior donations by "quoniam Petragoricenses comites Helias et Boso frater eius" of "in villa sive in parochia Sancti Silvani" to Saintes Notre-Dame, that later "Aldebertus supradictorum consulum heres" unlawfully appointed "vicarium suum Constantinum" to the place, and that "Helias comes…filius Aldeberti predicti" revoked the appointment of Constantine´s successor "Garsias"[200]. Although the dating of this charter is inconsistent with "Helias comes" being Comte Hélie [III], it is probable that this identify is correct. m GASCONIE [Gersende], daughter of --- (-after [1124/38]). Her marriage is confirmed by the Chronicon Episcoporum Petragoricensium which records that "mater sua comitissa Gasconia" denied that "Helia Rudello" was the son of "Heliæ Comitis", recorded by Guillaume de Nanclars, who was bishop of Périgord from 1124 to 1138[201]. "Aldebertus consul Petragoricus et Willelmus Talairandus consul Petragoricus" confirmed the donation to Saintes Notre-Dame by "suus pater", and "domina Garsenda" confirmed the donation by "Helias consul Petragoricus", by charter dated 21 Sep [1104/07], in the presence of "domine Gemme et domine Marie et domine Gisle et domine Alentrudis et domine Garsende de Petreguis"[202]. The wording of this document suggests that "domina Garsenda" was the widow of Comte Hélie [III] although it does not specifically state that this is so. The other four named ladies have not been identified, but it is likely that they were also related to the family. Hélie [III] & his wife had two children:

a) GUILLAUME TALAIRAND de Périgord (-1115). His origin is confirmed by the undated charter dated to [1104/10] under which "Aldebertus comes…et Guillelmus Talairandus nepos eius" confirmed a donation of property "mansum Ordoardenc…et unam partem mansi de Montezel" by "Petrus Gaufridi" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade[203]. Further indication is provided by the charter of Saint-Barthélemi de Bénévent dated 5 Apr 1122 in which "Ascelina cometissa, Elias filius eius, Elias et Guillelmus nepotes eius" are named[204]. No source has yet been identified which states unequivocally that Guillaume Talairand was the son of Hélie [IV]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord, named in several acts with his brother and his paternal uncle who also both bore this title. A charter dated 1104 records that "Aldebertus comes Petragoricensis et Talerandus nepos eius..." consented to the donation to Uzerche by Guillaume Bishop of Périgueux[205]. "Aldebertus consul Petragoricus et Willelmus Talairandus consul Petragoricus" confirmed the donation to Saintes Notre-Dame by "suus pater", and "domina Garsenda" confirmed the donation by "Helias consul Petragoricus", by charter dated 21 Sep [1104/07], in the presence of "domine Gemme et domine Marie et domine Gisle et domine Alentrudis et domine Garsende de Petreguis"[206]. He sold the church of Saint-Sylvain and expelled the nuns[207]. m ---. The name of Guillaume Talairand's wife is not known. Guillaume Talairand & his wife had two children:

i) HELIE [IV] TALAIRAND de Périgord (-after 1131). "Elyas Talayrand cum fratre suo" are referred to in a charter of La Sauve Majeure dated to [1120], signing "Heliæ Talairandi"[208], which suggests that did not then use the comital title. "Helias Talairandus…princeps" confirmed donations of his father and antecedents to Saintes Notre-Dame by charter dated 1131, subscribed by "comitisse Philippe uxoris sue…Rudello comite in Petragorico, et Helia Talairando nepote suo"[209]. "Helias comes" donated "silvam…Boonz" to Saintes Notre-Dame by charter dated to [1117/46][210]. It is more likely that this document refers to Hélie Talairand as his uncle Comte Hélie [V] Rudel is mainly referred to as "Rudellus" in documents. m (before 1131) PHILIPPA, daughter of --- (-after 1131). "Helias Talairandus…princeps" confirmed donations of his father and antecedents to Saintes Notre-Dame by charter dated 1131, subscribed by "comitisse Philippe uxoris sue…Rudello comite in Petragorico, et Helia Talairando nepote suo"[211]. Stroński highlights her use of the title "comitissa" in contrast to her husband who does not bear the title "comes" in this document and suggests that she used this in her own right, proposing that she may have been --- d'Aquitaine, one of the five daughters of Guillaume IX Duke of Aquitaine & his second wife Philippa de Toulouse, about whom little information is known[212].

ii) son (-after [1120]). "Elyas Talayrand cum fratre suo" are referred to in a charter of La Sauve Majeure dated to [1120][213]

b) HELIE [V] RUDEL de Périgord (-[1146/49]). "Aldebertus comes Petragoricensis…Guillelmus Talerandus consul Petragoricensis…Rudello fratre suo" confirmed a donation by charter dated 1115[214]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord, named in several acts with his brother and his paternal uncle who also both bore this title. "Aldebertus comes Petragoricensis" donated property by charter dated 25 Sep 1116, confirmed by "Rudellus nepos meus, de consulate particeps"[215]. As noted above, the Chronicon Episcoporum Petragoricensium records that "mater sua comitissa Gasconia" denied that "Helia Rudello" was the son of "Heliæ Comitis", recorded by Guillaume de Nanclars, who was bishop of Périgord from 1124 to 1138[216]. "Helias Talairandus…princeps" confirmed donations of his father and antecedents to Saintes Notre-Dame by charter dated 1131, subscribed by "comitisse Philippe uxoris sue…Rudello comite in Petragorico, et Helia Talairando nepote suo"[217]. "Rudel comte de Périgord" witnessed a charter dated to [1117/after 1135] under which "Pierre de la Ribière frère [d'Elie Robert de Saint-Léonce] et fils d'Emma" donated property to Notre-Dame de Dalon[218]. "Rudellus comes" donated property to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, by undated charter dated to [1115/55][219]. "Raemundus de Ribeirac vicecomes" made a similar donation of property to Notre-Dame de Chancelade on the advice of "Rudelli comitis", by undated charter dated to [1115/55][220]. "Rudello et Bosone consulibus" donated property by charter dated 1144[221]. Hélie [V] Rudel is named for the last time in a charter of Raymond Bishop of Périgeuux in favour of Saint-Armand-de-Boixe, dated 1146, "in Petragora urbe Bosone et Rudello consulibus"[222]. He was presumably dead by 1149 when a charter records that "Bosone comitatum Petragoricensem tenente"[223].

2. AUDEBERT [III] de Périgord (-after 25 Sep 1116). "Aina Petragoricensis comitissa et Helias comes et Aldebertus filii eius" donated "terram…Aldrulet" to Saintes Notre-Dame by charter dated to after 1079[224]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord, named in several acts with his nephews who also both bore this title.

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3. [RENAUD . "Ascelina comitissa de Salanac natique mei Rainaldus…et Elias" are named in an act of Saint-Etienne de Limoges[225]. "Ascelina cometissa de Salaniaco…Elia filio eius ipse Elias vicecomes, Rainaudus item vicecomes frater eius" are named in an undated charter of Saint-Barthélemi de Bénévent[226]. Renaud was presumably therefore the son of Audebert [II], assuming that it is correct as pointed out above that Asceline de Salagnac was the wife of the latter.]

4. ERMENGARDE de Périgord . A charter dated 14 Feb 1083 names "Helias de Alba terra…et uxor sua…Ermengardis soror supradicti comitis [comite Petragorico]"[227]. The primary source which confirms her second marriage has not yet been identified. m firstly HELIE d'Aubeterre . m secondly RAYMOND de Gensac .

AUDEBERT [III] de Périgord, son of AUDEBERT [II] Comte de Périgord & his wife [Asceline de Salagnac] (-after 25 Sep 1116). "Aina Petragoricensis comitissa et Helias comes et Aldebertus filii eius" donated "terram…Aldrulet" to Saintes Notre-Dame by charter dated to after 1079[228]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord, named in several acts with his nephews who also both bore this title, first with Comte Guillaume Talairand until 1115 and in 1116 with Comte Hélie [V] Rudel (see above). "Amelia comes et Audebertus comes et Aina comptissa" donated "vineas Alasferreras" to Saintes Notre-Dame by charter dated to after 1079[229]. A charter dated 1104 records that "Aldebertus comes Petragoricensis et Talerandus nepos eius..." consented to the donation to Uzerche by Guillaume Bishop of Périgueux[230]. "Aldebertus consul Petragoricus et Willelmus Talairandus consul Petragoricus" confirmed the donation to Saintes Notre-Dame by "suus pater", and "domina Garsenda" confirmed the donation by "Helias consul Petragoricus", by charter dated 21 Sep [1104/07], in the presence of "domine Gemme et domine Marie et domine Gisle et domine Alentrudis et domine Garsende de Petreguis"[231]. "Aldebertus comes…et Guillelmus Talairandus nepos eius" confirmed a donation of property "mansum Ordoardenc…et unam partem mansi de Montezel" by "Petrus Gaufridi" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade by charter dated to [1104/10][232]. "Aldebertus comes…et Guillelmus Talairandus nepos eius" confirmed a donation of property "mansum Ordoardenc…et unam partem mansi de Montezel" by "Petrus Gaufridi" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, by undated charter dated to [1104/10][233]. "Petragoricensium Ildebertus comes" confirmed donations to Uzerche by charter dated 14 Jul 1109[234]. "Aldebertus comes Petragoricensis…Guillelmus Talerandus consul Petragoricensis…Rudello fratre suo" confirmed a donation by charter dated 1115[235]. "Aldebertus comes Petragoricensis" donated property by charter dated 25 Sep 1116, confirmed by "Rudellus nepos meus, de consulate particeps"[236]. "Audebertus comes…" witnessed the charter dated to before 1124 which records acquisitions of property by "Aleais" in Périgord[237].

m --- (-after 1135). The name of Audebert´s wife is not known. The wife of Comte Audebert died after the charter dated 1135 under which "Boso comes de Granolio et mater eius et uxor eius Comtorissa" donated property to the abbey of Cadoin {Le Buisson-de-Cadoin, Dordogne}[238].

Comte Audebert [III] & his wife had three children:

1. BOSON [IV] de Périgord (-1166). "Bozo comes Petragoricensis filius Aldeberti comitis" donated property to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, by undated charter dated to [1159/66][239]. Seigneur de Grignols. "Boso comes de Granolio et mater eius et uxor eius Comtorissa" donated property to the abbey of Cadoin {Le Buisson-de-Cadoin, Dordogne} by charter dated 1135[240]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord, jointly with his cousin Rudel. "Rudello et Bosone consulibus" donated property by charter dated 1144[241]. He was sole count by 1149 when a charter names "Bosone comitatum Petragoricensem tenente"[242]. The chronicle of the bishops of Périgueux records that "Boso comes Petragoricensis" constructed a large tower "supra locum Arenarum Petragoræ" in [1150][243]. m (1135 or before) CONTORS, daughter of ---. "Boso comes de Granolio et mater eius et uxor eius Comtorissa" donated property to the abbey of Cadoin {Le Buisson-de-Cadoin, Dordogne} by charter dated 1135[244]. Comte Boson & his wife had five children:

a) HELIE [VI] TALAIRAND de Périgord (-[1203]). The Pars Altera Chronici Lemovicensis of Geoffroy de Vigeois names "Helias Taleyrandus, filius Bosonis de Grainol", when recording that he surrendered his castle to the Duke of Aquitaine, dated to 1182 from the context[245]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord. "Helias comes Petragoricensis" donated property "quam Helias Ebrartz" held from him next to "Podium Chasluz" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, by undated charter dated to [1166/1208][246]. "Helias…Petragoricensis comes" donated property "nemus…Herbosa" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, confirmed by "Helia Talairano filio meo", by charter dated [1199/1200][247]. "Helias Talairanz comes Petragoricensis et Raimunda comitissa uxor illius" donated property "loco de Landia" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, by charter dated to [1166/1211], which specifies that the donation was made in "castello de Monpao quod uxor sua Raimonda possidebat"[248]. "Helias…Petragoricensis comes" confirmed a donation of property "iuris..in nemore…Herbosa" by "Helia de Versinas et…Ama sorore sua et a matre eorum" (to which "tres filiæ Amæ…Maria uxore Raimundi de Longua et Petronilla et Claria sorores" consented) to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, with the consent of "Heliæ filii mei et Talairandi nepotis iam dicti Heliæ filii", by charter dated [1203/04][249]. m (before [1155/60]) RAYMONDE de Turenne, daughter of RAYMOND Vicomte de Turenne et de Ribérac & his wife --- ([1135/45]-). Her parentage and marriage are proved by the charter dated 1167 under which "Raimundus vicecomes Turennensis…et…Talairans gener prædicti vicecomitis" donated property in "mansum de las Treilas" to Notre-Dame de Dalon by charter dated 1167[250]. Stroński suggests convincingly that her father was a son of Archambaud de Turenne Vicomte de Ribérac, son of Boson [I] Vicomte de Turenne[251]. Her birth date range, estimated on the basis of the birth date ranges of her descendants, demonstrates that she could not have been the daughter of Raymond [II] Vicomte de Turenne (who was born posthumously in [1143/44]). Her name is confirmed by the charter dated to [1180] under which "Helias Talairanz comes Petragoricensis et Raimunda comitissa uxor illius" donated property "loco de Landia" {La Lande, a priory of the abbey of Chancelade} to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, which specifies that the donation was made in "castello de Monpao quod uxor sua Raimonda possidebat"[252]. This is the château and châtellenie of Montpaon, a name subsequently distorted into Montpont {Montpont-Ménestérol, Dordogne}, which she brought to her husband as dowry. Her name is stated as Mathilde in Europäische Stammtafeln[253], an error which appears to originate from a section of the biography of Bertran le Born, troubadour provençal (see the introduction to this chapter, above), which asserts that Bertran was in love with "madomna Maeuz de Montanhac, molher d'un Talairan, qu'era fraire del comte de Peiregorc", a statement which Stroński demonstrates is incompatible in every detail from a historical viewpoint with the information in the primary sources quoted here[254]. Comte Hélie [V] & his wife had two children:

i) HELIE [VII] TALAIRAND de Périgord ([1155/60]-before 1211). "Helias…Petragoricensis comes" donated property "nemus…Herbosa" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, confirmed by "Helia Talairano filio meo", by charter dated [1199/1200][255]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord.

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ii) ARCHAMBAUD [I] de Périgord (-1212). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. However, he is referred to as Vicomte de Ribérac in the charter quoted below, a title which he could only have inherited from his presumed mother. "Ramnulfus…Petragoricensis episcopus [et] Archambaldus comes Petragoricensis, vicecomes de Ribairiaco" declared that "Petrus de Sancto Asterio et Geraldus et Armandus filii eius et Helias de Sancto Asterio et B filius eius et Fulcherius d'Agonac et Bertrandus de Sancto Asterio…" and others had donated property to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, by charter dated [1211/12][256]. Ramnulf Bishop of Périgueux names "bonæ memoriæ Archambaldus…quondam comes Petragoricensis" as donor of property to Notre-Dame de Chancelade in a charter dated 1212[257]. Although he is called "comes Petragoricensis" in both these documents, no other evidence has been found that Archambaud was one of the ruling comtes de Périgord, although it is not impossible that he succeeded as comte on the death of his brother Hélie [VII], jointly with his nephew Comte Archambaud [II]. He is called "Archambaud [I]" in the present document for convenience, as the first person of this name in the family, but without implying any historical significance. It should also be noted that secondary sources normally refer to the last counts of the family as Archambaud [V] and [VI]. Removing the ordinal from Archambaud [I] could therefore result in confusion with respect to the numbering of these two later rulers.

b) AUDEBERT de Périgord (-[1162/69] or after). "Helia coms de Peregorc, e n'Audebert e'n Bos si friar" are named in [1162/69][258].

c) BOSON de Périgord (-[1162/69] or after). "Helia coms de Peregorc, e n'Audebert e'n Bos si friar" are named in [1162/69][259].

d) RANULF de Périgord (-20 Nov after 1188). Monk at, later abbot of, the Cistercian abbey Notre-Dame de La Faise {Les Artigues-de-Lussac, Gironde}. "Ramnulphus Taleyrandi Heliæ comitis Petragoricensis frater" is named (in a document composed in 1680 by the Benedictine Dom Claude Estiennot, who claims to have based his work on contemporary primary sources which have presumably disappeared subsequently) as fourth abbot of the monastery of Notre-Dame de La Faise, specifying that he was a monk at the abbey before being appointed abbot in 1181[260]. The extract also cites a charter dated 1188 which purportedly involves abbot Ranulf (but does not name him, according to the extract) and the necrology of "Sylvæ Majoris" which records his death "XIII Kal Nov". Stroński highlights that Gallia Christiana[261] confuses Ranulf de Périgord with Ranulf de Mauriac, who he demonstrates was a separate individual, and this has been followed by subsequent genealogical secondary sources[262].

e) JORDANA de Périgord . The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis names "Jordana filia Bosonis Petragoricensis Comitis" as wife of "Combornensi…Archambaldus"[263]. "Archambaldus vicecomes de Comborn et…Johanna uxor eius et…Archambaldus filius eorum" granted exemptions from taxes to Notre-Dame de Dalon by charter dated 24 Nov 1178[264]. m ARCHAMBAUD [V] Vicomte de Comborn, son of ARCHAMBAUD [IV] "le Barbu" Vicomte de Comborn & his wife Humberge [Brunissent] de Limoges (-[1199] or after).

2. AUDEBERT de Périgord (-[1145] or after). Seigneur de Puyguilhem {a ruined castle now in Thérac, Dordogne}. A charter dated 1135 names "Boso comes de Granolio…frater eius Audebertus comes Montis Guillelmi"[265].

3. RAYMOND de Périgord (-1159 or after). A charter dated 1153 names "Raimondo episcopo et Bosone comite fratre suo episcopatum gubernantibus"[266]. Bishop of Périgueux 1146-1158. Archbishop of Bordeaux 1158-1159.

HELIE [VII] TALAIRAND de Périgord , son of HELIE [VI] TALAIRAND Comte de Périgord & his wife Raymonde de Turenne-Ribérac ([1155/60]-before 1211). "Helias…Petragoricensis comes" donated property "nemus…Herbosa" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, confirmed by "Helia Talairano filio meo", by charter dated [1199/1200][267]. His birth date range is estimated on the basis of the birth date ranges estimated for his descendants (see below). "Helias…Petragoricensis comes" confirmed a donation of property "iuris..in nemore…Herbosa" by "Helia de Versinas et…Ama sorore sua et a matre eorum" (to which "tres filiæ Amæ…Maria uxore Raimundi de Longua et Petronilla et Claria sorores" consented) to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, with the consent of "Heliæ filii mei et Talairandi nepotis iam dicti Heliæ filii", by charter dated [1203/04][268]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord.

m (before [1180/85]) [as her second husband, MARGUERITE de Limoges, widow of --- de Rochechouart, daughter of ADEMAR [V] Vicomte de Limoges & his wife Sarah of Cornwall. The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis names "Guidonem, Ademarum et Guillermum…Peregrinus…filiam Margaretam…Aquiliam…Humbergam…Mariam" as children of "Ademarum" and his wife "Sarram", specifying that Marguerite married "filio Aimerici de Rupecavardi" and afterwards "filio Audeberti Petragorici comitis"[269]. It is not possible to identify the "Audeberti Petragorici comitis", the only known counts of this name having existed at an earlier period. This is somewhat surprising as the Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis appears generally to be reasonably accurate in its genealogical details. The identity of Marguerite's second husband as Hélie [VII] Comte de Périgord is suggested by the charter dated [1228/29] under which "Archambauz coms de Peregurs fils n'El Talairan et neps al vescomte de Lemotges" donated property "lo moli Sancti Martialis que Peir Vegers tenia" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade[270]. From a chronological point of view, this appears to be the best solution from among the comtes de Périgord who are known from other primary sources. However, it should be emphasised that the issue is not without doubt, firstly in light of the usual confusion about the translation of the word "neps/nepos", secondly because the vicomte de Limoges in question is not named, and thirdly because there remains the possibility that another "Audebert" in the Périgord family also bore the title "comte", unrecorded in other sources so far identified (see for example Audebert, son of Boson [IV] Comte de Périgord). The name of the first husband of Marguerite de Limoges is not known. From a chronological point of view, it is probable that he was the son of Aimery [V] Vicomte de Rochechouart, assuming that the report in the Chronicle of Geoffroy de Vigeois about Marguerite's first marriage is accurate. It is possible that he was the same person as Vicomte Aimery [VI], son and successor of Aimery [V], but only assuming that the marriage was dissolved as Aimery [VI] is reported elsewhere with another named wife.]

Hélie [VII] & his wife had [two] children:

1. ARCHAMBAUD [II] TALAIRAND de Périgord ([1180/85]-1239 before 15 Sep). "Helias…Petragoricensis comes" confirmed a donation of property "iuris..in nemore…Herbosa" by "Helia de Versinas et…Ama sorore sua et a matre eorum" (to which "tres filiæ Amæ…Maria uxore Raimundi de Longua et Petronilla et Claria sorores" consented) to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, with the consent of "Heliæ filii mei et Talairandi nepotis iam dicti Heliæ filii", by charter dated [1203/04][271]. His birth date range is estimated from the birth date ranges estimated for his son and grandson, but on the assumption that Archambaud [I] must have been adult when he swore allegiance in 1204 (see below). He succeeded as Comte de Périgord. He swore allegiance to Philippe II "Auguste" King of France in 1204[272], but transferred his allegiance to the king of England in 1208[273]. "Archambaldus comes Petragoricensis filius Helie Talairandi junioris" is named in a charter dated 29 Jun 1219[274]. "Archambauz coms de Peregurs fils n'El Talairan et neps al vescomte de Lemotges" donated property "lo moli Sancti Martialis que Peir Vegers tenia" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, by charter dated [1228/29][275]. "Archambaldus comes Petragoricensis" issued a charter dated 27 May 1238[276]. He left for the Holy Land and Pierre Bishop of Périgueux reported on 15 Sep 1239 that "Archambaldi quondam comitis Petragoricensis" was dead[277]. m ---. The name of Archambaud´s wife is not known. Archambaud [II] & his wife had three children:

a) HELIE [VIII] TALAIRAND de Périgord ([1210/15]-[1247/51]). "Helias Talairandi comes Petragoricensis" confirmed a donation by "Arcambaldus pater noster quondam comes Petragoricensis" of all his rights in "castro de Granholio" {Grignols} to "nobili viro Bosoni de Granolio et eius successoribus" by charter dated Jan 1245[278]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord.

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b) MARGUERITE de Périgord (-after Apr 1269). "Ebulo de Sancto Asterio dominus de Monte Inciso et Margarita uxor eius" record an agreement between them and "Archambaldum…comitem Petrigoricensem", clarifying that the latter was "pater mei Margaritæ", in a charter dated Apr 1269[279]. m EBLON de Saint-Astier {castle of Le-Puy, Saint-Astier, Saint-Astier, Dordogne} Seigneur de Montanceix {castle in Montrem, Dordogne}, son of ---.

c) RAYMONDE de Périgord (-after [1238]). "Archambaldus comes Petragorencis" donated property to the Benedictine abbey of Ligueux {Dordogne} and "filiæ nostræ Raymundæ" by charter dated to 1238[280]. Nun at Ligueux.

The exact relationship of the following person to the main Périgord family is not known. His death before 1251 is consistent with his having been another son of Archambaud [I], assuming that he lived to an age similar to his supposed brother Hélie [VII].

1. BOSON de Périgord (-before 1251). Stroński cites a report by the seneschal of Périgueux to the French king concerning assaults and various other misdemeanours inflicted between 19 and 21 Aug 1246 by Hélie [VIII] Comte de Périgord and his accomplices, among whom "Bosone de Granholio lt…de…qui haerunt patrueles comitis"[281], which suggests that the fathers of Boson and Comte Hélie [VIII] were brothers. Seigneur de Grignols. "Bosonis domini de Granholio" is named in the charter dated to 1238 under which "Archambaldus comes Petragorencis" donated property to the Benedictine abbey of Ligueux {Dordogne} and "filiæ nostræ Raymundæ"[282]. "Helias Talairandi comes Petragoricensis" confirmed a donation by "Arcambaldus pater noster quondam comes Petragoricensis" of all his rights in "castro de Granholio" {Grignols} to "nobili viro Bosoni de Granolio et eius successoribus" by charter dated Jan 1245[283]. m MARGUERITE, daughter of --- (-after 1251). "Marguerite femme de Boson de Grignols" is reported, in a document possibly written by Lépine which is included in the Collection Périgord but which cites no primary source on which this is based, as having given a receipt (dated Jul 1251) to Gaillarde Comtesse de Périgord and her son Archambaud which Gaillarde's husband had assigned to Boson de Grignols[284]. Boson & his wife had descendants:

- SEIGNEURS de GRIGNOLS, and family TALLEYRAND (later TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD, ennobled as PRINCES de CHALAIS).

HELIE [VIII] de Périgord, son of ARCHAMBAUD [I] TALAIRAND Comte de Périgord & his wife --- ([1210/15]-[1247/51]). A partially legible charter of Guy [VI] Vicomte de Limoges, dated to [1240], names "…randi comitis Petragorencsis consanguineus noster"[285]. His birth date range is estimated from the estimated birth date range of his son. "Helias Talairandi comes Petragoricensis" confirmed a donation by "Arcambaldus pater noster quondam comes Petragoricensis" of all his rights in "castro de Granholio" {Grignols} to "nobili viro Bosoni de Granolio et eius successoribus" by charter dated Jan 1245[286]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord.

m GAILLARDE, daughter of --- Comte de --- & his wife --- [relative of Jaime I King of Aragon] (-1251 or after). "Domina Galharda Petragoricensis comitissa uxor quondam prædicti comitis [Heliæ Talairandi] et Archambaldus filius eorum" donated property by charter dated 1251[287]. Pope Innocent IV granted a retrospective dispensation to the marriage of "nobili viro comiti Petragoricensi et comitisse uxore sua" by letter dated 13 Jan 1247, which relates that the parties' respective fathers (unnamed) had married them a long time before to put an end to wars between them, overlooking the fact that the wife's father was the husband's godfather, and refers to her as "Arragonum regis…filia comitissa, linea consanguinitatis attingis"[288]. Further investigation into the political relations between the county of Périgord and its neighbouring counties during the 1230s, in particular any evidence about possible inter-comital wars, may throw light on Gaillarde's origin.

Comte Hélie [VIII] & his wife had three children:

1. ARCHAMBAUD [III] de Périgord ([1238/40]-[1300]). "Domina Galharda Petragoricensis comitissa uxor quondam prædicti comitis [Heliæ Talairandi] et Archambaldus filius eorum" donated property by charter dated 1251[289]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord. "Archambaldus comes Petragoricensis" confirmed donations by "quondam Helias bonæ memoriæ comes Petragoricensis pater noster" by charter dated 11 Feb 1255, which also refers to his guardians indicating that he was still a minor[290]. His first testament dated 11 Apr 1267 appoints "filium meum Heliam Talairan" as his successor, and provides for "filiæ meæ Aremborc…Audee secundæ filiæ meæ…alio…filia mea Gailharda"[291]. His second testament dated Sep 1295 appoints "Heliam Taleyrandi filium nostrum primogenitum" as his successor, names "Archembaldo autem filio meo secundo genito…Bosoni autem filio meo tertio genitor" and provides for dowries for "sororem Ayramburgis filiam nostram ordinis sororum Sancte Clare…quando contraxit matrimonium cum domino Anessantio de Caulomonte…Gualhardam cum Gualhardo de La Landa…Johannam…cum Petro de Burdigala"[292]. m firstly (before 1263) --- (-after 11 Apr 1267). The fact of Archambaud's first marriage is indicated by his son Hélie [VIII] having married the daughter of his father's second wife (by her first husband). The date of the marriage is set by the birth of four children before their father's first testament of 11 Apr 1267. The name of Archambaud's first wife is not known. m secondly ([4 Apr 1269/20 Jun 1270]) as her second husband, MARIE d'Anduze, widow of ARNAUD [III] OTHON Vicomte de Lomagne, daughter of PIERRE BERMOND [VII] d'Anduze Sire d'Anduze et de Sauve {Gard} & his first wife Josserande de Poitiers-Valentinois (-1290). The testament of Jeanne Ctss de Toulouse dated 22 Jun 1270 provided bequests to "dominæ Mariæ consanguinæ nostræ", widow of "domini Othonis quondam vicecomitis Leomaniæ" and now "uxoris domini Archambaudi comitis Petragoricensis" and to two of Marie's brothers Guillaume and Bernard[293]. Her parentage is confirmed by a receipt dated 19 Feb 1249 in the Chartularium Raimondi comitis Tholosæ from Arnaud Othon Vicomte de Lomagne to Raymond VII Comte de Toulouse for the dowry of the latter's [grand-]niece "nepta sua domina Maria filia…Petri Bermundi de Salves"[294]. The earliest date of her second marriage is set by letters dated 4 Apr 1269 and 21 Jun 1269 addressed by Alphonse Comte de Poitou et de Toulouse "senescallo Agenensi et Caturcensi" to "nobilem dominam vicecomitissam Altivillaris" relating to the estate of her late first husband, as she would presumably have been addressed by the comital title if she had been married by the latter date[295]. The latest date for her marriage is set by the letter dated 21 Jun 1270 from Alphonse Comte de Poitou et de Toulouse addressed to "Marie, Petragoricensi comitisse" which names "Archambaudo, Petragoricensi comiti, marito suo"[296]. Her date of death is set by the marriage contract of her daughter Jeanne (see below). Comte Archambaud [III] & his first wife had four children:

a) HELIE [IX] TALAIRAN de Périgord ([1258/62]-1315). The first testament of Archambaud [III] dated 11 Apr 1267 appoints "filium meum Heliam Talairan" as his successor[297]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord.

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b) EREMBOURG de Périgord . The first testament of Archambaud [III] dated 11 Apr 1267 provides for "filiæ meæ Aremborc…Audee secundæ filiæ meæ…alio…filia mea Gailharda"[298]. The second testament of Archambaud [III] dated Sep 1295 provided for dowries for "sororem Ayramburgis filiam nostram ordinis sororum Sancte Clare…quando contraxit matrimonium cum domino Anessantio de Caulomonte…Gualhardam cum Gualhardo de La Landa…Johannam…cum Petro de Burdigala"[299]. "Archambaldus comes" confirmed donations by "filia nostra Aremborcx relicta domini Anicensii de Castomonte" by charter dated Jun 1281[300]. She became abbess of Sainte-Claire de Périgueux after her husband died. m as his second wife, ANISSANT de Caumont Seigneur de Sainte-Bazeille {Lot-et-Garonne}, son of NOMPAR [I] de Caumont {Caumont-sur-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne} Seigneur de Lauzun {Lot-et-Garonne} & his wife Guillemette de Bouville (-before Jun 1281).

c) AUDE de Périgord (-[11 Apr 1267/Sep 1295]). The first testament of Archambaud [III] dated 11 Apr 1267 provides for "filiæ meæ Aremborc…Audee secundæ filiæ meæ…alio…filia mea Gailharda", specifying that Aude was destined to be a nun "in monasterio Fontis Ebrardi"[301].

d) GAILLARDE de Périgord . The first testament of Archambaud [III] dated 11 Apr 1267 provides for "filiæ meæ Aremborc…Audee secundæ filiæ meæ…alio…filia mea Gailharda", specifying that Gaillarde was destined to be a nun "in monasterio de Coirois" {Le Coiroux, Aubazine, Corrèze}[302]. The second testament of Archambaud [III] dated Sep 1295 provided for dowries for "sororem Ayramburgis filiam nostram ordinis sororum Sancte Clare…quando contraxit matrimonium cum domino Anessantio de Caulomonte…Gualhardam cum Gualhardo de La Landa…Johannam…cum Petro de Burdigala"[303]. m (1276) GAILLARD de La Lande Seigneur et Baron de La Brède {Gironde}, son of [304]GAILLARD de La Lande & his wife ---.

Comte Archambaud [III] & his second wife had three children:

e) ARCHAMBAUD de Périgord ([1268/69] or after-after 8 Aug 1302). The second testament of Archambaud [III] dated Sep 1295 names "Archembaldo autem filio meo secundo genito…Bosoni autem filio meo tertio genito"[305]. The dates associated with his father's first and second wives, and Archambaud's absence from his father's testament dated 17 Apr 1267, indicate that Archambaud must have been born from his second marriage. Canon of Saint-Front de Périgueux. Abbot of Saint-Astier {Saint-Astier, Dordogne}. The testament of Comte Hélie [IX] Talairand, dated 8 Aug 1302, names "Archambaldi fratri nostro…"[306].

f) BOSO de Périgord ([1270] or after-after 8 Aug 1302). The second testament of Archambaud [III] dated Sep 1295 names "Archembaldo autem filio meo secundo genito…Bosoni autem filio meo tertio genito"[307]. The dates associated with his father's first and second wives indicate that Boso must have been born from his second marriage. Seigneur d'Estissac {Bergerac, Dordogne}. The testament of Comte Hélie [IX] Talairand, dated 8 Aug 1302, bequeaths "castri nostri d'Estissaco" to "Bosoni fratri nostro"[308].

g) JEANNE de Périgord ([1270] or after-[28 Apr 1341/Jan 1345]). The second testament of Archambaud [III] dated Sep 1295 provided for dowries for "sororem Ayramburgis filiam nostram ordinis sororum Sancte Clare…quando contraxit matrimonium cum domino Anessantio de Caulomonte…Gualhardam cum Gualhardo de La Landa…Johannam…cum Petro de Burdigala"[309]. The dates associated with her father's first and second wives indicate that Jeanne must have been born from his second marriage (which is confirmed explicitly by her marriage contract). The marriage contract between "Johana filha deu noble senhor Archambaud…compte de Peyregort et…la noble dona na Maria molhere" and "Pierre de Bordeau…filh…deu noble baron en Pierre de Bordeau" is dated 26 Jan 1290[310]. A series of charters dated 9 Nov 1316, 2 Apr 1327, 1328, 7 Sep 1329, 1340 and Apr 1341 record a lengthy dispute, and the ensuing arbitration, between "Jehanne de Perigort dame de Lavardac" and "le sire d´Albret" concerning "les lymites de Lavardac et de Nérac"[311]. Part of the seal of Jeanne de Périgord dame de Lavardac is attached to a parchment dated at Lavardac 28 Apr 1341[312]. She died before Jan 1345 when Jean Duke of Normandy (later Jean II King of France) granted property "Fauquerolles et Cauderoue" (which had been inherited by Jeanne's mother from Jeanne Ctss de Toulouse) to Cardinal Taleyrand de Périgord, the document stating that it had been handed to the English by "sa tante, feue Jeanne de Périgord"[313]. Under her testament dated 24 Aug 1342, she named her nephew Cardinal Talleyrand de Périgord as her sole legatee, with substitution in favour of her nephew Roger-Bernard Comte de Périgord[314]. Talleyrand, cardinal de Périgord, seigneur de Lavardac, granted a proxy to take possession of the property[315]. m (26 Jan 1290) PIERRE de Bordeaux, son of PIERRE [IV] de Bordeaux Seigneur de Puy-Paulin {a borough of Bordeaux, Gironde} Seneschal of Gascony & his wife Assalide de Rancon (-[1 Apr 1305/1334]). Pierre de Bordeaux is named in a letter dated 1 Apr 1305 by the king of England to his seneschal Jean de Havering[316]. Philippe VI King of France sent a commission to the seneschal of Périgord and Quercy dated 1334 ordering payment to "Jeanne de Périgord, veuve de Pierre de Bordeaux", of an allowance of 300 francs which her husband had allowed her from the fees paid by the market at Bordeaux[317].

2. [MARGUERITE . The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. This marriage is suggested by a letter from "Bertrandus de Cardaillac miles eius, in Lemovicensi, Petragoricensi et [Caturcensi] diœcesi consenescallus" to Henry III King of England, dated to [early 1261], asking for the king´s special attention for "dominum G. de Mala Morte" and names "comite Peitragorensi sororio suo"[318]. m ([before early 1261]) GERAUD [III] de Malemort Seigneur de Malemort {Malemort-sur-Corrèze, Corrèze} (-1273).]

3. [ALMODIS . The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m BERNARD [III] Seigneur de Cardaillac {Lot} (-1282). Seneschal of Henry III King of England in Limousin, Périgord and Quercy until 1261. Governor of Bergerac.]

HELIE [IX] TALAIRAN de Périgord, son of ARCHAMBAUD [III] Comte de Périgord & his first wife --- ([1258/62]-1315). The first testament of Archambaud [III] dated 11 Apr 1267 appoints "filium meum Heliam Talairan" as his successor[319]. Given the estimated birth date range of his father, it is unlikely that Hélie [IX] could have been born before 1258 at the earliest. The second testament of Archambaud [III] dated Sep 1295 appointed "Heliam Taleyrandi filium nostrum primogenitum"[320]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord. He granted the viscountships of Lomagne and Auvillar, received from his first wife's family, to Philippe IV King of France in Nov 1301 in return for several castles, cities and lands[321], although the transfer of the latter was only made in 1320 to Hélie's son Archambaud[322]. Under his testament dated 8 Aug 1302, he chooses burial "in ecclesia fratrum Minorum de Petragoris" where "quondam progenitoris nostri et Philippe quondam uxoris nostre" were buried, he bequeaths "castri nostri d'Estissaco" to "Bosoni fratri nostro", names "Archambaldi fratri nostro…Brunissende uxor nostra comitissa Petragoricensis...Margarite filie nostræ…Archambaldum filium nostrum"[323].

m firstly ([1276]) his stepsister, PHILIPPA de Lomagne, daughter of ARNAUD [III] Odon Vicomte de Lomagne & his third wife Marie d'Anduze (-[1286/94], bur Périgueux, Franciscan Church). Her marriage and parentage are confirmed by reading together the sources quoted below. The testament of Jeanne Ctss de Toulouse dated 22 Jun 1270 names "Philippam, filiam domini Othonis quondam vicecomitis Leomaniæ et…dominæ Mariæ consanguinæ nostræ, quondam uxoris suæ, vicecomitissæ quondam Leomaniæ, uxoris domini Archambaudi comitis Petragoricensis" as her main heiress[324]. The inheritance was confirmed by Alphonse de France Comte de Poitiers, husband of Jeanne Ctss de Toulouse, in Jun 1270[325]. She inherited the viscountships of Lomagne and Auvillar on the death without issue of her brother Vézian Vicomte de Lomagne in 1276. Vicomte Vézian's mother-in-law, Mathe de Bordeaux, wrote to Edward I King of England objecting and proposing her own son Amanieu as the preferred successor[326]. "Archambaldus comes Petragoricensis…et Helyas Tallerandi primogenitus eius ac Philippa eiusdem primogeniti uxor" sold "domus dicte Hosteriche…site Parisius ultra Magnum Pontem" inherited from "Alfonsi comitis Pictavensis quondam et Johane eius uxoris" to Pierre Comte d'Alençon in 1282[327]. "Philippa vicecomitissa Leomaniæ et Altivillari" granted the viscountship of Auvillar to her husband, by way of her dowry, by charter dated 4 Apr 1286[328].

Betrothed ([1295], contract broken before 1298) to [PUCELLE] d'Armagnac, daughter of GERAUD [VI] Comte d'Armagnac & his wife Mathe de Béarn [Montcada] (-[1298/18 May 1302]). The letter of Pope Boniface VIII granted dispensation 2 May 1296 for the marriage between "Helye Thalayrandi comiti Petragoricensis et vicecomes Leomaniæ et Altivillari" and "Puelle, nate quondam Geraldi comitis Armaniaci, uxor eius" despite 3^o consanguinity[329]. “Puelle” could either be this daughter´s name (presumably named after her paternal grandmother) or simply "young girl". In the latter case, this daughter could have been the same person as the daughter named Marqua in her father´s testament dated 18 May 1302. If Pucelle was a different daughter, she must have died before her father´s testament in which she is not named.

m secondly (1298) BRUNISENDE de Foix, daughter of ROGER-BERNARD [III] Comte de Foix & his wife Marguerite de Béarn (-before 21 Nov 1324). "Helias Talyrandi…comes Petragorensis vicecomes Leomaniæ et Altivillaris" confirmed receipt of the dowry relating to his marriage with "dominæ Brunissendis uxoris suæ, filiæ…domini Rogeri Bernardi…comitis Fuxi" dated 1297[330]. Her death is dated from a letter of condolence sent 21 Nov 1324 by Pope John XXII to her son Archambaud [IV] on the death of his mother[331].

Comte Hélie [IX] & his first wife had [three] children:

1. MARQUEZE de Périgord ([1281/82]-after 7 May 1294). "Marquisia filia emancipata…domini Heliæ Talayrandi, vicecomitis Altivillaris, filii domini comitis Petragoricensis…major duodecim annorum" granted the viscountships of Lomagne and Auvillars to her father, naming "dominam Philippam matrem quondam dicte Marquesie", by charter dated 7 May 1294[332]. Nun at Sainte-Claire de Périgueux.

2. EREMBOURG de Périgord (-young). The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.

3. [JEANNE de Périgord (-after 29 May 1332). The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. However, if she was a member of the family of the Comtes de Périgord, it is chronologically consistent for her to have been the daughter of Comte Hélie [IX], by his first marriage considering the date of her own first marriage. Her absence from the testament of Comte Hélie [IX] Talairand, dated 8 Aug 1302, suggests that Jeanne may not have been his daughter[333]. Her supposed first marriage is suggested by the act dated 1307 under which Pierre [II] de Grailly (who married firstly Assalide, sister of Pierre [VI] de Bordeaux, and was therefore heir to Pierre [VI], de iure uxoris) granted Jeanne "Petg" widow of "Pey de Bordeu" revenues in Médoc[334]. Her second marriage is confirmed by the letter from Edward I King of England "pro Pontio domino de Castelione", dated 26 Apr 1307, requesting papal dispensation for the marriage between "Pontium filium dicti Pontii" and "Johanam de Peregort"[335], the dispensation being required because her first husband had been the maternal uncle of her proposed second husband although this reason is not specified in the document. Her third marriage is indicated by a bull of Pope John XXII dated 1318 which names "Sansaniero de Pinibus et…nobili mulieri Johanne Petragoris eius uxori"[336]. "Jeanne de Périgord, veuve de Sancenier des Pins" is named in act of the parlement dated 29 May 1332[337], and a peace treaty dated 1319 between "dominum Amaneum domino de Lebreto" [Amanieu [VII] Sire d'Albret] on the one hand and Jeanne de Périgord and her husband "dominum Sansanerium de Pinibus militem" [Sansaner des Pins] on the other[338]. m firstly ([1301]) PIERRE [VI] de Bordeaux Seigneur de Puy-Paulin {a borough in Bordeaux, Gironde}, son of PIERRE [V] de Bordeaux & his wife Comtor --- (-1307 or before). m secondly (1307) PONS de Castillon, son of PONS [II] Seigneur de Castillon et de Lamarque {Gironde} & his wife --- de Bordeaux (-before 1318). m thirdly (before 1318) SANSANER des Pins Seigneur de Monheurt {Tarn-et-Garonne}, son of GUILLAUME-RAYMOND des Pins & his wife Séguine de Caumont (-before 1332).]

Comte Hélie [IX] & his second wife had eight children:

4. MARGUERITE de Périgord ([1299/1300]-after 8 Aug 1302). The testament of Comte Hélie [IX] Talairand, dated 8 Aug 1302, names "…Brunissende uxor nostra comitissa Petragoricensis...Margarite filie nostræ…Archambaldum filium nostrum"[339].

5. ARCHAMBAUD [IV] de Périgord ([1300/8 Aug 1302]-1335). The testament of Comte Hélie [IX] Talairand, dated 8 Aug 1302, names "…Brunissende uxor nostra comitissa Petragoricensis...Margarite filie nostræ…Archambaldum filium nostrum"[340]. His parentage is confirmed by a letter of condolence sent to him 21 Nov 1324 by Pope John XXII on the death of his mother[341]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord, initially under the guardianship of his mother. m (26 Nov 1313) JEANNE de Pons Dame de Bergerac, daughter of RENAUD de Pons {Pons, Charente-Maritime} Seigneur de Bergerac {Dordogne} & his wife Isabelle de Lévis-Florensac (-after 18 Jul 1334). A document dated 26 Nov 1313 refers to the marriage of Archambaud and "Johannam filiam inclite memorie Reynaldi de Pontibus, domini de Ponte et de Brageyraco" and his wife Isabelle de Lévis-Florensac, in the presence of "Helias Rudelli frater dicte domicelle et nobilis Brunissendis dicti comitis"[342]. In a document dated 1326, Menaud de Pons seigneur de Bergerac, assigned 500 livres income from the seigneurie of Montignac to Archambaud [IV] comte de Périgord for the dowry of Jeanne de Pons, wife of the latter and sister of the former[343]. Her testament is dated 18 Jul 1334 in which she requests burial in the church of the Cordeliers convent at Bergerac[344].

6. TALAIRAN de Périgord (after 8 Aug 1302-1364). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified, although the sources cited below show that he was the brother of Roger Bernard. Abbot of Sainte-Marie de Chancelade. Bishop of Auxerre 1329. Cardinal (title of San Pietro in Vincoli) 1331. Under her testament dated 24 Aug 1342, Jeanne de Périgord named her nephew Cardinal Talairan de Périgord as her sole legatee, with substitution in favour of her nephew Roger-Bernard Comte de Périgord[345]. Talairan, cardinal de Périgord, seigneur de Lavardac, granted a proxy to take possession of the property[346]. Bishop of Albano 1348.

7. ROGER BERNARD de Périgord ([1303]-1363). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified, although the sources cited here show that he was the brother of Cardinal Talairan de Périgord. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord.

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8. FORTANIER de Périgord (-after 1355). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Knight.

9. AGNES de Périgord (-after 11 Aug 1343, bur Naples, Convent of Santa Chiara). Her parentage is confirmed by the marriage contract between "dominum Johannem…domini Karolo secundi Jherusalem et Siciliæ regis…natum, Gravinæ comitem et…Sancti Angeli dominum" and "domicellam Agnetem filiam…Archembaudi comitis Petragoricensis [error for Heliæ] quondam…domina Brunicende de Fusso comitissa Petragoricensis mater, et Archembaudi comes comitatus eiusdem filius et germanus Agnetæ", dated Nov 1321[347]. m (contract 14 Nov 1321) as his second wife, JEAN of Sicily Conte di Gravina, son of CHARLES II King of Sicily [Anjou-Capet] & his wife Maria of Hungary (1294-Naples 1336, bur Naples).

10. EREMBOURG [Erimburgis] de Périgord . Her parentage is confirmed by the contract for her first marriage dated 13 Jun 1319 "Emborgem filiam bonae memoriae domini Heliae Taleyrandi comitis Petragoricensis…dicta Eremburgis cum dicto Jacobo…et quia in presenti propter defectum aetatis cujuslibet dictorum filiorum contrahi non poterat matrimonium inter eos", which points to an unusually tender age[348]. She is often named Rosemburge in secondary sources but this appears unsupported by primary sources. Her marriage contract places her first marriage "in loco vocato de Turre, fluvio Rhodani in medio" {La Tour, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard}. m firstly (La Tour near Avignon 13 Jun 1319) JACQUES de Via, son of PIERRE de Via Seigneur de Villemur {Haute-Garonne} & his wife Eustachie de Beaumarchais {now Beaumarchés, Gers}. m secondly (31 Dec 1328) PIERRE [II] de Grailly Seigneur de Grilly, son of PIERRE [I] de Grailly & his first wife Thalèse [Talesia] de Bouville (-1356). Seigneur de Grilly, Rolle, Ville-la-Grand, Vicomte de Castillon, Captal de Buch.

ROGER BERNARD de Périgord, son of HELIE [IX] TALAIRAND Comte de Périgord & his second wife Brunissende de Foix ([1303]-1363). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified, although the sources cited here show that he was the brother of Cardinal Talairan de Périgord. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord.

m (contract 3 Feb 1339) ELEONORE de Vendôme, daughter of BOUCHARD [VI] Comte de Vendôme & his wife Alix de Bretagne. The contract between "Bochardum…comitem Vendocinensem…et…Alienordis de Monteforti comitisse Vindocinensis genetrix suæ" and "Rogerium Bernardi…comitem Petragoricensem", for the marriage of the latter and "domicellam Alienordim genitam dicti domini comitis Vindocinensis et…dominæ Alienordis de Britannia conjugem", is dated 3 Feb 1339, in the presence of "Talayrandi tituli Sancti Petri ad Vincula presbyter cardinalis, fratris…nostri comitis Petragoricensis"[349].

Comte Roger Bernard & his wife had six children:

1. ARCHAMBAUD [V] de Périgord (-[Jan/26 Feb] 1398, bur Montignac Franciscan Church). His parentage is proved by the document dated 26 Feb 1397 (1398 N. S.) which records the seizure and auction of the property "de feu Archambaut, jadiz conte de Pierregort" and names "defuncti Archambaldi, comitis Petragoricensis" and "quondam dominus Rogerius-Bernardi, comes Petragoricensis, pater quondam dicti Archambaldi"[350]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord. An arrêt of the Parliament of Paris, dated 3 Feb 1396, ordered the confiscation of the property of "Archambaldus comes Petragoricensis"[351]. He died before 26 Feb 1397 (1398 N. S.), the date of a document which records the seizure and auction of the property "de feu Archambaut, jadiz conte de Pierregort" from "chastel de Montignac où Archambaut, filz d'icelui feu conte, fait son domicile", in execution of the order of Parliament dated 3 Feb 1396[352]. m ([11 Feb 1359]) LOUISE de Matha, daughter of FOULQUES [III] de Matha Seigneur de Matha {Charente-Maritime} & his second wife Isabelle de Thouars {Thouars, Deux-Sèvres}. Her marriage is proved by the letters dated 1416 under which Charles VI King of France granted Brunisende, sister of Archambaud, rights over lands left by their mother Louise de Mastas[353]. The primary source which confirms her precise parentage has not yet been identified. Comte Archambaud [V] & his wife had [six or more] children:

a) ELEONORE de Périgord (-after 22 Sep 1425). Her parentage is proved by the testament, dated 22 Sep 1425, of "Archembault conte de Perigort" requests burial "en la sepulture laquelle monseignor mon payre Archambault comte de Perigort…en lo couvent dels Frayres Minours de Monthinhac" and names "nostre…sor Helianor de Perigort et…nostre nepode Louise de Clarmont viscontesse de Myal, filhe de la diche nostre sor" as his heirs[354]. The testament of "Johan de Clermont vicomte d'Aunay" names "ma…expouse Helienor de Perregort" as guardian of their minor daughter "Loise de Clermont" whose marriage with "François filz du seigneur de Montberon…Jacques de La Brousse" was also provided for in the document[355]. m JEAN de Clermont Vicomte d'Aulnay, son of --- (-after 10 Apr 1400).

b) ARCHAMBAUD [VI] de Périgord (-after 1430, bur Montignac Franciscan Church). His parentage is proved by the document dated 26 Feb 1397 (1398 N. S.) which records the seizure and auction of the property "de feu Archambaut, jadiz conte de Pierregort" from "chastel de Montignac où Archambaut, filz d'icelui feu conte, fait son domicile", in execution of the order of Parliament dated 3 Feb 1396[356]. He nominally succeeded his father as Comte de Périgord, but this was not recognised by the French king. The Parliament of Paris deprived him of his county 17 Apr 1398 as he had been repeatedly abusing the inhabitants of Périgueux, a city then belonging to the French king[357]. An arrêt of the Parliament of Paris, dated 19 Jul 1399, condemned "Archambaudum de Petragorico…defuncti comitis filius"[358]. By charter dated 23 Jan 1400, the king granted the county of Périgord to Louis de France Duc d'Orléans[359], who took possession 26 Jul 1400. Archambaud was legatee in the testament of his paternal aunt Marguerite de Périgord, dated 16 Jun 1404[360]. The testament, dated 22 Sep 1425, of "Archembault conte de Perigort" requests burial "en la sepulture laquelle monseignor mon payre Archambault comte de Perigort…en lo couvent dels Frayres Minours de Monthinhac, en laquoalle monsenhor mon payre, mon frayre et mass ors son sebelis" and names "nostre…sor Helianor de Perigort et…nostre nepode Louise de Clarmont viscontesse de Myal, filhe de la diche nostre sor" as his heirs[361]. Archambaud fled the castle of Auberoche in early 1430 before it was captured by Jean de Blois-Penthièvre after a two-year siege[362]. m (1428, dissolved) PERRETTE Hélie [de Pompadour], daughter of --- Hélie Seigneur de Villac & his wife ---. This marriage is discussed by Dujarric-Descombes[363].

c) BRUNISENDE de Périgord (-after 13 May 1416). Charles VI King of France granted Brunisende, sister of Archambaud, rights over lands left by their mother Louise de Mastas, by letters dated 1416[364]. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. m as his second wife, JEAN [III] l'Archévêque Sire de Parthenay, of GUILLAUME [VII] l´Archévêque Sire de Parthenay & his wife Jeanne de Mathefelon (-1427).

d) son (-[after 8 Mar 1402], bur Montignac Franciscan Church). A document dated 8 Mar 1402 records that "a commission was granted to Nicholas Maudyt, sergeant-at-arms to arrest the brother of the Count of Perigord" and that "Peter de Maderak, kinsman and servant of Peter Graunt of Bordeaux, merchant" was wrongly identified as such, arrested and later freed[365]. His existence is confirmed by the testament, dated 22 Sep 1425, of "Archembault conte de Perigort" which requests burial "en la sepulture laquelle monseignor mon payre Archambault comte de Perigort…en lo couvent dels Frayres Minours de Monthinhac, en laquoalle monsenhor mon payre, mon frayre et mass ors son sebelis"[366].

e) daughters (-young, bur Montignac Franciscan Church). Their existence is proved by the testament, dated 22 Sep 1425, of "Archembault conte de Perigort" which requests burial "en la sepulture laquelle monseignor mon payre Archambault comte de Perigort…en lo couvent dels Frayres Minours de Monthinhac, en laquoalle monsenhor mon payre, mon frayre et mass ors son sebelis"[367]. It is not known how many other daughters there were.

2. TALAIRAN de Périgord (-1371). Charles V King of France wrote to Archambaud [V] Comte de Périgord 30 Jun 1368 requiring him to share with "Taleyran vostre frere" 28,000 of 40,000 francs given to him annually for support during the war against the English[368], implying that Talairand was more enthusiastic in his support of the French king than his brother.

3. JEANNE de Périgord (-after 7 May 1366). Jean [I] Comte d'Armagnac acknowledged receipt of 15,000 florins from Roger-Bernard Comte de Périgord, which was the dowry of Jeanne de Périgord, wife of Jean son of the comte d'Armagnac[369]. Jeanne de Périgord, comtesse d'Armagnac recognised a debt of 1,000 florins by a document dated 7 May 1366[370]. A second testament of her father-in-law "Johannes…comes Armaignaci, Fesensiaci et Ruthene, vicecomesque Leomaniæ et Altivillaris ac dominus terre Ripparie", dated 5 Apr 1373, names "filiam nostrum Johannam de Petragorum consortem Johannis filii et heredis nostri…"[371]. m (4 (21) Nov 1359) JEAN [II] Comte d'Armagnac, de Fezensac et de Rodez, son of JEAN [I] Comte d'Armagnac & his wife Beatrix de Clermont {Oise} dame de Charolais {pagus in Burgundy, around Charolles, Saône-et-Loire} (-1384).

4. HELENE de Périgord . The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.

5. ELEONORE de Périgord (-before 1390). "Johanna Petragoriscensis uxorque…domini Johannis Armaniaci" stated that Comte Archambaud [V] was unable to obtain the sum requested for the marriage contracted between "nobilem Marquesium de Belloforti dominum de Canilhaco…et nobilem dominum Heliasnos Petragoricensis"[372]. Gaillard de Durfort seigneur de Duras acknowledged receipt of 2,000 florins from Archambaud [V] Comte de Périgord, which was the dowry of Eléonore de Périgord, sister of the comte and wife of the seigneur de Duras, by document dated to [1370/73][373]. Gaillard de Durfort seigneur de Duras appointed his mother Marguerite de Caumont as his proxy to receive this sum of 2,000 florins from Archambaud [IV] Comte de Périgord[374]. Betrothed (before 7 Mar 1367, contract broken for financial reasons) to MARQUES Roger Comte de Beaufort {Beaufort-en-Vallée, Maine-et-Loire} Seigneur de Canilhac {Lozère}. m ([1370/73]) as his first wife, GAILLARD [II] de Durfort Seigneur de Duras {Lot-et-Garonne}, son of GAILLARD [I] de Durfort {castle near Sorèze, Tarn}, Seigneur de Veyrines, Châtelain de Blanquefort {Gironde} & his wife Marguerite[375] de Caumont {Caumont-sur-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne} ([1346]-[4 Feb/14 Sep] 1422).

6. MARGUERITE de Périgord (-after 16 Jun 1404). Marguerite de Pons decided to leave her husband in [1370] and refused to return to him despite the mediation of Pope Gregory XI. Her testament, dated 16 Jun 1404, names her nephew Comte Archambaud [VI][376]. m (1364, separated [1370]) as his first wife, RENAUD [VI] de Pons Seigneur de Pons, d'Oléron, de Marennes {Charente-Maritime} et de Ribérac {Dordogne}, Comte de Montfort {Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines}, Vicomte de Turenne {Corrèze} et de Carlat {Cantal}, son of RENAUD [V] de Pons Seigneur de Pons & his wife --- Flotte (1346-1427). Governor of Aquitaine and Périgord.

Chapter 3. COMTES d'ANGOULEME

VULGRIN I 866-886, ALDUIN I 886-916, GUILLAUME II 916-945, ADEMAR I -930, BERNARD I 945-950, GUILLAUME III 950-962, RANULF 962-975, RICHARD 975

VULGRIN, son of VULFARD Comte de Flavigny {Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, Côte d'Or}[377] & his wife Susanna de Paris (-3 May 886, bur Angoulême Saint-Cybard). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks installed "Vulgrimnum propinquum suum, fratrem Aldoini abbatis" with "Engolisme et Petragorice" after Comte Emenon was killed (in 866), commenting that Vulgrin had been missus in Aquitaine for "Carlo magno imperatore fratre eius" and was already "senex" when appointed to Angoulême[378], although this is inconsistent with his parents' marriage date. Vulgrin's relationship with the Carolingian kings was through his mother. The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records that King Charles II installed "Vulgrinum propinquum suum, fratrem Aldoini abbatis ex monasterio Sancti Dionysii" with "Engolismæ et Petragoricæ" after the death of Emenon Comte de Poitou[379]. He was installed as Comte d'Angoulême, Comte de Périgord in 866. His parentage is confirmed by the charter dated 2 Nov 889 under which "Vulfardus" donated property to Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire for the souls of "genitoris mei Vulfardi et genetrice mea Susannane necnon et germanorum fratrum meorum Adelardo, Vulgrino, Ymo et sorore mee Hildeburga vel nepote meo Vulgrino"[380]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records the death "V Non Mai" of "Vulgrimno" and his burial "iuxta basilicam Sancti Eparchii"[381]. The death in 886 of "Vulgrimnus comes" is recorded in the Annales Engolismenses[382].

m ([860]) REGELINDIS, daughter of [BERNARD Comte d'Autun, Marquis de Septimanie [Toulouse] & his wife Dhuoda ---] ([842/44]-). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that Vulgrin's wife was "sororem Willelmi Tolosani" and that he held "Aginnum…urbem" through her[383]. The identity of "Willelmi Tolosani" is unclear. The Histoire Générale de Languedoc speculates that he was Guillaume Comte de Bordeaux (who it refers to as comte de Toulouse) and therefore that Regelindis was the daughter of Bernard and his wife Doda[384]. This seems far from certain as this Guillaume, if he was indeed comte de Toulouse, could only have ruled the town briefly. In addition, it seems strange that the relationship with her more illustrious (or notorious) father, Bernard, would not have been used in the source to place the wife of Vulgrin, if she had been the daughter of Bernard. The difficulty is that no other comte de Toulouse named Guillaume has been identified in the mid-9th century. If she was the daughter of Bernard and Doda, she must have been born in [842/44] as the Manual of Dhuoda states that their second son Bernard was his mother's second child[385]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified.

Comte Vulgrin I & his wife had four children:

1. ALDUIN [Audouin] (-27 Mar 916, bur Angoulême Saint-Cybard). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Alduinus et Villelmus" as the two sons of Vulgrin, in a later passage recording that Alduin inherited Angoulême[386]. A recital (undated) of two miracles attributed to relics conserved in the abbey of Charroux names "Audoinus filius Vulgrinni" as count of Angoulême[387]. He succeeded his father in 886 as ALDUIN I Comte d'Angoulême. The death "VI Kal Apr 916" of "Ilduinus comes" is recorded in the Annales Engolismenses[388]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Vulgrimni filius eius Alduinus" lived thirty years after succeeding his father, and in a later passage his death "VI Kal Apr" and his burial next to his father[389]. m ---. The name of Alduin's wife is not known. Comte Alduin I & his wife had three children:

a) GUILLAUME (-[945], bur Angoulême Saint-Cybard). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Willelmi cognomento Sectoris ferri" as son of "Alduinus"[390]. He succeeded his father in 916 as GUILLAUME II "Taillefer/Sector-ferri" Comte d'Angoulême. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that the testament of "Willelmus Sector ferri" was signed by "Bernardus comes, Arnoldus filius Bernardi, Odolricus vicecomes, Adhemarus vicecomes, Arnaldus filius Willelmi, Adhemarus filius Willelmi"[391]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Willelmus…Sector ferri" was buried "iuxta basilicam Sancti Eparchii"[392]. "Guillelmus comes" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Cybard by charter dated after 942, subscribed by "Domni Guillelmi comitis et monachi, Bernardi comitis, Arnaldi filii sui, comitis, Odolrici vice comitis, Ademari vicecomitis…Ademari comitis filii Guillelmi"[393]. Comte Guillaume II had two illegitimate children by unknown mistresses:

i) ARNAUD "Mancer" (-4 Mar [989/91], bur Angoulême Saint-Cybard). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that the testament of "Willelmus Sector ferri" was signed by "…Arnaldus filius Willelmi, Adhemarus filius Willelmi", another manuscript stating that he had no children by his wife and that these two sons were born "ex concubinis"[394]. He succeeded in 975 as ARNAUD "Mancer" Comte d'Angoulême.

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ii) ADEMAR . The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that the testament of "Willelmus Sector ferri" was signed by "…Arnaldus filius Willelmi, Adhemarus filius Willelmi", another manuscript stating that he had no children by his wife and that these two sons were born "ex concubinis"[395]. "Guillelmus comes" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Cybard by charter dated after 942, subscribed by "Domni Guillelmi comitis et monachi, Bernardi comitis, Arnaldi filii sui, comitis, Odolrici vice comitis, Ademari vicecomitis…Ademari comitis filii Guillelmi"[396].

b) ARNAUD . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. 923.

c) ODOLRICUS . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. "Guillelmus comes" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Cybard by charter dated after 942, subscribed by "Domni Guillelmi comitis et monachi, Bernardi comitis, Arnaldi filii sui, comitis, Odolrici vice comitis, Ademari vicecomitis…Ademari comitis filii Guillelmi"[397].

2. GUILLAUME (-[918]). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Alduinus et Villelmus" as the two sons of Vulgrin, and in a later passage recording that Guillaume inherited Périgord and Agen[398]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgueux et d'Agen. m ([892]) REGILINDIS, daughter of RAYMOND I Comte de Toulouse & his wife Berthe --- . An act at Angoulême dated 907/908[399] states her first name. An 11th century history of Angoulême[400] states that her son Bernard de Périgueux was the nephew of "Eudes". According to Settipani[401], it is more likely that this "Eudes" was Eudes Comte de Toulouse than Eudes King of France. Comte Guillaume I & his wife had three children:

a) BERNARD (before 895-[950]). Ademar names Bernard as son of Guillaume[402]. He succeeded his father in 918 as Comte de Périgord. He succeeded his cousin in [945] as BERNARD I Comte d'Angoulême.

i) other children: COMTES de PERIGORD.

ii) GUILLAUME (-6 Aug 962). Ademar names (in order) "Arnaldus cognomento Borracio, Willelmus Talerandus, Rannulfus Bomparius, Richardus Insipiens" as sons of "Bernardus comes Petragoricensis"[403]. He is named as the son of Bernard in the charter of Réole[404], and in the [936/42] document relating to the monastery of Sarlat[405], both referred to above. He succeeded his father in [950] as GUILLAUME III Comte de d'Angoulême, and his brother as Comte de Périgord. The death "VIII Id Aug 962" of "Willelmus comes Egolismensis Talerandus" is recorded in the Annales Engolismenses[406].

iii) RANULF "Bompar" (-killed in battle 27 Jul 975). Ademar names (in order) "Arnaldus cognomento Borracio, Willelmus Talerandus, Rannulfus Bomparius, Richardus Insipiens" as sons of "Bernardus comes Petragoricensis"[407]. He is named as the son of Bernard in the [936/42] document relating to the monastery of Sarlat[408], referred to above. He succeeded his half-brother in 962 as RANULF Comte de d'Angoulême, Comte de Périgord. The Annales Engolismenses records that "Ramnulfus comes Egolismensis" was killed "VI Kal Aug 975"[409]. He was killed fighting his second cousin Arnaud "Mancer"[410].

iv) RICHARD "Insipiens" (-after 975). Ademar names (in order) "Arnaldus cognomento Borracio, Willelmus Talerandus, Rannulfus Bomparius, Richardus Insipiens" as sons of "Bernardus comes Petragoricensis", specifying that he was expelled from Angoulême after his brother was killed by their second cousin Arnaud "Mancer"[411]. He succeeded his brother in 975 as RICHARD Comte de d'Angoulême, Comte de Périgord. He lost the county of Angoulême in 975.

3. [SANCIA (-Angoulême 4 Apr ----, bur Angoulême, Saint-Cybard[412]). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Ademarus…filius Emenonis" married "Santia" because of his close relations with "Alduino et Willelmo", although it does not specify that she was their sister this is confirmed in a later passage[413]. The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records the marriage of "Ademarus…filius Emmenonis" and "Sancia" as he had close relations with "Alduino comiti Engolismensi et Willelmo Petragoricensi", although it does not specify that they were Sancia's brothers[414]. In a later passage, the Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Adhemarus" married "sororem Bernardi Santiam", referring to Bernard Comte de Périgord who was the son of "Willelmo Petragoricensi"[415]. The passage is specific, but this relationship seems unlikely to be correct from a chronological point of view: the marriage of Bernard's parents is dated to [892], whereas Adémar must have been born in the early 860s at the latest, which is more consistent with his wife having been Guillaume's sister rather than daughter. "Sanciæ comitissæ" is named as wife of "Ademarus comes Engolismensis" in the Annales Engolismenses[416]. Sancia, wife of Ademar, is named "sororem Bernardi" by Ademar[417], but this is difficult to sustain chronologically given the likely birth dates of the children of Comte Guillaume. Adémar was still a minor at his father's death in 866 and was welcomed at the court of Vulgrin, recently appointed Comte d'Angoulême, who according to Richard arranged the marriage to strengthen the ties between the two families. "Sanciæ comitissæ" is named as wife of "Ademarus comes Engolismensis" in the Annales Engolismenses[418]. The Chronico Richardi Pictavensis records that "Ademarus filius Emenonis comitis Engolismæ…cum Sancia uxore sua" donated property to the church because they were childless[419]. A recital (undated) of two miracles attributed to relics conserved in the abbey of Charroux names "Sancia" as wife of "Ademarus filius Emenonis comitis Engolismensis", specifying that she was childless[420]. Sancia escaped assassination in 918 at the hands of Lambert Vicomte de Marcillac and his brother Arnaud, who were vassals of the Comte d'Angoulême[421]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Lambertus vicecomes Martiliacensis et Arnaldus frater eius" were killed "a Bernardo" (clarified in a later passage as meaning Bernard, son of Guillaume Comte de Périgord) in revenge for "Santie sororis sue [Alduini]", without further explanation or detail regarding their offence against Sancha[422]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records the death "II Non Apr" of "Santia" and her burial "iuxta basilicum beati Eparchii"[423]. m ADEMAR, son of EMENON Comte de Poitiers (-2 Apr 930, bur Poitiers Saint-Hilaire). He governed Angoulême on behalf of his wife's nephew Comte Guillaume II after the death of his brother-in-law Comte Alduin I.]

4. SENEGONDE . Senegonde is shown by Settipani as the daughter of "Vulgrin d'Agen" and an unnamed daughter of Bernard Marquis de Septimanie[424], but the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. m RAMNULF de Marcillac ([860]-).

ARNAUD 975-988, GUILLAUME IV 988-1028, HILDUIN 1028-1032

ARNAUD "Mancer" d'Angoulême, illegitimate son of GUILLAUME II "Taillefer" Comte d'Angoulême & his mistress --- (-[4] Mar [989/91], bur Angoulême Saint-Cybard). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that the testament of "Willelmus Sector ferri" was signed by "…Arnaldus filius Willelmi, Adhemarus filius Willelmi", another manuscript stating that he had no children by his wife and that these two sons were born "ex concubinis"[425]. Ademar names Arnaud son of "Willelmi Sectoris-ferri", recording that he defeated and killed his second cousin Ranulf "Bompar" in 975[426], succeeding as ARNAUD "Mancer" Comte d'Angoulême. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Arnaldus…comes Engolismensis" abdicated in 988 in favour of his son Guillaume, took the monastic habit at "ecclesia Buxensi sancti Amancii" and entered the monastery of "sancti Eparchii" [Saint-Cybard] where he was buried "IV Non Mar" next to his father[427].

m firstly RAINGARDE, sister of BELLUS HOMO, daughter of ---. "Willelmus Engolismensium comes" founded the priory of Vindelle with the consent of "coniuge mea Girberge atque filiis…meis vivis Helduini seu Gauzfredi" for the souls of "progenitoris mei seu genetrice mea Hernaldi atque Raingardi" by undated charter which also names "[filii sui] defuncti Harnaldi atque Willelmi"[428]. "Willelmus comes" restored the monastery of Saint-Amant-de-Boixe to the cathedral of Angoulême by charter dated 988 after 4 Mar, naming "genitoris mei Arnaldi et Bellus Homo clericus avunculus meus"[429].

m secondly (before 13 May 988) ALDEARDE d'Aulnay, widow of ARBERT [I] Vicomte de Thouars, daughter of CADELON [II] Vicomte d'Aulnay & his first wife Senegundis --- (-[1020]). "Senegundis" donated property "in pago Alnisio" to the Saint-Maixent by charter dated May 964 subscribed by "Cadelonis, Ebulonis, Ode, Aldeardis, Goscelmi"[430], "Aldeardis" presumably referring to her daughter. "Audeardis et filii meum" returned property to Saint-Maixent by charter dated 13 May 988 which refers to the burial of "Arbertum seniorem meum" and was subscribed by "…Aimerici filii sui…"[431]. However, the document which links these two references and confirms that Aldéarde wife of Vicomte Arbert [I] was the daughter of Cadelon [III] has not so far been located. The primary source which confirms her second marriage has not yet been identified.

Comte Arnaud & his first wife had one child:

1. GUILLAUME d'Angoulême ([978]-murdered 6 Apr 1028, bur Angoulême Saint-Cybard). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Willelmum filium suum" succeeded "Arnaldus" in Angoulême[432]. He succeeded on the abdication of his father in 988 as GUILLAUME IV Comte d'Angoulême. "Willelmus comes" restored the monastery of Saint-Amant-de-Boixe to the cathedral of Angoulême by charter dated 988 after 4 Mar, naming "genitoris mei Arnaldi et Bellus Homo clericus avunculus meus"[433]. "Guilelmus Aquitaniencum dux" founded a hospital near Saint-Hilaire de Poitiers by charter dated Jan 989, subscribed by "Emma comitissa, Guillelmi filium eius, Guilelmi comitis Engolismæ…"[434]. "Willelmus Engolismensium comes" founded the priory of Vindelle with the consent of "coniuge mea Girberge atque filiis…meis vivis Helduini seu Gauzfredi" for the souls of "progenitoris mei seu genetrice mea Hernaldi atque Raingardi" by undated charter which also names "[filii sui] defuncti Harnaldi atque Willelmi"[435]. "…Willelmi Engolisme comitis, Alduini eius filius…" subscribed the charter dated 3 Aug 1016 under which "Guilelmus…dux Aquitaniensium" granted rights to Saint-Hilaire de Poitier[436]. "Willelmo comite et uxore sua Girberga, Hilduinus filius comiti" subscribed a charter under which "Arnaldus et uxor mea Rixendis et filius meus Helias" donated property to the cathedral of Angoulême dated 20 May 1020[437]. A charter of the church of Angoulême dated to [1028/30] refers to a donation by "Willelmi…comes pater Aldoini comitis"[438]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records the death "VIII Id Apr 1028" of "Willelmus comes" and his burial "ad basilicam beati Eparchii"[439]. He was poisoned by his daughter-in-law Alaisia. m (before 1000) GERBERGE d'Anjou, daughter of GEOFFROY I "Grisegonelle" Comte d'Anjou & his first wife Adela de Meaux [Vermandois] (974[440] or before-after 1 Apr 1041). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records the marriage of "comes…Engolismæ Willelmus" and "Girberga sorore comitis Fulconis"[441]. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "Giberta sorore Comitis Guillermi Andegavensis" as wife of "Guillermus Comes Engolismensis"[442]. "Gaufredus et uxor mea Petronilla" donated property "ecclesiam Sancti Pauli…in Sanctonensi territorio subter castrum…Botavilla" to Savigny on the advice of "Vuillelmi comitis Engolismensis et uxoris eius dominæ Girbergiæ patris…mei et matris et domini Elduini fratris mei" by charter dated before 1028[443]. Comte Guillaume IV & his wife had six children:

a) ARNAUD (-before 3 Aug 1016). "Willelmus Engolismensium comes" founded the priory of Vindelle with the consent of "coniuge mea Girberge atque filiis…meis vivis Helduini seu Gauzfredi" for the souls of "progenitoris mei seu genetrice mea Hernaldi atque Raingardi" by undated charter which also names "[filii sui] defuncti Harnaldi atque Willelmi"[444].

b) GUILLAUME (-before 3 Aug 1016). "Willelmus Engolismensium comes" founded the priory of Vindelle with the consent of "coniuge mea Girberge atque filiis…meis vivis Helduini seu Gauzfredi" for the souls of "progenitoris mei seu genetrice mea Hernaldi atque Raingardi" by undated charter which also names "[filii sui] defuncti Harnaldi atque Willelmi"[445].

c) HILDUIN d’Angoulême (-1032 before 1 May). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Hilduinum et Gosfridum" as sons of "comes…Engolismæ Willelmus" and his wife "Girberga sorore comitis Fulconis"[446]. "…Willelmi Engolisme comitis, Alduini eius filius…" subscribed the charter dated 3 Aug 1016 under which "Guilelmus…dux Aquitaniensium" granted rights to Saint-Hilaire de Poitier[447]. "Vuillelmi vicecomitis Engolismense et Aldoini filii sui" subscribed a charter dated 21 May 1021 under which "Belerendis" donated property "in pago Pictave in viccaria Metulensi in villa…Blansiaco" to Saint-Jean d'Angély[448]. Ademar names "Hilduinem et Gosfridum" sons of "comes Engolismæ Willelmus" and his wife "Girberga sorore comitis Fulconis"[449]. He succeeded his father in 1028 as HILDUIN Comte d'Angoulême. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records the succession of "filius eius Alduinus" after the death of "Willelmus comes"[450]. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium records that "Auduinus" held the county for four years after the death of "Guillermi patris sui" and died in 1030[451]. m ALAISIA de Fronsac, daughter of GRIMOARD Vicomte de Fronsac & his wife Deda de Montignac. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records the marriage of "Ilduinem comitem" and "comitissæ Alaiziæ", specifying that she brought "castro Fronciaco" to her husband[452]. The chronicle of Guitres names "Grimoardus…vicecomes [et] uxorem de Montiniac…Dea" as parents of "Alaaz, Engolismensem comitissam et Ameliam, Petragoricorum comitissam"[453]. According to Europäische Stammtafeln[454], Comte Hilduin married ([1020]) Alaisia de Gascogne, daughter of Sancho Guillén Duke of Gascony & his wife ---, although the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified and it contradicts the sources cited above. Another table in Europäische Stammtafeln[455], records their possible son as Berenger, "Duke of Gascony 1032, died [1036/37]". He is named as such in L'art de verifier les dates[456], but if this is correct it is unclear why Berenger (who would presumably have been his parents' oldest son if he succeeded in Gascony) did not subscribe the charter dated to [1020/28] which was subscribed by his presumed brothers Guillaume and Arnaud[457]. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium records that Hilduin's father disinherited Hilduin's sons because "uxor eiusdem Audoini" poisoned him[458]. Comte Hilduin & his wife had [three] children:

i) [BERENGER (-[1036/37]). As noted above, Europäische Stammtafeln[459] records the possible son of Hilduin Comte d´Angoulême and his wife "Alaisia de Gascogne" as Berenger "Duke of Gascony 1032, died [1036/37]". He is named as such in L'art de verifier les dates[460], but if this is correct it is unclear why Berenger (who would presumably have been his parents' oldest son if he succeeded in Gascony) did not subscribe the charter dated to [1020/28] which was subscribed by his presumed brothers Guillaume and Arnaud[461]. It appears that this person never existed. Jaurgain suggests that his invention resulted from misinterpretation of a charter dated to [1060] under which "Auriol Garsies de Navarra" granted property in Gascony which he held "ex comite Berlengerio" to Garcia Arnaud Vicomte de Dax, suggesting that "comes Berlenger" can be identified as Berenguer Ramon I Comte de Barcelona who happened to own some property in Gascony[462].]

ii) GUILLAUME "Chausard" (-after 4 Apr 1060). The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium names "filius…fratre suo ["Gaufredus seu Josfredus"] Willermus Chausardus", stating that he held "Mastacium et medietatem castri Fronciaci"[463]. "Willelmum comitem et Ilduinum filium eius et Gauzfredum et Willelmum filium Ilduini et Arnaldum fratrem eius" subscribed the charter dated to [1020/28] under which "Roho episcopus" sold land to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe[464]. "Gaufredus Engolismensis comes…Fulco filius meus et Guillelmus nepos meus" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated 19 Jul 1040[465]. Comte de Marétay 1047, Seigneur de Matha et de Fronsac (en partie). m ---. The name of Guillaume's wife is not known. Guillaume & his wife had [one possible child]:

(a) [GUILLAUME de Marétay . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. 1067.]

iii) ARNAUD . "Willelmum comitem et Ilduinum filium eius et Gauzfredum et Willelmum filium Ilduini et Arnaldum fratrem eius" subscribed the charter dated to [1020/28] under which "Roho episcopus" sold land to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe[466].

iv) HUGUES . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. 1048.

d) GEOFFROY d’Angoulême (-Dec 1048). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Hilduinum et Gosfridum" as sons of "comes…Engolismæ Willelmus" and his wife "Girberga sorore comitis Fulconis"[467]. He succeeded in 1030 as GEOFFROY Comte d'Angoulême.

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e) FOULQUES . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. [1030]. m AYNORA, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. [1030].

f) ODON . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. [1030].

GEOFFROY 1030-1048, FOULQUES 1048-1087

GEOFFROY d'Angoulême, son of GUILLAUME IV Comte d'Angoulême & his wife Gerberge d'Anjou (-Dec 1048). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Hilduinum et Gosfridum" as sons of "comes…Engolismæ Willelmus" and his wife "Girberga sorore comitis Fulconis"[468]. "Willelmus Engolismensium comes" founded the priory of Vindelle with the consent of "coniuge mea Girberge atque filiis…meis vivis Helduini seu Gauzfredi" for the souls of "progenitoris mei seu genetrice mea Hernaldi atque Raingardi" by undated charter which also names "[filii sui] defuncti Harnaldi atque Willelmi"[469]. He succeeded in 1030 as GEOFFROY Comte d'Angoulême. "Gaufredus Engolismensis comes…Fulco filius meus et Guillelmus nepos meus" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated 19 Jul 1040[470].

m firstly PETRONILLE d'Archiac dame d'Archiac et de Bouteville, daughter of MAINARD "le Riche" Seigneur d'Archiac & his wife Udulgardis (-8 Apr ----, before 24 Sep 1029, bur Saint-Paul de Bouteville). "Gaufredus et uxor mea Petronilla" donated property "ecclesiam Sancti Pauli…in Sanctonensi territorio subter castrum…Botavilla" to Savigny on the advice of "Vuillelmi comitis Engolismensis et uxoris eius dominæ Girbergiæ patris…mei et matris et domini Elduini fratris mei" by charter dated before 1028[471]. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium records the marriage of "Gaufredus seu Josfredus" and "Petronilla, filia Manardi dicti Divitis domini Archiaci et Botavillæ", stating that she was her father's sole heir[472]. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium records that "coniux Gaufridi Petronilla" founded the monastery of Saint-Paul de Bouteville and was buried there[473]. The necrology of Savigny records the death "VI Id Apr" of "Petronilla comitissa Engolismensis…qui fundavit…prioratum Botaville in proprio alodio"[474].

m secondly ASCELINE, daughter of ---. "Comitissa Ascelina" donated property to Angoulême "viventibus Gaufredo comite et Geraldo episcopo, Guidoni" by charter dated to [1038/41][475]. 1048.

Comte Geoffroy & his first wife had eight children:

1. FOULQUES d’Angoulême (-1087). The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium names "Fulconem, Gaufredum Rudelli, Arnaldum de Montosario, Willermum et Ademarum postea Engolismenses Episcopos" as children of "Gaufredus seu Josfredus" and his first wife, stating that Foulques inherited the county as well as his mother's lands[476]. "Falconis et Vuillelmi filiorum eorum" subscribed the charter dated before 1028 under which "Gaufredus et uxor mea Petronilla" donated property to Savigny[477]. "Gaufredus Engolismensis comes…Fulco filius meus et Guillelmus nepos meus" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated 19 Jul 1040[478]. He succeeded his father in 1048 as FOULQUES "Taillefer" Comte d'Angoulême. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium records the death of Foulques in 1087[479]. m CONDOHA d'Eu, daughter of [ROBERT] Comte d'Eu [Normandie] & his first wife Beatrix (-after 1087). "Fulco Engolismensium comes" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe with the consent of "Condoha comitissa uxore mea, filiisque meis Guillelmo…ac Gaufrido atque Fulcone" by charter dated to [1076/87][480]. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "filia de Ounormani Vagena…Condo" as wife of "Fulconi…Engolismensi Comiti" and mother of Comte Guillaume V[481]. "Ounormani" in interpreted as meaning "Eu des Normands". Assuming that this is correct, it is appears chronologically consistent for Condoha's father to be identified as Robert Comte d'Eu, but this is not beyond doubt. The interpretation of "Vagena" as applied to Condoha's father has not yet been found. Comte Foulques & his wife had three children:

a) GUILLAUME d’Angoulême (-near Deutz 1120, bur Deutz St Heribert). The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "Guillermus filius eius primogenitus, dictus Sector-ferri" when recording that he succeeded "Fulconi…Engolismensi Comiti"[482]. He succeeded his father in 1087 as GUILLAUME V "Taillefer" Comte d'Angoulême.

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b) GEOFFROY . "Fulco Engolismensium comes" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe with the consent of "Condoha comitissa uxore mea, filiisque meis Guillelmo…ac Gaufrido atque Fulcone" by charter dated to [1076/87][483].

c) FOULQUES . "Fulco Engolismensium comes" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe with the consent of "Condoha comitissa uxore mea, filiisque meis Guillelmo…ac Gaufrido atque Fulcone" by charter dated to [1076/87][484].

2. HUMBERGE d’Angoulême (-[1068/before 1071]). The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis names "Humberga" as the wife of "Ademarum" and mother of "Ademarum"[485]. "Ademarus vicecomes et Umberga uxor eius" settled claims by "Sancto Petro Bernardum de Lacheza" to "manso de Romalhac" by charter dated to [1030][486]. "Ademarus vicecomes Lemovicensis [et] Umberga uxor eius" are named in a charter dated 1062 before Sep[487]. "Ademarus vicecomes Lemovicensis" donated "ecclesiam de Celom" to Uzerche by charter dated 1068, witnessed by "Umberga uxor Ademari, filii eorum Elias, Petrus et Ademarus"[488]. m (1030) as his first wife, ADEMAR [II] de Limoges, son of ADEMAR [I] Vicomte de Limoges & his wife Sénégundis d'Aulnay (-15 Oct after 1090). He succeeded in 1030 as Vicomte de Limoges.

3. GEOFFROY "Rudel" (-after 12 Jul 1089). The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium names "Fulconem, Gaufredum Rudelli, Arnaldum de Montosario, Willermum et Ademarum postea Engolismenses Episcopos" as children of "Gaufredus seu Josfredus" and his first wife[489]. Seigneur de Blaye. m ---. The name of Geoffroy's wife is not known. Geoffroy & his wife had two children:

a) GUILLAUME "Frédéland". The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. "Guilelmus Fredelandi nepos comitis Engolismensis" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated to [before 1080/1099][490]. Princeps de Blaye 1095. m ---. The name of Guillaume's wife is not known. Guillaume & his wife had [children]:

i) … The primary source which confirms their parentage has not yet been identified.

b) ARNAUD "Ferrioli". The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. 1099.

4. GERBERGE (-before 12 Feb 1068). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m AUDOUIN Seigneur de Barbézieux, son of ---.

5. daughter . The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m AINARD Sire de Chabanais, son of ---.

6. ARNAUD (-after 1076). The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium names "Fulconem, Gaufredum Rudelli, Arnaldum de Montosario, Willermum et Ademarum postea Engolismenses Episcopos" as children of "Gaufredus seu Josfredus" and his first wife[491]. "Arnaldus Gauffridi consulis Engolismensis filius, frater etiam Fulconis atque Willelmi pontificis" donated property to Saint-Etienne de Baigne by charter dated 15 May [1060/66][492]. Seigneur de Montausier. "Iterius nepos Fulconis comitis [consul Engolismensis]…et Arnaldus de Montauserio" donated property to Baigne Saint-Etienne by charter dated 12 Feb 1068[493]. "Arnaldi de Montoser" subscribed a charter of Guillaume Duke of Aquitaine dated 1076[494]. "Arnaudus filius Gaufridi Engolisme comitis, princepsque castri Monteauserii" donated property to Baigne Saint-Etienne, on the advice of "procerum meorum et filiorum", by charter dated to [1075/80][495]. m ---. The name of Arnaud's wife is not known. Arnaud & his wife had --- children:

a) [children] . "Arnaudus filius Gaufridi Engolisme comitis, princepsque castri Monteauserii" donated property to Baigne Saint-Etienne, on the advice of "procerum meorum et filiorum", by charter dated to [1075/80][496]. The number of children is not known.

7. GUILLAUME (-20 Sep 1076, bur Angoulême Cathedral). The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium names "Fulconem, Gaufredum Rudelli, Arnaldum de Montosario, Willermum et Ademarum postea Engolismenses Episcopos" as children of "Gaufredus seu Josfredus" and his first wife[497]. "Falconis et Vuillelmi filiorum eorum" subscribed the charter dated before 1028 under which "Gaufredus et uxor mea Petronilla" donated property to Savigny[498]. Bishop of Angoulême 1040. "…Gaufridi Engolismensi comitis, patris Guillelmi eiusdem civitatis episcopi" subscribed the charter dated [1047] under which "Guilelmus…princeps Arvernorum" donated property to the abbey of Charroux[499]. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium records that "Guillermus Engolismensis, patre Gaufrido consule, Petronilla matre" died "XII Kal Oct" in 1076 after holding the bishopric for 33 years and was buried in the cathedral[500].

8. ADEMAR (-1 Sep 1101). The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium names "Fulconem, Gaufredum Rudelli, Arnaldum de Montosario, Willermum et Ademarum postea Engolismenses Episcopos" as children of "Gaufredus seu Josfredus" and his first wife[501]. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium records that "Ademarus frater Willermi episcopi" succeeded his brother as bishop of Angoulême[502].

GUILLAUME V 1087-1120, VULGRIN II 1120-1140

GUILLAUME d'Angoulême, son of FOULQUES "Taillefer" Comte d'Angoulême & his wife Condoha d'Eu (-near Deutz 1120, bur Deutz St Heribert). The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "Guillermus filius eius primogenitus, dictus Sector-ferri" when recording that he succeeded "Fulconi…Engolismensi Comiti"[503]. "Fulco Engolismensium comes" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe with the consent of "Condoha comitissa uxore mea, filiisque meis Guillelmo…ac Gaufrido atque Fulcone" by charter dated to [1076/87][504]. He succeeded his father in 1087 as GUILLAUME V "Taillefer" Comte d'Angoulême. "Willelmus Talefer comes Engolismensis et Vulgrinnus filius meus" donated property to Saint-Pierre d'Angoulême by charter dated to [1089/1101][505]. "Wilelmus…Talafers Engolismensis comes nepos [Willelmi Engolismensis] episcopi" restored property to Saint-Pierre d'Angoulême previously donated by his uncle, by charter dated to [1089/1101][506]. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis records the death of "Willelmus Taillefer Engolismensis Comes…apud Dusense Monasterium" and his burial in the same place[507].

m VITAPOI de Bezaume, daughter of GUILLAUME AMANIEU [II] Vicomte de Bezaume et de Benauges [Albret] & his wife ---. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "filia Amani seu Amaniei Gasconis…Vitapoi" as wife of "Willelmus Taillefer Engolismensis Comes" and mother of Comte Vulgrin II[508].

Comte Guillaume V & his wife had [four] children:

1. VULGRIN d’Angoulême (-château de Bouteville 16 Sep 1140, bur Saint-Eparchius). The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "Wlgrinum filium primogenitum" as son of "Willelmus Taillefer Engolismensis Comes" & his wife[509]. "Willelmus Talefer comes Engolismensis et Vulgrinnus filius meus" donated property to Saint-Pierre d'Angoulême by charter dated to [1089/1101][510]. He succeeded his father in 1120 as VULGRIN II Comte d'Angoulême. "Wgrimus comes Engolismensis filius Willelmi comitis" donated property to the abbey of Charroux by charter dated to [1120/40][511]. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis records the death "apud castellum Botavillam" of Comte Vulgrin II and his burial "in Capitulo S. Eparchii…1140…XVI Kal Dec"[512]. m firstly PONTIA de la Marche, daughter of ROGER de Montgommery Comte de la Marche, Earl of Lancaster & his wife Almodis Ctss de la Marche. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "Pontia filia Comitis de Marcha" as wife of Comte Vulgrin II and mother of his successor[513]. m secondly AMABLE de Châtellerault, daughter of AIMERY [I] Vicomte de Châtellerault & his wife Amauberge [Dangeureuse] ---. The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "filia Vicecomitis Castelli-Airaudi…Amabilis" as mother of Comte Vulgrin II's two sons "posterioribus natu…Fulconi et Gausfrido Martelli"[514]. Comte Vulgrin II & his first wife had one child:

a) GUILLAUME (-Messina 7 Aug 1179). The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "Guillelmum primogenitum" as son of Comte Vulgrin II and his wife "Pontia filia Comitis de Marcha"[515]. He succeeded his father in 1140 as GUILLAUME VI TALAFER Comte d'Angoulême.

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Comte Vulgrin II & his second wife had three children:

b) FOULQUES . The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "posterioribus natu…Fulconi et Gausfrido Martelli" as the sons of Comte Vulgrin II and his wife "filia Vicecomitis Castelli-Airaudi…Amabilis", specifying that their father gave them "Mastacium et Usuillam"[516]. Seigneur de Matha. 1181.

c) GEOFFROY "Martel" . The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "posterioribus natu…Fulconi et Gausfrido Martelli" as the sons of Comte Vulgrin II and his wife "filia Vicecomitis Castelli-Airaudi…Amabilis", specifying that their father gave them "Mastacium et Usuillam"[517]. William of Tyre names "Gaufridus cognominatus Martel" as brother of the Count of Angoulême when he arrived on pilgrimage in Jerusalem in 1163 with "Hugo de Liniziaco senior…cognominatus Brunus"[518]. William of Tyre records that he combined forces with Raymond III Count of Tripoli, Konstantinos Kalamános, Hugues de Lusignan and Bohémond III Prince of Antioch to repel the attack by Nur ed-Din on the castle of Krak in Sep 1163[519]. 1181. Seigneur d'Anville.

d) [daughter . Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis which records that "Guillelmus [comes]" returned from Jerusalem and made war with "Rannulfo de Agernac sororio suo"[520]. It is assumed that this passage indicates that Ranulfe was married to Guillaume's sister rather than a relative of one of Guillaume's wives, but the question is not without doubt. m RANULFE de Jarnac .]

2. RAYMOND . The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "Raimundo…Fulconi" as sons of "Willelmus Taillefer Engolismensis Comes" (the text does not state that Guillaume's wife Vitapoi was their mother, in contrast to the passage which names Guillaume's oldest son Vulgrin), specifying that his father granted "Fronciacum" to Raymond[521]. Seigneur de Fronsac. 1109.

3. FOULQUES (-after 1141). The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "Raimundo…Fulconi" as sons of "Willelmus Taillefer Engolismensis Comes" (the text does not state that Guillaume's wife Vitapoi was their mother, in contrast to the passage which names Guillaume's oldest son Vulgrin), specifying that his father granted "Montemauserium" to Foulques[522]. 1140. Seigneur de Montausier. m ---. The name of Foulques's wife is not known. Foulques & his wife had [one probable child]:

a) [ARNAUD (-after [1141/49]). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Seigneur de Montausier.] m GUIBORC de Montchaude, daughter of ---. "Guitbergis soror eius uxor Arnaldi de Monte Auserio" donated property to Berbezieux at the end of the life of "Fulcherius de Montecausio iunior" by charter dated [1169][523]. Arnaud & his wife had two children:

i) FINA . A charter dated 14 Mar 1214 of John King of England names "Guiberga de Monte Auserio…Oliverus de Chaleis maritus suus" and "filiam et heredem domine Phine de Monte Auserio"[524]. This charter does not prove that Fina was the daughter of Arnaud but the transmission through her of Montausier suggests that this is probably correct. m ---. The name of Fina's husband is not known. Fina & her husband had one child:

(a) daughter . A charter dated 14 Mar 1214 of John King of England names "Guiberga de Monte Auserio…Oliverus de Chaleis maritus suus" and "filiam et heredem domine Phine de Monte Auserio"[525]. m (1214) ITIER de Barbezieux .

ii) GUIBORC . A charter dated 14 Mar 1214 of John King of England names "Guiberga de Monte Auserio…Oliverus de Chaleis maritus suus" and "filiam et heredem domine Phine de Monte Auserio"[526]. This charter does not prove that Guiborc was the daughter of Arnaud but her name, as well as the naming of her supposed sister Fina in the same charter, suggest that this is probably correct. m OLIVIER Seigneur de Chalais .

4. [daughter . The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis refers to the mother of "Guido filius Ademari vicecomtiis" as "sorore Sectoris-ferri comitis Engolismensis"[527]. It is possible that this passage results from confusion with the first wife of Vicomte Adémar [II], recorded in secondary sources as Humberge d'Angoulême (see above) although her Angoulême origin has not yet been confirmed from primary sources. It is unlikely that the wives of both Vicomtes de Limoges were from the family of the Comtes d'Angoulême. Not only would this mean that the younger Vicomte married his first cousin on his mother's side of the family (few first cousin marriages have been observed in the families of the Aquitainian nobility at that time) but also that Vicomte Adémar [III]'s daughter Emma would have been doubly related to her third husband (assuming that Emma was born from her father's first marriage, which has not yet been verified). If the first wife of Vicomte Adémar [III] was from the Angoulême family, from a chronological point of view her father must have been Comte Guillaume [V] Talafer. m as his first wife, ADEMAR [III] Vicomte de Limoges, son of ADEMAR [II] Vicomte de Limoges & his [first/second] wife Humberge --- (-after 1139, bur Limoges Saint-Martial).]

GUILLAUME VI 1140-1179, VULGRIN III 1179-1181, GUILLAUME VII 1181-1186, AYMAR 1186-1202

GUILLAUME d'Angoulême, son of VULGRIN II Comte d'Angoulême & his first wife Pontia de la Marche (-Messina 7 Aug 1179). The Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis names "Guillelmum primogenitum" as son of Comte Vulgrin II and his wife "Pontia filia Comitis de Marcha"[528]. "Willelmus Talafars comes Engolismensæ filius Vulgrini comitis" donated property to Saint-Pierre d'Angoulême by charter dated to [1089/1101] which refers to donations by "Willelmi Talafer avi mei et Vulgrini patris mei"[529]. He succeeded his father in 1140 as GUILLAUME VI TALAFER Comte d'Angoulême. "Guillelmus Talaferii comes Engolismensis" exempted Notre-Dame de Dalon from taxes on its lands by charter dated 1146[530]. He joined the crusade in 1147. An exchange of territories with Saint-Amant-de-Boixe recorded in a charter dated to [1146/59] recites prior donations by "Vulgrinus comes Engolismæ" and after his death by "filius suus domnus Vuillelmus Talafer"[531]. "Wmus Talafer, comes Engolismensis, filius Wlgrini comitis…et Arnaldus Bocardi" issued a charter dated 1163 concerning the forest of Marange, which names "filii mei Wlgrinus et W Talafer"[532]. The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis records that "Guillermus filius Wlgrimi Comes Engolismensis, Ademarus Vicecomes Lemovicensis, Oliverius filius Gulpherii senioris de Turribus" were among those who left for Jerusalem in 1178, stating that "Engolismensis Comes Guillermus Sector-ferri" died "VII Id Aug apud Messinam Siciliæ"[533].

m firstly (after 1137) as her third husband, EMMA de Limoges, widow firstly of BARDON de Cognac and secondly of GUILLAUME X Duke of Aquitaine [GUILLAUME VIII Comte de Poitou], daughter of ADEMAR [II] Vicomte de Limoges & his [second wife Marie des Cars]. The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis names "aliam filiam [Ademari]…Ennoa (seu Emma)" stating that she married "Guillermus Dux, frater Raymundi Antiochiæ principis" after the death of her earlier husband "Bardoni de Coniaco", before being abducted by "Willelmus Sector-ferri, filius Wlgrini Comitis Engolismensis"[534]. "Emma comitissa, uxor comitis Engolismensis, filia Ademari vicecomitis Lemovicensis" donated property "ripas stagni de Chalamans" to Notre-Dame de Dalon by undated charter[535].

m secondly ([1150/51]) as her third husband, MARGUERITE de Turenne, widow of ADEMAR [IV] Vicomte de Limoges and divorced wife of EBLES [III] Vicomte de Ventadour, daughter of RAYMOND [I] Vicomte de Turenne & his wife Mathilde du Perche . The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis records that "Ademaro vicecomite Lemovicensi, sponsam illius Margaretam, sororem Bosonis de Torenna" married thirdly "Guillermus Sector-ferri Comes Engolismensis, multorum pater liberorum"[536]. Her parentage and first marriage are confirmed by the cartulary of Tulle St Martin which records a donation by "Ademarus vicecomes Lemovicensis et Aimericus de Gordo mariti duarum sororum Bosonis, Mangnæ et Margaritæ" dated 21 Dec 1143 made "pro anima Bosonis vicecomitis de Torenna qui gladio corruit" on the day of his burial, authorised by "Ebolus vicecomes de Ventedorn et Archambaldus vicecomes de Comborn", and made "in manu domni Ebali abbatis Tutellensis patrui ipsius Bosonis"[537]. The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis records that "Ademaro vicecomite Lemovicensi, sponsam illius Margaretam, sororem Bosonis de Torenna" married "Ebolus Ventadorensis, filius Eboli Cantatoria" after her first husband died, but that the marriage ended after two years because of their consanguinity[538]. "Vuillelmus Talafers comes Engolismensis Vulgrini filius et Margarita uxor mea et filii nostri Vulgrinus scilicet primogenitus noster, Vuillelmus Talafers, Ademarus, Grisetus, Fulco et Almodis filia nostra uxor Amanei de Lebret" transferred rights to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated 1171[539].

Comte Guillaume VI & his second wife had six children:

1. VULGRIN d’Angoulême (-1181 before 29 Jun). "Wmus Talafer, comes Engolismensis, filius Wlgrini comitis…et Arnaldus Bocardi" issued a charter dated 1163 concerning the forest of Marange, which names "filii mei Wlgrinus et W Talafer"[540]. "Bulgrinus comes Engolismensis filius prædicti Willelmi Taillefer" confirmed the donations of his father to Notre-Dame de Dalon by charter dated 1171[541], although the date is surprising assuming that the death of Vulgrin's father is correctly stated above. "Vuillelmus Talafers comes Engolismensis Vulgrini filius et Margarita uxor mea et filii nostri Vulgrinus scilicet primogenitus noster, Vuillelmus Talafers, Ademarus, Grisetus, Fulco et Almodis filia nostra uxor Amanei de Lebret" transferred rights to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated 1171[542]. "Ademarus Engolismensis comes" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated to [1186/91] naming "fratres quidam mei Vulgrinus et Vuillelmus Talafers" who were counts before him[543]. He succeeded his father in 1179 as VULGRIN III Comte d'Angoulême. He joined the crusade 1178. He succeeded his distant cousin as Comte de la Marche in 1180. "Wigrinus comes Engolismensis" donated property to Saint-Etienne de Baigne on advice of "fratrum meorum Talafer et Ademari" by undated charter[544]. The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis records the death "Natali Apostolorum Petri et Pauli" of "Wlgrinus Comes Engolismensis" leaving an only daughter, recording that she was disinherited by "Guillermus…et Ademarus defuncto…fratri" (in 1181 from the context)[545]. m ELISABETH d'Amboise, daughter of HUGUES [II] Sire d'Amboise & his wife Mathilde de Vendôme (-before 1212, bur Fontaines-les-Blanches). "Sulpicius dominus Ambaziæ et Matildis mater mea et omnes fratres et sorores Hugo…et Johannes, Helisabeth et Agnes atque Dionisia" donated property to the abbey of Fontaines-les-Blanches by charter dated 1194[546]. "Sulpitius dominus Ambaziæ" granted concessions to Marmoutier, with the consent of "Isabel uxoris meæ et fratrum meorum Hugonis, Johannis et Willielmi et sororum mearum Isabel comitissæ Engolismensis et Dyonisiæ", for the soul of "dominæ Matildis felicis memoriæ…matris meæ", by charter dated 1199[547]. Comte Vulgrin III & his wife had one child:

a) MATHILDE (-after 29 Aug 1233). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. She resigned her inheritance in 1233. m (after 1194) as his second wife, HUGUES [IX] "le Brun" Sire de Lusignan, son of HUGUES de Lusignan & his wife Orengarde --- (-Damietta 5 Nov 1219). He succeeded in 1199 as Comte de la Marche, by right of his wife.

2. GUILLAUME d’Angoulême (-[1186]). "Wmus Talafer, comes Engolismensis, filius Wlgrini comitis…et Arnaldus Bocardi" issued a charter dated 1163 concerning the forest of Marange, which names "filii mei Wlgrinus et W Talafer"[548]. "Vuillelmus Talafers comes Engolismensis Vulgrini filius et Margarita uxor mea et filii nostri Vulgrinus scilicet primogenitus noster, Vuillelmus Talafers, Ademarus, Grisetus, Fulco et Almodis filia nostra uxor Amanei de Lebret" transferred rights to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated 1171[549]. "Ademarus Engolismensis comes" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated to [1186/91] naming "fratres quidam mei Vulgrinus et Vuillelmus Talafers" who were counts before him[550]. He succeeded his brother in 1181 as GUILLAUME VII TALAFER Comte d'Angoulême. The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis records the death "Natali Apostolorum Petri et Pauli" of "Wlgrinus Comes Engolismensis" leaving an only daughter, recording that she was disinherited by "Guillermus…et Ademarus defuncto…fratri" (in 1181 from the context)[551].

3. AYMAR d’Angoulême ([1160]-Limoges 16 Jun 1202). "Vuillelmus Talafers comes Engolismensis Vulgrini filius et Margarita uxor mea et filii nostri Vulgrinus scilicet primogenitus noster, Vuillelmus Talafers, Ademarus, Grisetus, Fulco et Almodis filia nostra uxor Amanei de Lebret" transferred rights to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated 1171[552]. The Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis records the death "Natali Apostolorum Petri et Pauli" of "Wlgrinus Comes Engolismensis" leaving an only daughter, recording that she was disinherited by "Guillermus…et Ademarus defuncto…fratri" (in 1181 from the context)[553]. He succeeded his brother in [1186] as AYMAR “Taillefer” Comte d’Angoulême. "Ademarus…comes Engolismensis, filius Wi Cædentis Ferrum et frater Wlgrini comitis" issued an undated charter concerning the abbey of La Couronne[554]. "Ademarus Engolismensis comes" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated to [1186/91] naming "fratres quidam mei Vulgrinus et Vuillelmus Talafers" who were counts before him[555]. Comte de la Marche 1200. The necrology of Hôtel-Dieu at Provins commemorates "Haymardus comes Angolismensis mariti quondam Aales comitisse Angolismensis" on "XV Kal Jan"[556]. m ([1186]) as her second husband, ALIX de Courtenay, divorced wife of GUILLAUME [I] Comte de Joigny, daughter of PIERRE de France Sire de Courtenay & his wife Elisabeth dame de Courtenay ([1160]-12 Feb 1218). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines refers to the sisters of "comitem Petrum Autissiodorensem et Robertum de Cortenaio et quondam Guillemum" as "Alaydis...alia mater Hugonis de Marchia in Hungaria, tertia Clementia…quarta domna de Charrosio in Bituria, quinta Constantia", specifying that Alix married firstly "comitis Guillemo Ioviniaci" by whom she was mother of "comitem Petrum" and secondly "Engolismensi comitis" by whom she was mother of "Isabellam modernam Anglie reginam"[557]. "Ademarus comes Engolismensis et uxor mea Alaidis de Cortenai" renounced rights relating to Vindelle by charter dated to [1186/91][558]. The necrology of Hôtel-Dieu at Provins records the death "Id Feb" of "Alesis comitissa Angolismensis"[559]. A charter dated 13 Jul 1245 records the enquiry into the consanguinity between “dominus Raymundus comes Tholosanus” and “Margaritam filiam domini comitis Marchie”, and states that “dominus Petrus de Cortaniaco” was father of “dominam Adalmues comitissam Engolismensem”, who was mother of “dominam Ysabellem, uxorem…comitis Marchie”[560]. Comte Aymar & his wife had one child:

a) ISABELLE d’Angoulême ([1187]-Fontevrault Abbey 31 May 1246, bur Fontevrault Abbey). The Continuator of Florence of Worcester records the marriage "IX Kal Sep" [1200] of King John and "Isabellam filiam Engolisimi comitis" and their coronation together "VIII Id Oct" in London[561]. Matthew of Paris names her as "filiam comitis Engolismi" when he records her first marriage[562]. She was crowned Queen Consort of England 8 Oct 1200 at Westminster Abbey. She succeeded her father in 1202 as ISABELLE Ctss d’Angoulême, but was not formally recognised as such until Nov 1206. Her origin and second marriage are confirmed in the charter dated 1224 under which "Ugo de Leziniaco comes Marchiæ et Engolismæ et Ysabella uxor eius…regina Angliæ" confirmed rights granted by "bonæ memoriæ Ademaro comite Engolismæ patre eiusdem dominæ Ysabellæ" to Vindelle[563]. Matthew of Paris records her death, when he specifies that she was then the wife of Hugues Comte de la Marche[564]. m firstly (Bordeaux Cathedral 24 Aug 1200) as his second wife, JOHN King of England, son of HENRY II King of England & his wife Eléonore Dss d'Aquitaine (Beaumont Palace, Oxford 24 Dec 1166 or 1167-Newark Castle, Lincolnshire 18/19 Oct 1216, bur Worcester Cathedral). m secondly ([10 Mar/22 May] 1220) HUGUES X "le Brun" Sire de Lusignan Comte de la Marche, son of HUGUES IX "le Brun" Sire de Lusignan, Comte de la Marche & his second wife Mathilde d'Angoulême (-1249 after 15 Jan, bur Abbaye de Valence). He succeeded in 1220 as Comte d'Angoulême, by right of his wife.

4. GRISET (-[1179/92]). "Vuillelmus Talafers comes Engolismensis Vulgrini filius et Margarita uxor mea et filii nostri Vulgrinus scilicet primogenitus noster, Vuillelmus Talafers, Ademarus, Grisetus, Fulco et Almodis filia nostra uxor Amanei de Lebret" transferred rights to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated 1171[565].

5. FOULQUES (-[1171/80]). "Vuillelmus Talafers comes Engolismensis Vulgrini filius et Margarita uxor mea et filii nostri Vulgrinus scilicet primogenitus noster, Vuillelmus Talafers, Ademarus, Grisetus, Fulco et Almodis filia nostra uxor Amanei de Lebret" transferred rights to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated 1171[566].

6. ALMODIS ([1151/60]-). Her parentage and first marriage are confirmed by the charter dated 1171 under which "Vuillelmus Talafers comes Engolismensis Vulgrini filius et Margarita uxor mea et filii nostri Vulgrinus scilicet primogenitus noster, Vuillelmus Talafers, Ademarus, Grisetus, Fulco et Almodis filia nostra uxor Amanei de Lebret" transferred rights to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe[567]. Her second marriage is confirmed by the charter dated to [1186/91] under which "Ademarus comes Engolismensis et soror mea Almodis vicecomitissa de Brozces" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe[568], and by the charter also dated to [1186/91] under which "Almodis soror Ademari Engolismensis comitis" donated property to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe with the consent of "fratre meo A comite et viro meo Bernardo vicecomite de Brozces"[569]. m firstly (before 1171) AMANIEU [IV] Sire d'Albret, son of BERNARD AIZ [III] Sire d'Albret & his wife --- de Béarn. m secondly (before [1186/91]) as his first wife, BERNARD [III] Vicomte de Brosse, son of ---. 1193.

Chapter 4. COMTES d'ANGOULÊME et de la MARCHE (LUSIGNAN)

HUGUES IX 1173-1219, HUGUES X 1219-1249

HUGUES [IX] "le Brun" de Lusignan, son of HUGUES de Lusignan & his wife Orengarde --- (-Damietta 5 Nov 1219). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. He succeeded his grandfather in 1173 as Sire de Lusignan, de Couhé et de Château-Larcher. He succeeded in 1199 as Comte de la Marche, by right of his second wife. "Hugo Brunus comes Marchie, dominus Lezignaci et Coiaci" renounced rights over income belonging to Saint-Hilaire de Poitiers, claimed by "avus meus…dominus Hugo de Lezigniaco" and with the consent of "filio meo Hugone Bruno", by charter dated 23 Feb 1200[570].

m firstly as her second husband, AGATHE de Preuilly, widow of BERNARD [III] Vicomte de Brosse, daughter of PIERRE [II] Sire de Preuilly dit Montrabel & his wife ---. The primary source which confirms her parentage and two marriages has not yet been identified.

m secondly (after 1194) MATHILDE d'Angoulême, daughter of VULGRIN III Comte d'Angoulême & his wife Elisabeth d'Amboise (-after 29 Aug 1233). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. She resigned her inheritance in 1233.

Comte Hugues IX & his second wife had one child:

1. HUGUES [X] "le Brun" de Lusignan (-Damietta 1249 after 15 Jan, bur Abbaye de Valence). "Hugo Brunus comes Marchie, dominus Lezignaci et Coiaci" renounced rights over income belonging to Saint-Hilaire de Poitiers, claimed by "avus meus…dominus Hugo de Lezigniaco" and with the consent of "filio meo Hugone Bruno", by charter dated 23 Feb 1200[571]. He succeeded his father in 1219 as Sire de Lusignan, Comte de la Marche. He succeeded in 1220 as Comte d'Angoulême, by right of his wife. Seigneur de Château-Larcher 1223. Louis VIII King of France noted that “Hugo de Lizegnano, comes Marchie” held “Mausiacum pro dotalitio Agathe neptis sue” by charter dated Aug 1224[572]. "Ugo de Leziniaco comes Marchiæ et Engolismæ et Ysabella uxor sua…regina Angliæ comitissa Marchiæ et Engolismæ" reached agreement with Saint-Amant-de-Boixe recorded in a charter dated 1225[573]. Seigneur de Montreuil-Bonnin et de la Mothe-Saint-Héray 1229. “Hugo de Lezigniaco comes Marchie et Engolismi et Y…regina Anglie…comitissa” recorded their peace agreement with Louis IX King of France by charter dated [1] Aug 1242 which names “filii nostri…Hugo Brunus, Guido et Gaufridus de Lezigniaco milites”[574]. Matthew of Paris records the death of "Hugo cognomento Brun comes de Marchia" in 1249 at Damietta[575]. Betrothed to JOAN of England, daughter of JOHN King of England & his wife Isabelle Ctss d'Angoulême (22 Jul 1210-Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 4 Mar 1238, bur Tarrant Crawford Abbey, Dorset[576]). The Annals of Dunstable record that “regi Scotiæ” married “rege…sororem suam” in 1221, specifying that she was eleven years old at the time and had previously been betrothed to “Hugoni Brun”[577]. m ([10 Mar/22 May] 1220) as her second husband, ISABELLE Ctss d’Angoulême, widow of JOHN King of England, daughter of AYMAR “Taillefer” Comte d’Angoulême & his wife Alix de Courtenay ([1187]-Fontevrault Abbey 31 May 1246, bur Fontevrault Abbey). Matthew of Paris names her as "filiam comitis Engolismi" when he records her first marriage[578]. Her origin and second marriage are confirmed by the charter dated 1224 under which "Ugo de Leziniaco comes Marchiæ et Engolismæ et Ysabella uxor eius…regina Angliæ" confirmed rights granted by "bonæ memoriæ Ademaro comite Engolismæ patre eiusdem dominæ Ysabellæ" to Vindelle[579]. Matthew of Paris records her death, when he specifies that she was the wife of Hugues Comte de la Marche[580]. Comte Hugues X & his wife had nine children:

a) HUGUES [XI] "le Brun" de Lusignan ([1221]-killed in battle Fariskur, Egypt 6 Apr 1250). His paternity is recorded by Matthew of Paris[581]. He succeeded his father in 1248 as Sire de Lusignan, Comte de la Marche et d'Angoulême.

- see below.

b) AGNES [Agathe] de Lusignan (-after 7 Apr 1269). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m (before 1243) GUILLAUME [II] de Chauvigny Seigneur de Châteauroux et de la Châtre d'Argenton, son of GUILLAUME [I] de Chauvigny Seigneur de Châteauroux & his [first/second] wife --- (-Palermo 3 Jan 1271).

c) ALIX de Lusignan ([1224]-after 9 Feb 1256). She is named "Aelesia" by Matthew of Paris when he records her visit to England in 1247 with her brothers to her uterine half-brother King Henry III and her subsequent marriage with "Johanni comiti Warenniæ adolescenti"[582]. m (Aug 1247) JOHN de Warenne Earl of Surrey, son of WILLIAM de Warenne Earl of Surrey & his second wife Maud Marshal of Pembroke (1231 or after-Kennington [Nov] 1304, bur Lewes Priory). Viceroy of Scotland.

d) GUY de Lusignan (-after 18 Oct 1281). “Hugo de Lezigniaco comes Marchie et Engolismi et Y…regina Anglie…comitissa” recorded their peace agreement with Louis IX King of France by charter dated [1] Aug 1242 which names “filii nostri…Hugo Brunus, Guido et Gaufridus de Lezigniaco milites”[583]. His parentage is stated by Matthew of Paris, when he records his visit to England in 1247 to his uterine half-brother King Henry III with his younger brother and his sister[584], and in a later passage his death leaving a daughter "Johanna"[585], although the date of his decease is unclear from the context. Seigneur de Couhé, de Cognac, d'Archiac, de Merpins, de Peyrat et de Frontenay 1243. "Guido frater domini regis uterinus" arrived back in England from Palestine in 1251 when he was guilty of shameful behaviour to the abbot of Feversham[586]. The Annals of Burton record that Henry III King of England granted custody of “castellum de Benages” to “Gwidoni de Marchia fratre suo” after it was besieged[587]. The Annals of Tewkesbury record that “dominus Emerinus electus Wyntoniæ, Willelmus de Walencia, et alii duo…fratres domini regis” refused to swear fidelity to the king in 1258[588]. 1274. The testament of "Guy de Lezignen, sires de Compnac", dated 18 Oct 1281, names "mon sire Hugues lou Brun mon…neveo, comte de la Marche et de Engoleme, seygnor de Faugeres…mon…nevou mon seignior Giu de la Marche, Seygnor de Coyec" and appoints among his executors "…mes chers nevouz…mon sire Guy vicomte de Toars…"[589]. m --- (-before 18 Oct 1281). The name of Guy's wife is not known. 1271. Guy & his wife had [one] child:

i) [JEANNE de Lusignan . Matthew of Paris records the death of Guy leaving a daughter "Johanna"[590]. However, she is not named in her supposed father´s testament dated 18 Oct 1281 which suggests that Matthew of Paris may not be reliable.]

e) GEOFFROY de Lusignan (-before Mar 1274). “Hugo de Lezigniaco comes Marchie et Engolismi et Y…regina Anglie…comitissa” recorded their peace agreement with Louis IX King of France by charter dated [1] Aug 1242 which names “filii nostri…Hugo Brunus, Guido et Gaufridus de Lezigniaco milites”[591]. Matthew of Paris specifies that he was brother of Henry III King of England when he records the latter's gift of the barony of Hastings to him[592]. Seigneur de Jarnac, de Château-Larcher, de Brulain, de Châteauneuf et de Sainte-Hermine. Matthew of Paris accuses him of insolence at St Alban's in 1252[593]. The Annals of Tewkesbury record that “dominus Emerinus electus Wyntoniæ, Willelmus de Walencia, et alii duo…fratres domini regis” refused to swear fidelity to the king in 1258[594]. m (1259) as her first husband, JEANNE de Châtellerault Dame de Lillebonne Vicomtesse de Châtellerault, daughter of AIMERY [II] Vicomte de Châtellerault & his wife Agathe de Dammartin [Ponthieu] (-16 May 1315). The primary source which confirms her parentage and two marriages has not yet been identified. She married secondly ([1275]) as his second wife, Jean [II] “le Preux” Seigneur d´Harcourt, who became Vicomte de Châtellerault by right of his wife. Geoffroy & his wife had two children:

i) GEOFFROY de Lusignan (-1305). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Seigneur de Jarnac et de Château-Larcher. m (1296) as her first husband, PERNELLE de Sully, daughter of HENRI III Sire de Sully [Blois-Champagne] & his wife Marguerite de Beaumez (-after 9 Jan 1336). The primary source which confirms her parentage and two marriages has not yet been identified. She married secondly (Jan 1308) as his second wife, Jean II "le Bon" Comte de Dreux.

ii) EUSTACHE de Lusignan (-Carthage 1270). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. Dame de Sainte-Hermine, de Brulain, de Prahec, de Cherveux, de Sanxay et de la Mothe-Saint-Héray. m DREUX [III] de Mello Seigneur de Saint-Bris de Château-Chinon (-1310).

f) GUILLAUME de Lusignan "de Valence" ([Cistercian Abbey of Valence, near Lusignan] after 1225[595]-in England [1294/18 May 1296], bur Westminster Abbey). His parentage is stated by Matthew of Paris, when he records his visit to England in 1247 to his uterine half-brother King Henry III with his older brother and his sister[596]. Seigneur de Valence, de Montignac, de Bellac, de Rançon et de Champagnac. Matthew of Paris records the performance of "Willelmus frater dominus regis uterinus congonomento de Valentia" in a tournament in 1248, and in many other tournaments[597]. He styled himself Lord of Pembroke, but was never invested with the earldom of Pembroke[598]. He joined the crusade in 1250 with King Henry III, the group meeting at Bermondsey 27 Apr[599]. He committed a violent outrage at the manor of the Bishop of Ely at Hatfield, Hertfordshire in 1252[600]. The Annals of Tewkesbury record that “dominus Emerinus electus Wyntoniæ, Willelmus de Walencia, et alii duo…fratres domini regis” refused to swear fidelity to the king in 1258[601]. William of Tyre (Continuation) records his arrival in Palestine 23 Aug 1272[602]. Lieutenant of England 1285. The Annals of Dunstable record that “Willelmus de Walence, patruus domini regis” died in 1295[603]. m (13 Aug 1247) JOAN Munchensy, daughter of WARIN Munchensy Lord of Swanscombe & his wife Joan Marshal of Pembroke (-1307 before 20 Sep). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire names "Johannam" as the daughter of "Warino de Montecaniso" and his wife, adding that she married "domino Willihelmo de Valentia"[604]. Matthew of Paris names her and her father when he records her marriage[605]. Guillaume & his wife had eight children:

i) JEAN (-Jan 1277, bur Westminster Abbey). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.

ii) GUILLAUME de Valence "le Jeune" (-killed in battle Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire 16 Jun 1282). Seigneur de Montignac et de Bellac. The Continuator of Florence of Worcester records that "Willelmi filius et hæres de Willelmi de Valencia" was killed in battle against the Welsh in 1282[606].

iii) AYMAR de Valence ([1270][607]-in France 23 Jun 1324, bur 1 Aug 1324 Westminster Abbey). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. He succeeded his father in [1294/96] as Seigneur de Montignac. He was summoned to the English parliament 6 Feb 1299, whereby he is held to have become Lord Valence. After his mother's death in [Sep] 1307, he was regarded as Earl of Pembroke. Guardian and Lieutenant of Scotland 1314. Guardian of England 1320. The History of the foundation of Walden abbey records the death “1323 X Kal Jul” of “Eymerus de Valence comes de Penbroke in partibus transmarinis” and his burial “Londoniæ in ecclesia sancti Pauli”[608]. m firstly BEATRIX [Jeanne] de Nesle, daughter of RAOUL [II] de Nesle Vicomte de Châteaudun [Clermont], Chambrier de France, Connétable de France & his wife Yolande de Dreux Vicomtesse de Châteaudun (-before 14 Sep 1320, bur Stratford Convent Church). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m secondly (dispensation 22 Apr 1321, Paris 13 Jul 1321) MARIE de Châtillon, daughter of GUY [III] de Châtillon Comte de Saint-Pol & his wife Marie de Bretagne [Dreux-Capet] (-Denny Abbey, Cambridgeshire 16/17 Mar 1377, bur Denny Abbey). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. She founded Pembroke College, Cambridge[609].

iv) MARGUERITE (-young, bur Westminster Abbey[610]). The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.

v) AGNES de Valence . The primary source which confirms her parentage and three marriages has not yet been identified. Dame de Danfalize. m firstly as his second wife, MAURICE Fitzgerald Baron of Offaly, son of GERALD FitzMaurice Baron of Offaly & his wife --- (-1268). m secondly HUGH Balliol Baron of Bywell, son of Sir JOHN de Balliol of Barnard Castle, co Durham & his wife Devorguilla of Galloway (Barnard Castle [1238]-[Palestine] before 10 Apr 1271). m thirdly JEAN d'Avesnes Seigneur de Beaumont, son of BAUDOUIN d'Avesnes Seigneur de Beaumont & his second wife Félicité de Coucy (-18 Feb 1283).

vi) ISABELLE de Valence (-5 Oct 1305, bur Coventry Priory). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m (dispensation 28 Jun 1275, [Braxted, Essex or Blunham, Bedfordshire][611]) as his first wife, JOHN de Hastings, son of Sir HENRY de Hastings & his wife Ada of Scotland (Allesley, Warwickshire 6 May 1262-10 Feb 1313). He was summoned to the English parliament 24 Jun 1295, whereby he is held to have become Lord Hastings.

vii) JEANNE de Valence . The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m (before 1291) JOHN Comyn, son of JOHN Comyn "the Black" Lord of Badenoch & his wife Alianore [Mary] Balliol (-Dumfries 10 Feb 1306). He succeeded his father in 1302 as Lord of Badenoch.

g) AYMAR (-Paris [4 Dec] or [25 Dec] 1259). Matthew of Paris names "Athelmarus" as a third half-brother of King Henry III, after discussing his brothers Guy and Guillaume, saying that the king gave him so many ecclesiastical positions that he was deprived of them by Rome, specifying the names of both his parents in a later passage and that he was born in Poitou[612]. The same chronicler records the attempt by King Henry III in 1249 to install "frater eius uterinus Æthelmarus" as bishop of Durham and his gift to him of the church of Wearmouth later in 1249[613]. He was elected Bishop of Winchester in 1250 following considerable pressure from the king, confirmed in 1251[614]. He left England in 1252, Matthew of Paris recording the bad relations then existing between him and the king[615]. He oppressed the monks at Winchester for which he was rebuked by the king[616]. The Annals of Tewkesbury record that “dominus Emerinus electus Wyntoniæ, Willelmus de Walencia, et alii duo…fratres domini regis” refused to swear fidelity to the king in 1258[617]. The Chronicle of Thomas Wykes records the death “circa festum Nativitatis Dominicæ…apud Parisius” in 1259 of “Ademarus Wyntoniæ episcopus”[618]. The Annals of Osney record the death “Parisius…circa festum beatæ Luciæ virginis” in 1259 of “Adimarus…[episcopus Wyntoniæ]”[619].

h) ISABELLE de Lusignan (-14 Jan 1300). The primary source which confirms her parentage, betrothal and two marriages has not yet been identified. Dame de Beauvoir-sur-Mer et de Marcillac. Betrothed (by treaty Vendôme Mar 1227) to ALPHONSE de France, son of LOUIS VIII King of France & his wife Infanta doña Blanca de Castilla (11 Nov 1220-Castle of Corneto, near Siena 21 Aug 1271, bur église de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis). m firstly MAURICE [IV] Sire de Craon, son of AMAURY Sire de Craon & his wife Jeanne des Roches (-bur 27 May 1250). m secondly (1251) GEOFFROY [VI] de Rançon Sire de Taillebourg Seneschal of Poitou (-Sep 1263).

i) MARGUERITE de Lusignan (-22 Oct 1288). A charter dated 13 Jun 1245 relates to the dissolution of the marriage between “Margaretæ filiæ…Hugonis comitis Marchiæ et Engolismæ” and “Raimundum Tholosæ comitem”[620]. A charter dated 13 Jul 1245 records the enquiry into the consanguinity between “dominus Raymundus comes Tholosanus” and “Margaritam filiam domini comitis Marchie”, and states that “domina regina Constancia avia sua et dominus Petrus de Cortiniaco, avus domine Ysabellis uxoris comitis Marchie fuerunt fratres carnales”[621]. A charter dated 25 Sep 1245 confirms the dissolution of the marriage between “comiti Tholosano” and “filiam…comitis Marchie”[622]. The obituaire de Saint-Marcial records the death "XII Kal Nov" of "Margarita Engolismensis comitissa, mater Ademari vicecomitis"[623]. The obituaire de Saint-Marcial records the death "XII Kal Nov" of "Margarita Engolismensis comitissa, mater Ademari vicecomitis"[624]. m firstly (1243, non-consummated, divorced 25 Sep 1245 on grounds of consanguinity) as his second wife, RAYMOND VII Comte de Toulouse, son of RAYMOND VI Comte de Toulouse & his third wife Joan of England (Beaucaire, Gard Jul 1197-Millau, Aveyron 27 Sep 1249). m secondly AIMERY [II] Vicomte de Thouars (-11 Dec 1256). m thirdly GEOFFROY [V] Sire de Châteaubriand . 1278.

The precise relationship between the following person and Hugues [X] Comte de la Marche has not yet been ascertained:

1. AGATHE (-after Aug 1224). Louis VIII King of France noted that “Hugo de Lizegnano, comes Marchie” held “Mausiacum pro dotalitio Agathe neptis sue” by charter dated Aug 1224[625].

The primary sources which confirm the parentage and marriages of the following members of this family have not yet been identified, unless otherwise stated below.

HUGUES XI 1248-1250, HUGUES XII 1250-1270, HUGUES XIII 1270-1303

HUGUES [XI] "le Brun" de Lusignan, son of HUGUES [X] "le Brun" de Lusignan Sire de Lusignan, Comte de la Marche et d'Angoulême & his wife Isabelle Ctss d’Angoulême ([1221]-killed in battle Fariskur, Egypt 6 Apr 1250, bur Abbaye de la Couronne, Charente). His paternity is recorded by Matthew of Paris[626]. He succeeded as Comte de Penthièvre in 1236, by right of his wife. “Hugo de Lezigniaco comes Marchie et Engolismi et Y…regina Anglie…comitissa” recorded their peace agreement with Louis IX King of France by charter dated [1] Aug 1242 which names “filii nostri…Hugo Brunus, Guido et Gaufridus de Lezigniaco milites”[627]. "Hugo Lebrun, filius comitis Marchie primogenitus, et dominus Lambalie et Hyolandis uxor sua" noted the end of the excommunication of "Guidonem de Argenteio dominum de Plancoit" in a charter dated 1246[628]. He succeeded his father in 1248 as Sire de Lusignan, Comte de la Marche et d'Angoulême. He joined the crusade in 1248. Referred to by Matthew of Paris as "Hugo Brunus comes de Marchia cuius pater Paulo ante obit apud Damiatan" when he records his death in the same battle in which Louis IX King of France was captured[629].

Betrothed (1224) to JEANNE de Toulouse, daughter and heiress of RAIMOND VII Comte de Toulouse & his first wife Infanta doña Sancha de Aragón (1220-Castle of Corneto, near Siena 25 Aug 1271, bur Notre-Dame de Gercy, Brie). The Chronicon Turonense records the betrothal in 1225 of "filiam Comitis Sanctis Ægidii" and "filium Comitis Marchiæ"[630].

Betrothed (by treaty of Vendôme Mar 1227, contract Jun 1230) to ISABELLE de France, daughter of LOUIS VIII King of France & his wife Infanta doña Blanca de Castilla (Mar 1224-Clarrisian Abbey at Longchamps 23 Feb 1270, bur Convent de l’Humilité Notre-Dame). The contract of marriage between “I…regina Anglie et comitissa Marchie et Engolismi…Hugone filio nostro primogenito” and “Ludovicem…regem Francie…Elysabet sorore domini regis” is dated Jun 1230[631].

m (Jan 1236) YOLANDE de Bretagne, daughter of PIERRE I "Mauclerc" Duke of Brittany [Dreux-Capet] & his first wife Alix de Thouars Dss of Brittany (in Brittany end 1218-château de Bouteville 10 Oct 1272, bur Villeneuve-les-Nantes, église abbatiale de Notre Dame). Ctss de Penthièvre 1236, as her dowry. Ctss de Porhoët, by grant of her brother. "Hugo Lebrun, filius comitis Marchie primogenitus, et dominus Lambalie et Hyolandis uxor sua" noted the end of the excommunication of "Guidonem de Argenteio dominum de Plancoit" in a charter dated 1246[632]. Regent of la Marche and Angoulême for her son from 1250 to 1256.

Comte Hugues XI & his wife had [seven] children:

1. HUGUES [XII] de Lusignan (-shortly after 25 Aug 1270). He succeeded his father in 1250 as Sire de Lusignan, Comte de la Marche et d'Angoulême. Sire de Fougères, by right of his wife. m (Fougères 29 Jan 1254) JEANNE de Fougères dame de Fougères, daughter and heiress of RAOUL [II] Sire de Fougères & his wife Isabelle de Craon (-after 1273, bur Sauvigny). The Chronicon Savigniacense records the marriage "IV Kal Feb" in 1253 of "Hugues Comes Marchiæ" and "Iohannam unicam filiam Radulfi Domini Filgeriarum in dicto castro"[633]. Comte Hugues XII & his wife had six children:

a) YOLANDE de la Marche (24 Mar 1257-Sep 1314). The Chronicon Savigniacense records the birth "in vigilia dominicæ annuntiationis" in 1257 of "Yolent filia primogenita Hugonis Comitis Marchiæ et Engolismæ de uxore sua Iohanna filia unica Radulphi Domini Filgeriarum"[634]. Heiress of Fougères. m firstly HELIE Rudel "Renaud" Sire de Pons [Bergerac]. 1283/89. m secondly ROBERT Seigneur de Matha . 1269/95.

b) HUGUES [XIII] "le Brun" de Lusignan (25 Jun 1259-Angoulême 1 Nov 1303, bur Angoulême, église des Cordeliers). The Chronicon Savigniacense records the birth "in crastino nativitatis sancti Iohannis Baptistæ" in 1259 of "Hugues filius primogenitus…Hugues Comitis Marchiæ et Iohannæ uxoris suæ"[635]. He succeeded his father in 1270 as Sire de Lusignan, Comte de la Marche et d'Angoulême. m (Paris 1 Apr 1276) BEATRIX de Bourgogne, daughter of HUGUES IV Duke of Burgundy [Capet] & his second wife Beatrix de Champagne (-Cognac [Jul 1328/31 May 1329], bur Angoulême, église des Cordeliers). An anonymous Chronicon of Saint-Marcial records the marriage in 1276 of "Hugo Bruni comes Marchie" and "filiam ducis Burgundie, sororem vicecomitisse Lemovicensis" at Paris[636]. The testament of “Hugo de Burgundia, dominus Montis Regalis” dated 1 Apr 1285 names “filiam meam Beatricem…uxor mea Margarita…Ysabellam Romanorum reginam, B. comitissam Marchie, et Marguaritam dominam Allaii uxorem Johannis de Cabilone militis, sorores meas”[637]. “Jehans de Chalon, sires d´Arlay, et Marguerite sa fame, et Biatrix de Bourgoingne comtesse de La Marche et d´Angoulesme, suer de ladite Marguerite” issued a charter dated to [1305] relating to the purchase of “la chestellenie de Lylle souz Monreaul”[638]. Dame de Grignon Feb 1302. Called la Comtesse de la Marche.

c) GUY de la Marche (-[24 Sep/28 Nov] 1308, bur Poitiers, église des Jacobins). Seigneur de Couhé et de Peyrat. The testament of "Guido de Lezigniaco dominus de Cohiec et de Payraco et de Frontanayo, filius quondam domini Hugonis Bruni comitis Marchie et Engolisme defuncti", proved 4 Jun 1309, names "sororem meam dominam Ysabellim de Leziniaco, dominam de Belverio super mare et de Quenonquiers…" as executors[639].

d) MARIE de la Marche . 1269/1312. m (1288) ETIENNE [II] Comte de Sancerre, son of JEAN [I] Comte de Sancerre [Blois-Champagne] & his wife Marie de Vierzon (-[1303/06]).

e) ISABELLE de la Marche. Nun at Fontevrault. 1269/1303. She and her sister Jeanne, as joint heiresses of the county of la Marche, agreed May 1309 to transfer the county to Philippe IV "le Bel" King of France, when it was united with the royal domains. The testament of "Guido de Lezigniaco dominus de Cohiec et de Payraco et de Frontanayo, filius quondam domini Hugonis Bruni comitis Marchie et Engolisme defuncti", proved 4 Jun 1309, names "sororem meam dominam Ysabellim de Leziniaco, dominam de Belverio super mare et de Quenonquiers…" as executor[640]. m (Cognac before 1288) JOHN de Vesci, son of ---.

f) JEANNE de la Marche (-shortly before 18 Apr 1323, bur Abbaye de Valence). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that "Petro de Genyvile" married "Johannam filiam --- comitis Marchiæ"[641]. The primary source which confirms her first marriage has not yet been identified. She and her sister Isabelle, as joint heiresses of the county of la Marche, agreed in May 1309 to transfer the county to Philippe IV "le Bel" King of France, when it was united with the royal domains. Philippe IV King of France granted "castra…de Choec et de Payrac" to "Johanne de Marchia, sorori germane Guidonis quondam comitis Marchie et Engolisme", by charter dated Aug 1310, which names "Guidonis de Marchia, patrui ipsius Johanne"[642]. The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that "Petro de Genyvile" married "Johannam filiam --- comitis Marchiæ"[643]. m firstly BERNARD AIZ [IV] Sire d'Albret, son of AMANIEU [VI] Sire d'Albret & his second wife Mathe de Bordeaux (-24 Dec 1280). m secondly PIERRE de Joinville [Genville], of Ludlow Shropshire and Walterstone co Hereford, son of GEOFFROY de Joinville Seigneur de Vaucouleurs & his wife Matilda de Lacy (-before 8 Jun 1292).

2. GUY de Lusignan (-[18 Aug 1288/26 Jun 1289]). Seigneur de Cognac, d'Archiac et de Couhé. Seigneur de la Fère-en-Tardenois 1280.

3. GEOFFROY de Lusignan . 1264.

4. [ALIX (-May 1290). Matthew Paris records the betrothal of “Ricardus comes Gloverniæ…filium tuum legitimum primogenitum“ and “filiæ Guidonis comitis Engolismi, fratris mei uterini” (referring to King Henry III), with a dowry of 5,000 marks, dated to 1253 from the context[644]. A later passage in the same chronicle records that “comes Gloverniæ Ricardus et Willelmus de Valentia frater regis“ crossed (“transfretaverunt”) for the marriage between “filium eius Gilbertum primogenitum” and “filiam comitis Engolismi fratris Regis prælocutum”[645]. This passage is unclear about the identity of the bride´s father. The king´s uterine brother Hugues was the comte d´Angoulême, not his brother Guy. The question is therefore whether the error in Matthew of Paris relates to the name or the title of the bride´s father. It is suggested that it is more likely that the chronicler´s recording of the title would be correct, as the individual would presumably have been referred to by his contemporaries by his title rather than his name. This suggestion appears to be supported by the reference to “crossing” for the marriage, which presumably indicates crossing the English Channel to France. Yet another passage in Matthew of Paris records that "Guido frater domini regis uterinus" arrived back in England from Palestine in 1251[646] (see above). Although this is not conclusive to indicate that Guy was still in England in 1253, it does suggest that England rather than France was his base and that, if his daughter had been the bride, no “crossing” would have been necessary. On the other hand, no record has so far been found to indicate that the base of Hugues Comte d´Angoulême was anywhere other than France. In addition, considering the prominent position of the de Clare family in England at the time, it appears more likely that a marriage would have been arranged between Gilbert de Clare and the daughter of the ruling count rather than the daughter of the count´s more obscure younger brother. It is unlikely that other sources will emerge to clarify this difficulty. However, on balance it appears more likely that Gilbert de Clare´s father-in-law was Hugues Comte d´Angoulême rather than Hugues´s younger brother Guy. Her name is confirmed by the Continuator of Florence of Worcester who records the divorce "XV Kal Aug apud Norwyciam" between "G. comitem Gloverniæ" and "Aliciam comitissam"[647]. A different perspective on the parentage of Alix is provided by the Annals of Tewkesbury which record the proposed marriage in 1252 of “comite de Gloucestris…filii sui G.” and “filiæ sororis domini regis”, although a later passage in the same source appears to confirm the above interpretation of Alix´s parentage when it records that “Gilebertus de Clare filius et hæres…Ricardi de Clare comitis Gloucestriæ” was betrothed “in partibus transmarinis” in 1253 to “filiam comitis Marchiæ…sororem…electi Wyntoniæ et neptem domini regis” (although it was Alix´s father who was brother of Athelmar “electi Wyntoniæ”)[648]. Alix is alleged to have become hypochondriac[649]. m (contract 2 Feb 1253, Spring 1253, divorced Norwich 18 Jul 1271, annulled 16 May 1285) as his first wife, GILBERT de Clare, son of RICHARD de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hertford & his second wife Maud de Lacy (Christchurch, Hampshire 2 Sep 1243-Monmouth Castle 7 Dec 1295, bur 22 Dec 1295 Tewkesbury). He succeeded his father in 1262 as Earl of Gloucester and Earl of Hertford, "the Red Earl".]

5. ISABELLE de Lusignan . Dame de Belleville. 1248/1304. m MAURICE de Belleville Seigneur de Commerquiers et de la Garnache. 1252/71.

6. MARIE de Lusignan ([1242]-after 11 Jul 1266). The Annals of Burton record the marriage “apud Westmonasterium” in 1249 of “Robertus de Ferrariis puer ix annorum, filius Willelmi de Ferrariis comitis Derbeiæ” and “Mariam vii annorum puellulam, neptem Regis Henrici, filiam fratris sui comitis Engolismi et Marchiæ”[650]. m (contract 26 Jul 1249, Westminster 1249) as his first wife, ROBERT Ferrers Earl of Derby, son of WILLIAM de Ferrers Earl of Derby & his second wife Margaret de Quincy ([1239]-1279 before 29 Apr, bur [Stafford, Priory of St Thomas]).

7. YOLANDE de Lusignan (-10 Nov 1305, bur Prieuré de Beaulieu). m PIERRE [I] Sire de Preaux .

Chapter 5. NOBILITY of LA MARCHE

A. VICOMTES d'AUBUSSON

The town of Aubusson is situated in la Marche on the banks of the river Creuse, near Gueret. The primary sources which confirm the parentage and marriages of members of this family have not yet been identified, unless otherwise shown below.

1. ROBERT (-after [950]). Vicomte [d'Aubusson]. "Rotbertus vicecomes" authorised the donation of property to Tulle by charter dated to [924][651]. The chronology suggests that it is unlikely that this was the same Vicomte Robert who buried his young son in [950] (see below).

Four brothers, parents not known.

1. RANULFE [I] (-after 934). Vicomte d'Aubusson. m GODELINDE [de Turenne], daughter of [GODEFROI [II] Comte [de Turenne] & his wife Godila ---]. "Rainaldus vicecomes et uxor mea Alsindis" donated property for the soul of "patris mei Rannulfi…matris meæ Godolendis et…fratris mei" by charter dated [943/48][652]. Ranulfe [I] & his wife had [four] children:

a) [ROBERT (-after [950]). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified, although the Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Turpionis episcopi, avunculi Rotberti vicecomitis Albucensis"[653]. The suggested reconstruction shown here is based on bishop Turpion being the brother of Ranulfe [I]. Vicomte d'Aubusson. "Rotbertus vicecomes Albuciencis" donated property "duos mansos apud villam de Bat" to Tulle Saint-Martin on the burial of "filii sui parvuli" by charter dated to [950][654].] m ---. The name of Robert's wife is not known. Robert & his wife had two children:

i) son (-[950], bur Saint-Martin de Tulle). "Rotbertus vicecomes Albuciencis" donated property "duos mansos apud villam de Bat" to Tulle Saint-Martin on the burial of "filii sui parvuli" by charter dated to [950][655].

ii) OFFICINE . m FOUCHER Sire de Chabanais, son of ---.

b) RENAUD [I] (-after 8 Aug 958). "Rainaldus vicecomes et uxor mea Alsindis" donated property for the soul of "patris mei Rannulfi…matris meæ Godolendis et…fratris mei" by charter dated [943/48][656]. Vicomte d´Aubusson. "Rainaldus vicecomes Albuciencis" donated "mansos meos…in pago Lemovicino" to Tulle Saint-Martin by charter dated Dec 936[657]. "Rainaldus vicecomes de Albucio" donated "ecclesiam meam Grandem Saniam" to Tulle Saint-Martin by charter dated 945[658]. "Raynaldus vicecomes Albuciensis" donated property to Tulle Saint-Martin by charter dated to [1000][659], although if the dating of this document is correct it is chronologically improbable that it refers to Vicomte Renaud [I]. m ALSINDE, daughter of ---. "Rainaldus vicecomes et uxor mea Alsindis" donated property for the soul of "patris mei Rannulfi…matris meæ Godolendis et…fratris mei" by charter dated [943/48][660]. Renaud [I] & his wife had three children:

i) RANULFE [II] "Cabridellus" (-killed in battle before 18 Nov 1031). Vicomte d'Aubusson.

- see below.

ii) BERNARD .

iii) OFFICINE .

c) BOSON (-after Nov 945). "Boso abbas laicus monasterium Rosuliensis et Euanensis, frater Rainaldi Albuciensis" donated property to Tulle by charter dated Nov 945[661]. Lay abbot of Rouille and Evaux-en-Combrailles. It is possible that he was the unnamed brother for whom "Rainaldus vicecomes et uxor mea Alsindis" donated property for the soul of "patris mei Rannulfi…matris meæ Godolendis et…fratris mei" by charter dated [943/48][662].

d) [GODELINDE . m ([975]) AMELIUS de Combrailles .]

2. TURPION (-Aubusson 25 Jul 944). Bishop of Limoges 898. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Turpionis episcopi, avunculi Rotberti vicecomitis Albucensis"