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     Richard II (?) vicomte de Millau-Gevaudan married Rixinde (?) de Narbonne, dame de Montbrun, daughter of Berenguer I (?) Vicomte de Narbonne and Gersinde (?) de Besalu.³
Richard II (?) vicomte de Millau-Gevaudan was born in 1003.⁴
Richard II (?) vicomte de Millau-Gevaudan died in 1051.¹
     GAV-27. Richard II (?) vicomte de Millau-Gevaudan was also known as Richard II Vicomte de Milhaud.

     Rixinde (?) de Narbonne, dame de Montbrun married Richard II (?) vicomte de Millau-Gevaudan, son of Richard I (?) vicomte de Millau-Gevaudan and Senegonde (?) de Bezieres et Agde.¹
Rixinde (?) de Narbonne, dame de Montbrun was born in 1005.⁴
     GAV-27. She was living between 1061 and 1080.²

     Berenguer I (?) Vicomte de Narbonne was born in 979.⁶ He married Gersinde (?) de Besalu, daughter of Bernardo I Talliaferro (?) comte de Besalú et de Ripoll and Toda/Adelaide (?) de Provence, Ctse de Besalú, in 1010.^1,4,7

Berenguer I (?) Vicomte de Narbonne died after 5 February 1067.^1,3,4
      ; Per Med Lands:
     "BERENGER de Narbonne, son of RAYMOND [I] Vicomte de Narbonne & his wife Richarde --- (-after 5 Feb 1067). The testament of "Ermengaudus archipresul", dated to [1005], named "Bernardus comes, Ricardis vicecomitissa…" as his executors and bequeathed property to "Raymundo vicecomiti et Berengario filio eius…Willelmo nepoti meo…Raymundo comiti Barchinonæ…Willelmo comiti Tolosano…Irmissindam et…Witardo et Gaucelino filio eius…"[1003]. Vicomte de Narbonne. A charter dated to [1020] records homage sworn to "Berengarium vicecomitem filius qui fuit Richardis vicecomitissæ neque uxorem eius Garsindem filia quæ fuit Totæ comitissæ"[1004]. A charter dated 22 Mar 1023 records a hearing at Narbonne before "Berengarius vicecomes et Richardus…vicecomes"[1005]. "Berengarius vicecomes" donated property to the canons of Saint-Just and Saint-Pastor, for the souls of "patris mei Raimundi et avunculi mei Ermengaudi archiepiscopi", by charter dated 7 Jun 1032, signed by "Ricardis vicecomitissæ matris eius, Garsindis uxoris eiusdem, Raimundi filii eorum…"[1006]. "Berengarius…vicecomes et uxor mea Garsindes filiique nostri Raymundus, Petrus […clericus] et Bernardus" donated property to the cathedral of Narbonne, with the advice of "Garsindis comitissæ matri meæ", by charter dated 23 Apr 1048[1007]. A charter dated 1050 records that "Raymundum comitem Barchinonensem et Elisabet comitssa" promised the town of Tarragona "cum ipso comitatu Terraconensis" to "Berengarium vicecomitem Narbone", referring also to "uxor eius…filiis suis aud Ricardus vicecomes de Amilau", although it appears that this was never implemented[1008]. "Hugo Ruthenensium comes et mater mea Ricardis comitissa" donated property to Conques, for the soul of "Raymundi comitis", by charter dated 23 Jan 1051, signed by "Ricardis commitissæ…Rodberti comitis, Fidei comitissæ, Bertæ comitissæ, Berengarii vicecomitis, Bernardi archidiaconi et fratrum eius"[1009]. "Berengarius vicecomes et uxor mea Garsindis" swore allegiance to "domno Raymundo Berengarii seniori nostro" for one of his fiefs by charter dated 5 Feb 1067, subscribed by "Raimundus Berengarii, Petrus Berengarii, Bernardus Berengarii filii eorum"[1010].
     "m GARSENDA de Besalú, daughter of BERNAT [I] "Tallaferro" Comte de Besalú i Ripoll & his wife Toda Adelais --- (-after 5 Feb 1067). Her parentage is suggested and her marriage confirmed by the charter dated to [1020] which records homage sworn to "Berengarium vicecomitem filius qui fuit Richardis vicecomitissæ neque uxorem eius Garsindem filia quæ fuit Totæ comitissæ"[1011], as no other contemporary "Totæ comitissæ" has been identified except the wife of Bernat [I] Comte de Besalú. Garsenda is not, however, named in her supposed father´s 1020 testament. "Berengarius vicecomes" donated property to the canons of Saint-Just and Saint-Pastor, for the souls of "patris mei Raimundi et avunculi mei Ermengaudi archiepiscopi", by charter dated 7 Jun 1032, signed by "Ricardis vicecomitissæ matris eius, Garsindis uxoris eiusdem, Raimundi filii eorum…"[1012]. "Berengarius…vicecomes et uxor mea Garsindes filiique nostri Raymundus, Petrus […clericus] et Bernardus" donated property to the cathedral of Narbonne, with the advice of "Garsindis comitissæ matri meæ", by charter dated 23 Apr 1048[1013]. "Berengarius vicecomes et uxor mea Garsindis" swore allegiance to "domno Raymundo Berengarii seniori nostro" for one of his fiefs by charter dated 5 Feb 1067[1014].
     "Bérenger & his wife had [four] children."
Med Lands cites:

; Per Stasser email [2003]: "Berenger of Narbonne was the son of Viscount Raymond I of Narbonne by his wife Ricarda, presumably dau of Berenger I of Millau."²

GAV-28.
; Per Stasser email [2003]: "dans l'article 027c01c36266$6f591080$78f4fea9@old, Leo van de Pas à leov...@bigpond.com a écrit le 14/08/03 15:30 :
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> Before 1265 Sybille de Foix married Aimery Vicomte de Narbonne.
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> Does anyone know whether he was Aimery IV or Aimery VI and can anyone help me with his ancestor list?
     "Aimery IV of Narbonne married Sibylle, dau of Roger IV count of Foix and Brunissende of Cardonna
     "He died in october 1298, and was the son of Amaury I,viscount of narbonne, by Philippa, dau of Pierre Bermond of Sauve and Anduze, and Gauceranne of Poitiers
     "Amaury I of Narbonne was the second son of Aimery III by his 2nd wife Marguerite, dau of Mathieu of Montmorency, lord of Marly, and Mathilde of Garlande
     "Aimery III of Narbonne was the son of Pierre Manrique of Lara, viscount of narbonne, by his 1st wife sancia, dau of King Garcia V of Navarra, and his 2nd wife Sancia of Castilla
     "Pierre Manrique of Lara was the 2nd son of Manrique Perez of Lara by Ermessinde, 2nd dau of Viscount Aimery II of Narbonne
     "Viscount Aimery II of Narbonne had by his first wife Ermengarde a son, Aimery, who died young, and a daughter, Ermengarde, who inherited Narbonne. By his 2nd wife Ermessinde, he had another daughter, Ermessinde, mar to Manrique Perez of Lara
     "Viscount Aimery II was the eldest son of viscount Aimery I of Narbonne by his wife Mathilde, 2nd daughter of Robert Guiscard of hauteville, duke of Apulia and Calabria, prince of Salerno and duke of Amalfi, by his 2nd wife Sichelgaita, dau of Prince Gaimar IV of Salerno by his 2nd wife Gemma, dau of a count Laidulf, presumably of Teano
     "Aimey I of Narbonne was the son of Viscount Bernard Berenger by his wife Fides, who may have been the dau of Count Hugues of Rouergue
     "Bernard Berenger of Narbonne was the 2nd son of Viscount Berenger by garsinde, dau of Count Bernard I of Besalu and Tota/Adelaide, presumably dau of Raymond count of Toulouse and Adelaide of Anjou
     "Berenger of Narbonne was the son of Viscount Raymond I of Narbonne by his wife Ricarda, presumably dau of Berenger I of Millau
     "Raymond I of Narbonne was the son of Viscount Matfred by his wife Adelaide, dau of Arnaud count of Carcassonne and Arsinde of Rouergue
     "Matfred of Narbonne was the son of viscount Eudes by his wife Richilde, dau of Guifred II of Barcelona and his wife Garsinde
     "Eudes of narbonne was the son of viscount Franco by his wife Arsinde, presumably dau of either Raymond I of Toulouse and his wife Bertheiz, or of Eudes of Toulouse and his wife Garsinde
I hope this helps, Thierry”.⁸

     Gersinde (?) de Besalu was born in 981.⁸ She married Berenguer I (?) Vicomte de Narbonne, son of Raymond I (?) Vcte de Narbonne and Ricarda/Richarde de Millau, in 1010.^1,9,4

      ; Per Stasser email [2003]: "Garsinde, dau of Count Bernard I of Besalu and Tota/Adelaide, presumably dau of Raymond count of Toulouse and Adelaide of Anjou."²


; Per Med Lands:
     "[GARSENDA de Besalú (-after 5 Feb 1067). Her parentage is suggested and her marriage confirmed by the charter dated to [1020] which records homage sworn to "Berengarium vicecomitem filius qui fuit Richardis vicecomitissæ neque uxorem eius Garsindem filia quæ fuit Totæ comitissæ"[737], as no other contemporary "Totæ comitissæ" has been identified except the wife of Bernat [I] Comte de Besalú. Garsenda is not, however, named in her supposed father´s 1020 testament. "Berengarius vicecomes" donated property to the canons of Saint-Just and Saint-Pastor, for the souls of "patris mei Raimundi et avunculi mei Ermengaudi archiepiscopi", by charter dated 7 Jun 1032, signed by "Ricardis vicecomitissæ matris eius, Garsindis uxoris eiusdem, Raimundi filii eorum…"[738]. "Guifredus archiepiscopus…cum Berengario vicecomite et uxore illius Garsinde, eorumque filii Raymundo, Petro et Bernardo" donated property by charter dated 23 Apr 1048, subscribed by "Berengarii vicecomitis, Garsindis vicecomitissæ, Raymundi Berengarii, Petri clerici frater ejus, Bernardi fratris istorum…"[739]. "Berengarius vicecomes et uxor mea Garsindis" swore allegiance to "domno Raymundo Berengarii seniori nostro" for one of his fiefs by charter dated 5 Feb 1067[740].
     "m BERENGUER Vicomte de Narbonne, son of RAYMOND [I] Vicomte de Narbonne & his wife --- (-1067).]
     "Bernard & his wife had four children:
Med Lands cites: GAV-28. Gersinde (?) de Besalu was living between 1032 and 1067.³

     Bernardo I Talliaferro (?) comte de Besalú et de Ripoll was born circa 945.³ He married Toda/Adelaide (?) de Provence, Ctse de Besalú, daughter of Guillaume II 'le Liberateur' de Taillefer (?) Cte d'Arles et Provence, Toulouse, circa 992.^2,7,8,3,9

Bernardo I Talliaferro (?) comte de Besalú et de Ripoll died in 1020.^2,1,3
      ; Per Genealogics:
     "Bernardo, called 'Tallaferro', was the eldest son of Oliva II Carreta, conde de Cerdaña et de Besalú, and Ermengarda (de Ampurias). He was count of Besalú in Catalonia from 988 until his death, succeeding his father in Besalú while his younger brothers Oliva and Wilfredo inherited Berga-Ripoll and Cerdagne-Conflent, respectively.
     "Bernardo's first public action took place during the reign of his father, when he witnessed, alongside his mother, the donation of the church of Saint Vincent by his grandfather Mirón II 'el Joven', conde the Besalú et de Cerdaña, to the church of Besalú on 12 April 977. Bernardo also witnessed his parents' donation of some property to Sant Llorenç de Bagà on 15 January 981, along with his brothers. Oliva II Carreta had left his sons a strong principality, perhaps the strongest in Catalonia. Its control extended over the great Catalonian monasteries of Ripoll, Cuixà, Sant Joan, Lagrasse, Arles de Tec, Banyoles and Camprodon.
     "About 992 Bernardo married Toda, also known as Adelaide, as contemporary charters attest. A grant of property dated 27 March 1000 to the church of Santa Maria del Castell de Besalú refers to _uxor mea Tota que vocant Azalatz_ (my wife Toda whom they call Adelaide) and another grant to the same, dated 1 March 1018, refers to _uxor mea Tota comitessa que volcatur Adelet_ (my wife, the countess Toda, who is called Adelaide). The couple were consistent patrons of this church, also making a donation on 7 May 1012, with their son. She is never mentioned after the publication of Bernardo's will. According to the modern _Europäische Stammtafeln,_ Toda may have been the daughter of Guillaume II 'le Liberateur', comte de Provence et Arles, or Guillermo I, duc de Gascogne. Of their several children, Guillermo I and Gersenda are recorded as having progeny.
     "Despite already being a father of his eventual heir Guillermo I, Bernardo had not fully come of age when his father abdicated to become a monk at Montecassino (in 988), since he and Wifredo were left under the protection of the pope, then John XV. Along with Besalú, Bernardo inherited the Fenouillèdes and Peyrepertuse in the county of Carcassonne, where his father had extended his dynasty's power base. Bernardo also stood to inherit Valespir on the death of his mother, which finally occurred in 994.
     "Despite its control of the great monasteries, the family of Oliva II Carreta did not initially control a bishopric. This Bernardo and his brothers immediately set out to rectify. Berengar, a younger brother, was made bishop of Elne (in 993) and then his brother Oliva resigned the county of Berga to their brother Wilfredo and that of Ripoll to Bernardo and entered the monastery of Ripoll (in 1003). He eventually became bishop of Vic (in 1018). Through a grant of a large sum of money, Bernardo and Wifredo then obtained the archdiocese of Narbonne for Wifredo's second son, also Wifredo (in 1016).
     "In 988 Bernardo joined Armengol I, conde de Urgel, on a pilgrimage to Rome, the first visit by either. There they participated in a synod held under the auspices of Emperor Otto III. Armengol returned to Rome in 1001. In 1016-17 Bernardo and a large entourage that included his sons Guillermo and Wifredo, his brother Oliva, the viscounts of Besalú, the Fenouillèdes, and Vallespir, the jurist Pons Bonfill, the abbot Adalbert, and many more dignitaries and prelates, went to Rome to celebrate Christmas at Saint Peter's Basilica. There Bernardo petitioned Pope Benedict VIII to create a see in Besalú. He also accused the nuns of Sant Joan of impropriety because they refused to appear before a papal tribunal. Benedict suppressed their convent, calling it a _meretrius de Venus_ (brothel) and instead established some monks under the rule of Aachen and remanded the feudal dues of the abbey to Bernardo. By a bull directed to the new bishop, Benedict created Bernardo's desired bishopric. The count then paid to have his second son Wifredo installed there.
     "Though a minor, Wifredo was consecrated by the pope himself. The pope even gave Bernardo the choice of the diocesan seat, which he placed in Besaslú, in Adalbert's monastery there. The new community at Sant Joan was subjected to his monastery. From Rome, Bernardo brought back a relic of the Holy Cross _(Santes Creus, lignum Crucis)_ and deposited it in Adalbert's Benedictine church, which already possessed altars dedicated to Sant Vicenç, Sant Salvador, Santa Maria, Sant Genis, and Sant Miguel Arcàngel.
     "Around 1000 Bernardo founded a comital monastery at Sant Pau in the Fenouillèdes, delegating its organisation to Wifredo, abbot of Cuixà. In 1003 the count transferred the ancient monastic community of Sant Aniol d'Aguja to Sant Llorenç del Mont. In the decade after Bernardo's death this house was under the rule of Abbot Tassius, also abbot of Sant Pere in 1029-31. The Aachen-ruled church of Sant Pere in Besalú, rebuilt in the Romanesque style begun under Bernardo's grandfather Mirón II 'el Joven', was consecrated on 23 September 1003 by Bernardo.
     "Bernardo's relationship with the Church was unusual. In two judgements emitted from his court in 1002 and 1004 the list of confirmants begins with four abbots, all figures at court and an indication of the pre-eminence of the monasteries in Besalú at the time. In a charter of 1017 Bernardo remarked that the pope held the sceptre of the world, but in a gesture of independence he added: 'Let no one, neither the Pope himself, nor a General Council, violate the conditions of this document'.
     "In 1003 Bernardo took part in the defensive campaign - described as a 'holy war' or 'crusade' - that defeated an invading Córdoban army in battle near Thoranum castrum. Of the allied Catalan leaders, Bernardo appears to have been the senior. According to an early source (1043), before the battle Bernardo reasoned that if the saints Peter and Michael and the Virgin each killed 5,000 Muslims, there would be a manageable number left for the soldiers. He further recalls that the Muslims are often slain before they have a chance to retreat. In the end the Córdobans retreated to their own territory, where a second battle was fought at Albesa. The result of this second battle is unclear, though probably not favourable to the Christians, but it marked the end of the brief war, and possibly of the campaigning season as well. Bernardo's presence at this second battle can be surmised based on the presence of his brother Berengar, who died there.
     "When Giselbert I, conde de Roussillon, died in 1014 his brother Hugo I, conde de Ampurias, invaded the county of Roussillon and tried to wrest it from the hands of Giselbert's young son Gausfred II, who appealed to Bernardo and Oliva for aid. Through their intervention Hugo and Gausfred came to terms in 1020.
     "In 1005 Bernardo began using the title of Prince (_princeps,_ which at the time retained its sense, derived from Isidore, of 'sovereign'). His brother Oliva, in perpetuating his memory, calls him _princeps et pater patriae:_ sovereign and father of his country. Oliva also lauds his fair judgement. In 1015 Bernardo began using the title of Duke _(dux),_ implying military and even ethnic leadership, but not usurping royal rank.
     "During Bernardo's rule in Besalú there is evidence of continued reliance on the _Liber iudiciorum_ of the Visigoths and on the Frankish court system established by the Carolingians. There is also the earliest evidence of new judicial procedures, some of which had already been developed in Occitania, such as the court of _procures et boni homines,_ the relinquishing of property rights known as _guirpitio,_ and the agreement called a _pacto_ or _conventio._ Bernardo minted his own currency, but no examples survive, the only evidence of it being documentary. Later coins of his grandson and namesake Bernardo II contain the figure of a cross, representing the relic Bernardo I retrieved in Rome. He was also the first Catalonian count to have his own seal, imitating the Carolingian emperors and the Frankish kings in style. Though the latter were his nominal sovereigns, the existence of such a seal suggests that civil authority rested entirely with Bernardo.
     "Bernardo drowned in the river Rhône while crossing into the county of Provence in 1020, and he was buried in the monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll. Bernardo's will, dated 26 September 1020, lists his children as Henri (Asenric/Aienrich), Hugo, Berengar, Adelaida, Constanza and Guillermo, and also names his wife and his brother Oliva. His will was then published by his widow, his brother Oliva, his son Wifredo, and the three other executors in a charter of 13 October, but this version does not name his daughters and adds his brother Wifredo and his nephew, Wifredo's son and eventual successor, Ramón Wifredo I. One of the executors of his will was Pons Bonfill. He left his younger sons under the tutelage _(in tuicione)_ of their elder brother Guillermo, who inherited Besalú. His second son Wifredo was already bishop of Besalú and his third son Henri he named as Wifredo's heir in the diocese, with the price of his elevation (to bribe the cathedral chapter) to be paid by Guillermo. Bernardo's two younger sons Hugo and Berengar had inherited allodial lands strategically placed on the borders of the county. Though they were recognised as 'co-heirs', these younger sons were never more than castellans and vassals of their elder brother.
     "Bernardo's eldest daughter Constanza (also known as Velasquita) was given several allods and eventually married Armengol II, conde de Urgel. Another daughter Adelaida married Ponce I, conde de Ampurias, son and heir of Hugo I; widowed she entered the monastery of Sant Pau. A daughter Gersenda, not named in his will, married Berenguer I, vicomte de Narbonne."³

Reference: Genealogics cites: Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.) 3:137.³

; This is the same person as ”Bernard I, Count of Besalú” at Wikipedia, as ”Bernard Taillefer” at Wikipédia (FR), and as ”Bernardo I de Besalú” at Wikipedia (ES).^10,11,12 GAV-29 EDV-29 GKJ-29.

; Per Med Lands:
     "BERNAT [I] "Tallaferro" de Cerdanya, son of OLIBA [II] "Cabreta" Comte de Cerdanya i Besalú & his wife Ermengarda [de Empúries] (-after [26 Sep/13 Oct] 1020, bur Ripoll). The Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium names (in order) "Bernardum, Olibam et Guiffredum" as the three sons of "Olibano Cabretæ", specifying that "Bernardus filius eius" succeeded "in comitatu Bisulduni"[648]. “Miro…Comes atque Episcopus” granted “ecclesiam sancti Vincentii” to “ecclesiæ Bisuldunensi”, with the consent of “Ermengardæ comitissæ et filio eis Bernardo”, by charter dated 12 Apr 977[649]. "Oliba comes et coniux mea Ermengards" donated property to Sant Llorenç de Bagà by charter dated 15 Jan 981, subscribed by "Bernardus prolis, Wifredus prolis, Oliba prolis…"[650]. He succeeded his father in 988 as Comte de Besalú i Ripoll. A charter dated 988 records that "Bernardus comes cum filio suo Guilliermo et…Guifredus frater eius" were left under the protection of the Pope by "piæ memoriæ patre Oliba comite"[651]. "Ermengardis…comitissa cum suo prole Olibane" granted property to "Oriolo…in comitatu Bergitano" by charter dated 30 Jul 990, subscribed by "Bernardus…comes"[652]. “Bernardus comes et uxor mea Tota” donated property “in comitatu Bergitano in valle...Merles” to Ripoll Santa Maria by charter dated 11 Apr 997[653]. “Auredo et uxor mea Senvira” sold vines “in comitatum Rusolionense” to “Bernardo comite” by charter dated 14 Apr 1001[654]. “Bernardus...chomes et uxori se Tota que vocant Adalez, chomitissa” sold property “in chomitatum Ausona...Lasez” to “Ardman” by charter dated [24 Jun 1004/23 Jun 1005][655]. "Bernardus…chomes et uxori sue Tota que vocant Adalez" sold property "in chomitatum Ausona in…Lasez" to Ripoll Sant Joan, except half of the castle which "condam Bonefilius" had bought from "Gaucefredo", by charter dated 1006[656]. "Bernardus…comes" donated "castellum…Talteuul" to "filio meo Guillelmo", and if he died to "fratrem tuum", and if the latter died to "nepotem meum Arnallum", by charter dated 10 Jul 1011, subscribed by "…Oliba vice comes…"[657]. “Bernardus...comes” confirmed the property of the bishopric of Besalu by charter dated Feb 1017, subscribed by “Bernardi...comes, Totæ comitissæ, Vuillelmi...Dalmachii vicecomes Bisulduni...Vuilelmi vicecomitis Asperiensis, Petroni vicecomitis Fenoliotensis...”[658]. "Guillermo de Besalú y su esposa Adelaiza" donated property to the church of San Genesio, Besalú by charter dated 3 May "XXXI regni Roberto regis" (1018 or 1027), signed by "Adalaiza, Guillelmus vice comes…"[659]. A charter dated 29 Aug 1019 records the judgment, in the presence of "dompno Bernardo comite et fratre suo dompno Gifredo", in favour of "Seniofredo vicecomite" relating to the church of Santa Coloma del Conflent which had been held by "Bernardo vicecomite vel a filio suo Seniofredo vicecomite"[660]. The Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium records that "Bernardus" was drowned in the River Rhône in 1020 and buried "ad Rivipollo Monasterium"[661]. The Chronicon alterum Rivipullense records the death in 1020 of “Bernardus comes”[662]. The testament of “Bernardo quondam Comite” dated 26 Sep “XXV regnante Roberto Rege” (1020) names “filio suo Asenrico…filium suum Ugonem…filium suum Berengarium…filia sua Adalai…filia sua Constancia…uxore sua Tota…filium suum Guillelmum…Oliva frater suus[663]. A charter dated 13 Oct 1020 publishes the testament of "Bernardo condam comite", witnessed by "Wifredus comes…Tota comitissa", names "filio [suo] Wilielmo…filium suum Ugonem…filio suo Biringario…nepotem suum qui comes fuit de Cerdania Aienrichus…filius suus…fratribus suis Wifredo et Olibane" and leaves "filios…suo Aienrico et Ugone et Berengario…in tuicione" to "Wilielmo filio suo"[664].
     "m ([992]) TODA [Adelaida], daughter of --- (-after 13 Oct 1020). “Bernardus comes et uxor mea Tota” donated property “in comitatu Bergitano in valle...Merles” to Ripoll Santa Maria by charter dated 11 Apr 997[665]. "Bernardus comes et uxori mee…Tota que vocant Azalatz" donated property to Santa Maria del Castell de Besalú by charter dated 27 Mar 1000[666]. “Bernardus...chomes et uxori se Tota que vocant Adalez, chomitissa” sold property “in chomitatum Ausona...Lasez” to “Ardman” by charter dated [24 Jun 1004/23 Jun 1005][667]. "Bernardus…chomes et uxori sue Tota que vocant Adalez" sold property "in chomitatum Ausona in…Lasez" to Ripoll Sant Joan, except half of the castle which "condam Bonefilius" had bought from "Gaucefredo", by charter dated 1006[668]. "Bernardus…comes et eius conniunx…Adalez prolique eorum Wielmo" donated property to Santa Maria del Castell de Besalú by charter dated 7 May 1012[669]. “Bernardus...comes” confirmed the property of the bishopric of Besalu by charter dated Feb 1017, subscribed by “Bernardi...comes, Totæ comitissæ, Vuillelmi...Dalmachii vicecomes Bisulduni...Vuilelmi vicecomitis Asperiensis, Petroni vicecomitis Fenoliotensis...”[670]. "Bernardus…comes et uxor mea Tota comitissa que vocatur Adalet et filius meus Wielmus" donated property to Santa Maria del Castell de Besalú by charter dated 1 Mar 1018[671]. "Guillermo de Besalú y su esposa Adelaiza" donated property to the church of San Genesio, Besalú by charter dated 3 May "XXXI regni Roberto regis" (1018 or 1027), signed by "Adalaiza, Guillelmus vice comes…"[672]. The testament of “Bernardo quondam Comite” dated 26 Sep “XXV regnante Roberto Rege” (1020) names “…uxore sua Tota…[673]. A charter dated 13 Oct 1020 publishes the testament of "Bernardo condam comite", witnessed by "Wifredus comes…Tota comitissa"[674]. She is shown in Europäische Stammtafeln[675] as the possible daughter of Guillaume II Comte de Provence but the primary source on which this is based has not been identified. [An alternative family origin is provided by Pinós’s 1620 narrative genealogy which records that “Bernat Trencaferro comte de Besalù” married “Alispesa filla única de Guillem vescomte de Querforadat”[676]. No primary source has been found which corroborates this supposed family origin.]"
Med Lands cites:

; Per Genealogy.EU (Barcelona 1): "Ct Bernardo I "Tallaferro" of Besalu and Ripoll, +1020; m.ca 992 Toda, probably dau.of Ct Guillaume II of Provence."¹ He was Conde de Besalú between 988 and 1020.^11,12 He was comte de Ripoll between 1003 and 1020.¹¹

     Richard I (?) vicomte de Millau-Gevaudan married Senegonde (?) de Bezieres et Agde, daughter of Guillaume II (?) vicomte de Beziers et d'Agde and Arsinde (?) de Carcassonne.¹
Richard I (?) vicomte de Millau-Gevaudan was born in 977.³
Richard I (?) vicomte de Millau-Gevaudan died in 1049.³
     GAV-28.

     Senegonde (?) de Bezieres et Agde married Richard I (?) vicomte de Millau-Gevaudan, son of Berenger I (?) Vicomte de Rouergue et de Millau.¹
Senegonde (?) de Bezieres et Agde was born in 979.³
     GAV-28. She was living in 1013.⁴

     Guillaume II (?) vicomte de Beziers et d'Agde married Arsinde (?) de Carcassonne.

     GAV-29.

     Graecia/Grécie (?) of Langeais married Berlai (?) de Montreuil
; her 1st husband.² Graecia/Grécie (?) of Langeais married Geoffroy II Martel (?) Comte d'Anjou et de Tours, son of Foulques III "The Black", (?) Comte d'Anjou and Hildegarde (?) de Sundgau (Metz), Countess of Anjou, before 15 August 1052
;
His 2nd wife.^1,2,5 Graecia/Grécie (?) of Langeais and Geoffroy II Martel (?) Comte d'Anjou et de Tours were divorced on 15 August 1052.¹
     Reference: Genealogics cites: The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977, Paget, Gerald. 140.³

; Grace N, widow of Berlay de Montreuil.¹

     Zwentibold (?) King of Lorraine was born in 870.⁴ He married Oda (?) Princess of France, daughter of Eudes/Odo (?) Cte de Paris et de Aquitaine, King of France and Theodoreda/Theodrate (?) de Troyes, Queen of France, circa 897.^1,2
Zwentibold (?) King of Lorraine married Oda/Uota (?) von Sachsen, daughter of Otto I "der Erlauchte/The Illustrious" (?) Herzog von Sachsen, Ct of Thuringia and Hedwige/Hadwiga "Edith" von Babenberg Duchess of Saxony, on 27 March 897.^5,6,1,7

Zwentibold (?) King of Lorraine died on 13 August 900; died in battle.¹
      ; Zwentibold, +VIII 900; m.ca 897 Oda of Paris, dau.of Cte Eudes of Paris (+after 952) OR Oda of Saxony.¹

; Leo van de Pas cites: Caroli Magni Progenies Neustadt an der Aisch, 1977. , Siegfried Rosch, Reference: 136.⁴

     Louis IV "das Kind" (?) King of The East-Franks, King of Lorraine was born in 893.^3,2
Louis IV "das Kind" (?) King of The East-Franks, King of Lorraine died on 24 November 911; Genealogy.EU (Carolin 1 page) says d. 24 Sep 911.^3,2
      ; Louis IV "das Kind", King of East Franks (899-911), *893, +Ratisbone 24.9.911.³ He was King of Lorraine.³

; Leo van de Pas cites: Caroli Magni Progenies Neustadt an der Aisch, 1977. , Siegfried Rosch, Reference: 112.³ He was King of the East Franks between 899 and 911.^5,2,3

     Guillaume II 'le Liberateur' de Taillefer (?) Cte d'Arles et Provence, Toulouse was born circa 950; Genealogy.EU (Boson page) says b. ca 957; Genealogics says b. ca 950; Wikipedia says b. ca 950.^5,1,6,7 He married Arsinde (?) de Comminges
; his 1st wife.^8,2,3 Guillaume II 'le Liberateur' de Taillefer (?) Cte d'Arles et Provence, Toulouse married Adelaide (Adela, Blanche) (?) d'Anjou, Countess of Toulouse, daughter of Foulques II "le Bon" (?) Comte d'Anjou and Gerberge (?) d'Arles, du Maine, between 984 and 986
;
Her 4th husband; his 2nd wife.^5,1,9,2,10,3
Guillaume II 'le Liberateur' de Taillefer (?) Cte d'Arles et Provence, Toulouse died in 994; Genealogy.EU (Boson page) says d. 993; Leo van de Pas says d. 994.^5,1,2
Guillaume II 'le Liberateur' de Taillefer (?) Cte d'Arles et Provence, Toulouse was buried in 994 at Church Of Saint Croix, Sarrians, Departement du Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     950, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
     DEATH     Aug 993 (aged 42–43), France
     William I of Provence, Marquis of and founder of Provence, Count of Arles. Nicknamed the Liberator.
     William was the son of Boso II, Count of Avignon and Arles, and Constance of Viennois, the grandson of Rotbald I, Charles Constantine, Count of Vienne and Teutberge of Troye. Brother of Rotbold II. He was born circa 950 in Provence, and died in 993 in Avignon.
     William married Arsenda, daughter of Arnold of Comminges, and had one son, William II, Count of Provence, husband of Gerberge of Macon.
     Secondly, he married Blanche of Alix of Anjou, the daughter of Foulques II d' Anjou m Gerberge du Maine. They had three children:
     William was the Count of Provence since 968, took the title of Margrave around 975, became the Count of Arles in 980, and earned his nickname because of his victories against the Saracens by which he liberated Provence from their constant threat at the Battle of Tourtour in 973.
     By royal consent, he and his descendants controlled the fief in Provence, rebuilt the Dauphine area, re-cultivated the land and donated land to Cluny, Burgundy.
     William retired to become a monk, passing the margrave position to his brother, dying at Avignon, and buried in the church of Saint-Croix at Sarrians.
     All his work and properties would decline as his aggressive vassals, kept well in control with is ducal power, took their portions and divided the kingdom.
     Family Members
     Spouse
          Adelaide d'Anjou 940–1026
     Children
          Constance d'Arles unknown–1032
     BURIAL     Church Of Saint Croix, Sarrians, Departement du Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
     Maintained by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
     Originally Created by: Jerry Ferren
     Added: 13 Nov 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial 61543673
     SPONSORED BY Billie Jasper.¹¹
     ; Per Med Lands:
     "ADELAIS [Blanche] d'Anjou ([940/50]-[29 May 1026, bur Montmajour, near Arles]). Her parentage and first marriage are confirmed by the Chronicle of Saint-Pierre du Puy which names "comes Gaufridus cognomento Grisogonella…Pontius et Bertrandus eius nepotes…matre eorum Adalaide sorore ipsius"[60], the brothers Pons and Bertrand being confirmed in other sources as the sons of Etienne de Brioude (for example the charter dated 1000 under which "duo germani fratres…Pontius, alter Bertrandus" donated property to Saint-Chaffre for the souls of "patris sui Stephani matrisque nomine Alaicis")[61]. Adelais's second and third marriages are confirmed by Richer who records the marriage of Louis and "Adelaidem, Ragemundi nuper defuncti ducis Gothorum uxorem" and their coronation as king and queen of Aquitaine[62]. The Chronicon Andegavensi names "Blanchiam filiam Fulconis Boni comitis Andegavensis" as wife of the successor of "Lotharius rex Francorum", but confuses matters by stating that the couple were parents of "filiam Constantiam" wife of Robert II King of France[63]. The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence names "Blanchiam" as the wife of "Lotharius rex…Ludovicum filium" but does not give her origin[64]. She was crowned Queen of Aquitaine with her third husband on the day of their marriage. The Libro de Otiis Imperialibus names "Blanchiam" as wife of "Ludovicus puer [filius Lotharii]"[65]. Rodulfus Glaber refers to the unnamed wife of "Ludowicum" as "ab Aquitanis partibus uxorem", recounting that she tricked him into travelling to Aquitaine where "she left him and attached herself to her own family"[66]. Richer records her marriage with "Wilelmum Arelatensem" after her divorce from Louis[67]. Her fourth marriage is confirmed by the Historia Francorum which names "Blanca sorore Gaufridi comitis Andegavensis" as wife of "Guillelmi comitis Arelatensis"[68]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Blanche comitisse Arelatensis" as mother of "Constantia [uxor Robertus rex]", specifying that she was "soror Gaufridi Grisagonelli"[69]. The Gesta Consulum Andegavorum names "Blanca sorore eius" ("eius" referring incorrectly to Foulques III "Nerra" Comte d'Anjou) as wife of "Guillelmi Arelatensis comitis" and as mother of Constance, wife of Robert II King of France[70]. "Adalaiz comitissa" donated property to Saint-Victor de Marseille by charter dated 1003[71]. This charter is subscribed by "Emma comitissa…Wilelmus comes", the second of whom was presumably the son of Adelais but the first of whom has not been identified. "Pontius…Massiliensis ecclesie pontifex" issued a charter dated 1005 with the consent of "domni Rodhbaldi comitis et domne Adalaizis comitisse, domnique Guillelmi comitis filii eius"[72]. "Adalax comitissa mater Villelmi quondam Provintie comitis et Geriberga eque comitissa…eiusdem principis olim uxor" donated property to Saint-Victor de Marseille for the soul of their late son and husband respectively by charter dated 1018 (this document makes no mention of Adelais’s supposed fifth husband)[73]. No explanation has been found for her having been named Adelais in some sources and Blanche in others: it is difficult to interpret all these documents to mean that they referred to two separate individuals. Adelais's supposed fifth marriage is deduced from the following: Count Othon-Guillaume's second wife is named Adelais in several charters[74], and Pope Benedict VIII refers to "domnæ Adeleidi comitissæ cognomento Blanchæ" with "nuruique eius domnæ Gerbergæ comitissæ" when addressing her supposed husband in a document dated Sep 1016[75], Gerberga presumably being Count Othon-Guillaume's daughter by his first wife who was the widow of Adelais-Blanche d’Anjou's son by her fourth husband. However, the document in question appears not to specify that "domnæ Adeleidi…" was the wife of Othon Guillaume and the extracts seen (the full text has not yet been consulted) do not permit this conclusion to be drawn. It is perfectly possible that the Pope named Adelais-Blanche in the letter only in reference to her relationship to Othon Guillaume’s daughter. If her fifth marriage is correct, Adelais would have been considerably older than her new husband, and probably nearly sixty years old when she married (Othon-Guillaume's first wife died in [1002/04]), which seems unlikely. Another difficulty is presented by three entries dated 1018, 1024 and 1026 which appear to link Adelais to Provence while, if the fifth marriage was correct, she would have been with her husband (whose death is recorded in Sep 1026) in Mâcon. These entries are: firstly, "Adalax comitissa mater Villelmi quondam Provintie comitis et Geriberga eque comitissa…eiusdem principis olim uxor" donated property to Saint-Victor de Marseille for the soul of their late son and husband respectively by charter dated 1018[76]; secondly, "Vuilelmus filius Rodbaldi" donated property "in comitatu Aquense in valle…Cagnanam" to Marseille Saint-Victor by charter dated 1024, signed by "Adalaiz comitissa, Vuilelmus comes filius Rodbaldi"[77]; and thirdly, a manuscript written by Arnoux, monk at Saint-André-lès-Avignon, records the death in 1026 of "Adalax comitissa"[78]. The necrology of Saint-Pierre de Mâcon records the death "IV Kal Jun" of "Adalasia comitissa vocata regali progenie orta"[79]. An enquiry dated 2 Jan 1215 records that "comitissa Blanca" was buried "apud Montem Majorem"[80].
     "m firstly ([950/60]) as his second wife, ETIENNE de Brioude, son of BERTRAND --- & his wife Emilgarde [Emilde] --- (-before [970/75]).
     "m secondly ([970/75]) RAYMOND IV Comte de Toulouse, son of RAYMOND III Comte de Toulouse & his wife Gundinildis --- ([945/55]-killed "Carazo" [972/79]).
     "m thirdly (Vieux-Brioude, Haute-Loire 982, divorced 984) LOUIS associate King of the Franks, son of LOTHAIRE King of the Franks & Emma d'Arles [Italy] ([966/67]-Compiègne 21 May 987, bur Compiègne, église collégiale de Saint-Corneille). Crowned King of Aquitaine the day of his marriage in 982. He succeeded his father in 986 as LOUIS V King of the Franks.
     "m fourthly ([984/86]) as his second wife, GUILLAUME [II] "le Libérateur" Comte d'Arles Marquis de Provence, son of BOSON [II] Comte d'Arles & his wife Constantia [de Vienne] ([955]-Avignon 993 after 29 Aug, bur Sarrians, église de Sainte-Croix).
     "[m fifthly (before 1016) as his second wife, OTHON GUILLAUME Comte de Mâcon et de Nevers [Bourgogne-Comté], son of ADALBERTO associate-King of Italy & his wife Gerberge de Chalon ([960/62]-Dijon 21 Sep 1026).]"
Med Lands cites:

Reference: Genealogics cites: Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag Marburg., Detlev Schwennicke, Editor, Reference: II 187.⁶ GAV-27 EDV-27 GKJ-28.

; Per Wikipedia:
     "William I (c. 950 – after 29 August 993), called the Liberator, was Count of Provence from 968 to his abdication. In 975 or 979, he took the title of marchio or margrave. He is often considered the founder of the county of Provence. He and his elder brother Rotbold I were sons of Boson II of Arles and his wife Constance, who, based on her name, has been speculated to be daughter of Charles Constantine of Vienne. They both carried the title of comes or count concurrently, but it is unknown if they were joint-counts of the whole of Provence or if the region was divided. His brother never bore any other title than count so long as William lived, so the latter seems to have attained a certain supremacy.
     "In 980, he was installed as Count of Arles. His sobriquet comes from his victories against the Saracens by which he liberated Provence from their threat, which had been constant since the establishment of a base at Fraxinet. At the Battle of Tourtour in 973, with the assistance of the counts of the High Alps and the viscounts of Marseille and Fos, he definitively routed the Saracens, chasing them forever from Provence. He reorganised the region east of the Rhône, which he conquered from the Saracens and which had been given him as a gift from King Conrad of Burgundy. Also by royal consent, he and his descendants controlled the fisc in Provence. With Isarn, Bishop of Grenoble, he repopulated Dauphiné and settled an Italian count named Ugo Blavia near Fréjus in 970 in order to bring that land back to cultivation. For all this, he figures prominently in Ralph Glaber's chronicle with the title of dux and he appears in a charter of 992 as pater patriae.
     "He donated land to Cluny and retired to become a monk, dying at Avignon, where he was buried in the church of Saint-Croix at Sarrians. He was succeeded as margrave by his brother. His great principality began to diminish soon after his death as the castles of his vassals, which he had kept carefully under ducal control, soon became allods of their possessors.
Marriage and issue
     "He married 1st Arsenda, daughter of Arnold of Comminges[1] and they had no children.
     "He married 2nd (against papal advice) in 984, Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, daughter of Fulk II of Anjou and Gerberga, and their children were:
See also
** Lewis, Archibald R. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965.
References
1. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 187."⁷

Guillaume II 'le Liberateur' de Taillefer (?) Cte d'Arles et Provence, Toulouse was also known as William (Guillaume) II de Taillefer Count of Arles, Provence, Toulouse. Guillaume II 'le Liberateur' de Taillefer (?) Cte d'Arles et Provence, Toulouse was also known as William I Count of Provence.

; Per Genealogics:
     "Guillaume was born about 950, the son of Boso II, comte d'Avignon et Arles, and Constance de Provence. Called 'le Liberateur' (the Liberator), Guillaume was count of Provence from 968 to his abdication. In 975 or 979 he took the title of _marchio_ or margrave. He is often considered the founder of the county of Provence. He and his elder brother Roubaud II both carried the title of _comes_ or count concurrently, but it is unknown if they were joint-counts of the whole of Provence or if the region was divided. His brother never bore any other title than count so long as Guillaume lived, so Guillaume seems to have attained a certain supremacy.
     "Guillaume's first marriage was with Arsenda de Comminges. Their daughter Arsinde would have progeny, marrying Guillaume III Taillefer, comte de Toulouse.
     "Between 984 and 986, against papal advice he married Adelaide dite Blanche d'Anjou, daughter of Foulques II 'the Good', comte d'Anjou, and Gerberge de Tours. Adelaide was a widow twice over and been divorced by her third husband Louis V, king of France). With Guillaume she had at least one son and two daughters, all of whom would have progeny.
     "He entered a monastery shortly before his death in 994.
     "In 980, Guillaume was installed as Count of Arles. His sobriquet comes from his victories against the Saracens by which he liberated Provence from their threat, which had been constant since the establishment of a base at Fraxinet. At the Battle of Tourtour in 973, with the assistance of the counts of the High Alps and the viscounts of Marseille and Fos, he definitively routed the Saracens, chasing them forever from Provence. He reorganised the region east of the Rhône, which he conquered from the Saracens and which had been given him as a gift from King Conrad of Burgundy. Also by royal consent, he and his descendants controlled the _fisc_ (the royal demesne which paid taxes, entirely in kind, from which the royal household was meant to be supported) in Provence. With Isarn, bishop of Grenoble, he repopulated the Dauphiny and settled an Italian count named Ugo Blavia near Fréjus in 970 in order to bring that land back to cultivation. For all this, he figures prominently in Ralph Glaber's chronicle with the title of _dux_ and he appears in a charter of 992 as _pater patriae._
     "Guillaume donated land to Cluny and retired to become a monk, dying about 994 at Avignon, where he was buried in the church of Saint-Croix at Sarrians. He was succeeded as margrave by his brother Roubaud II. His great principality began to diminish soon after his death as the castles of his vassals, which he had kept carefully under ducal control, soon became allods of their possessors."⁶



; This is the same person as ”Guillaume I (or II) "le Libérateur"” at The Henry Project.³

; Per Med Lands:
     "GUILLAUME [II] “le Libérateur”, son of BOSON Comte [d´Arles] & his wife Constantia --- ([955]-Avignon 993 after 29 Aug, bur Sarrians, église de Sainte-Croix). "Boso comes et uxor sua Constantia…illorum filii…Willelmus comes, Rotbaldus comes, Pontius juvenis" signed the charter dated May [963] under which "Gencius et uxor mea Aiburga" donated property "in pago Aquense superiore ad castrum…Ansoyse" to Monmajour[215]. The order of birth of the two older sons of Boson is unclear. The May [963] charter suggests that Guillaume was his older son. However, the name order is reversed inthe charter dated Mar 965 under which "eius filio Rothboldo et fratre eius Wilelmo comite" consented to the charter of "Bosoni comitis, filii Rothboldi quondam"[216], which suggests that Rotbald was older. Comte de Provence, charters showing that both he and his brother Rotbald were recorded as counts during the same period, although it is not known whether this was a joint countship or whether there was a geographical split between their jurisdictions. Marquis de Provence. "Vuilelmus marchius Arelatense Provintie" donated property "in comitatu Avinionense, in agro Rupiano, in loco…la Lona" to Saint-Victor, Marseille by charter dated 17 Apr 979, signed by "Arsinda comitissa"[217]. "Willelmus comes" donated property to Cluny by charter dated 28 Aug [990] signed by "Rodbaldus comes, Adalaix comitissa, Wilelmus comes et filius eius Wilelmus"[218]. "Dominus princeps et marchio istius provinciæ…Willelmus cum coniuge sua…Adelaix et filio suo…Willelmo" restored property to the abbey of Saint-Césaire d´Arles by charter dated 992, subscribed by "Domnus Rotbaldus comes…Willelmus comes filius Rotbaldi et uxor sua Lucia, Wilelmus comes Tolosanus et uxor sua Ema…"[219]. He became a monk.
     "m firstly (before Apr 970) ARSINDE, daughter of --- (-after 17 Apr 979). "Wilelmus comes Provincie et coniunx mea Arsinna" donated property to Saint-Victor de Marseille by charter dated Apr 970[220]. "Vuilelmus marchius Arelatense Provintie" donated property "in comitatu Avinionense, in agro Rupiano, in loco…la Lona" to Saint-Victor, Marseille by charter dated 17 Apr 979, signed by "Arsinda comitissa"[221]. Szabolcs de Vajay suggests that the first wife of Guillaume was the sister of Adelais, whose first testament dated 4 Oct 978 names her, basing the hypothesis on onomastics and favorable chronology[222]. Under this testament of "Adelais", she donated her foundation "Narbonam…sanctique Salvatoris" to "sororibus meis et domnæ Arsindæ comitissæ", bequeathed "mea hereditas de Vidiliano" to "Arsindi sorori meæ", "alodes de Tolomiano" to "Ermesindi", and "mea hereditas de Artimiciano" to "Garsindi"[223]. The wording suggests that "Arsindi…Ermesindi…Garsindi" were all sisters of the testator. It is probable that "domnæ Arsindæ comitissæ" in this document was the wife of Guillaume [II] Comte de Provence as no other Ctss Arsende has been identified at the time. However, the wording of the passage in which she is named suggests that she was a different person from "Arsindi sorori meæ". Szabolcs de Vajay suggests (as reported by Settipani: the Szabolcs article has not yet been consulted) that the testator was the possible daughter of Arnaud [I] Comte de Comminges. She can be identified as Adelais, widow of Matfried Vicomte de Narbonne, as the document names the couple´s two sons whose affiliation is confirmed by other primary sources. As explained more fully in the document TOULOUSE, KINGS, DUKES & COUNTS, other primary source documentation suggests that the wife of Vicomte Matfried may have been the daughter of Raymond Pons Comte de Toulouse. If this is correct, the chronology suggests that her sister would have been too old to have married Guillaume [II] Comte de Provence.
     "m secondly ([984/86]) as her fourth husband, ADELAIS [Blanche] d'Anjou, widow firstly of ETIENNE de Brioude, secondly of RAYMOND IV Comte de Toulouse, divorced wife (thirdly) of LOUIS V King of the West Franks, daughter of FOULQUES II "le Bon" Comte d’Anjou & his first wife Gerberge --- ([945/50]-1026, bur Montmajour, near Arles). Her parentage and first marriage are confirmed by the Chronicle of Saint-Pierre du Puy which names "comes Gaufridus cognomento Grisogonella…Pontius et Bertrandus eius nepotes…matre eorum Adalaide sorore ipsius"[224], the brothers Pons and Bertrand being confirmed in other sources as the sons of Etienne de Brioude, for example the charter dated 1000 under which "duo germani fratres…Pontius, alter Bertrandus" donated property to Saint-Chaffre for the souls of "patris sui Stephani matrisque nomine Alaicis"[225]. Adelais's second and third marriages are confirmed by Richer who records the marriage of Louis and "Adelaidem, Ragemundi nuper defuncti ducis Gothorum uxorem" and their coronation as king and queen of Aquitaine[226]. The Chronicon Andegavensi names "Blanchiam filiam Fulconis Boni comitis Andegavensis" as wife of the successor of "Lotharius rex Francorum", but confuses matters by stating that the couple were parents of "filiam Constantiam" wife of Robert II King of France[227]. The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence names "Blanchiam" as the wife of "Lotharius rex…Ludovicum filium" but does not give her origin[228]. She was crowned Queen of Aquitaine with her third husband on the day of their marriage. The Libro de Otiis Imperialibus names "Blanchiam" as wife of "Ludovicus puer [filius Lotharii]"[229]. Rodulfus Glaber refers to the unnamed wife of "Ludowicum" as "ab Aquitanis partibus uxorem", recounting that she tricked him into travelling to Aquitaine where "she left him and attached herself to her own family"[230]. Richer records her marriage with "Wilelmum Arelatensem" after her divorce from Louis[231]. Her fourth marriage is confirmed by the Historia Francorum which names "Blanca sorore Gaufridi comitis Andegavensis" as wife of "Guillelmi comitis Arelatensis"[232]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Blanche comitisse Arelatensis" as mother of "Constantia [uxor Robertus rex]", specifying that she was "soror Gaufridi Grisagonelli"[233]. The Gesta Consulum Andegavorum names "Blanca sorore eius" ( "eius" referring incorrectly to Foulques "Nerra" Comte d'Anjou) as wife of "Guillelmi Arelatensis comitis" and as mother of Constance, wife of Robert II King of France[234]. "Dominus princeps et marchio istius provinciæ…Willelmus cum coniuge sua…Adelaix et filio suo…Willelmo" restored property to the abbey of Saint-Césaire d´Arles by charter dated 992, subscribed by "Domnus Rotbaldus comes…Willelmus comes filius Rotbaldi et uxor sua Lucia, Wilelmus comes Tolosanus et uxor sua Ema…"[235]. "Adalaiz comitissa" donated property to Saint-Victor de Marseille by charter dated 1003[236]. This charter is subscribed by "Emma comitissa…Wilelmus comes", the second of whom was presumably the son of Adelais but the first of whom has not been identified. "Pontius…Massiliensis ecclesie pontifex" issued a charter dated 1005 with the consent of "domni Rodhbaldi comitis et domne Adalaizis comitisse, domnique Guillelmi comitis filii eius"[237]. "Adalax comitissa mater Villelmi quondam Provintie comitis et Geriberga eque comitissa…eiusdem principis olim uxor" donated property to Saint-Victor de Marseille for the soul of their late son and husband respectively by charter dated 1018[238]. No explanation has been found for her having been named Adelais in some sources and Blanche in others, as it is difficult to interpret the documentation as meaning that they refer to two separate individuals. [Adelais may have married fifthly (before Sep 1016) as his second wife, Othon Guillaume Comte de Mâcon et de Nevers [Bourgogne-Comté]. Adelais's supposed fifth marriage is deduced from the following: Count Othon-Guillaume's wife is named Adelais in several charters[239], and Pope Benedict VIII refers to "domnæ Adeleidi comitissæ cognomento Blanchæ" with "nuruique eius domnæ Gerbergæ comitissæ" when addressing her supposed fifth husband in a document dated Sep 1016[240], Gerberga presumably being Count Othon-Guillaume's daughter by his first wife who was the widow of Adelaide-Blanche d´Anjou's son by her fourth husband. However, the document in question appears not to specify that "domnæ Adeleidi…" was the wife of Othon Guillaume and the extracts seen (the full text has not yet been consulted) do not permit this conclusion to be drawn. It is perfectly possible that the Pope named Adelais-Blanche in the letter only in reference to her relationship to Othon Guillaume´s daughter. If her fifth marriage is correct, Adelais would have been considerably older than her new husband, and probably nearly sixty years old when she married (Othon-Guillaume's first wife died in [1002/04]), which seems unlikely. Another difficulty is presented by the entries dated 1018, 1024 and 1026, quoted above and below, which appear to link Adelais to Provence while, if the fifth marriage was correct, she would have been with her husband (whose death is recorded in Sep 1026) in Mâcon.] "Vuilelmus filius Rodbaldi" donated property "in comitatu Aquense in valle…Cagnanam" to Marseille Saint-Victor by charter dated 1024, signed by "Adalaiz comitissa, Vuilelmus comes filius Rodbaldi"[241]. A manuscript written by Arnoux, monk at Saint-André-lès-Avignon, records the death in 1026 of "Adalax comitissa"[242]. The necrology of Saint-Pierre de Mâcon records the death "IV Kal Jun" of "Adalasia comitissa vocata regali progenie orta"[243]. An enquiry dated 2 Jan 1215 records that "comitissa Blanca" was buried "apud Montem Majorem"[244].
Med Lands cites: He was Cte d'Arles et Provence between 968 and 993.¹

     Boson II (?) Comte d'Avignon et Arles, Cte de Provence was born in 928.^1,5 He married Constance (?) de Provence, daughter of Charles Constantine (?) Comte de Vienne and Teutberge (?) de Sens, circa 930
; Genealogy.EU (Boson page) says m. ca 955.^8,1,5,6
Boson II (?) Comte d'Avignon et Arles, Cte de Provence died between 965 and 967; Genealogy.EU (Boson page) says d. 968.^8,1,5,6
     GAV-28 EDV-28 GKJ-29.

Reference: Genealogics cites:

; This is the same person as:
”Boson II of Arles” at Wikipedia and as
”Boson II d'Arles” at Wikipédia (Fr.)^9,10 Boson II (?) Comte d'Avignon et Arles, Cte de Provence was also known as Bozon Count of Provence. Boson II (?) Comte d'Avignon et Arles, Cte de Provence was also known as Boso (?) Count of Provence and Arles.¹¹

; Per Genealogy.EU (Bosonides): “E1. Boson II, Cte de Provence (948-968), *915, +968; m.ca 955 Constance de Provence (*920 +963/966)”


Per Genealogy.EU (Bosonides): “E3. Constance, *920, +965/966; m.ca 955 Cte Boson II de Provence (*915 +968)”.¹²

; Per Med Lands:
     "BOSON, son of ROTBALD [I] & his wife --- (-after Oct [965/67]). "Bosoni comitis, filii Rothboldi quondam" restored property to Saint-Victor by charter dated Mar 965[165]. Comte [d'Arles]. "Boso comes et uxor sua Constantia…illorum filii…Willelmus comes, Rotbaldus comes, Pontius juvenis" signed the charter dated May [963] under which "Gencius et uxor mea Aiburga" donated property "in pago Aquense superiore ad castrum…Ansoyse" to Monmajour, for the souls of "seniore meo Bosone et uxor sua quondam"[166]. "Boso comes" donated property "villam…Agello…ultra fluvium Durentia" acquired by his father to "ecclesiam sancte Marie et sancti Stephani Avinionensis", dated Oct [965/67] at Avignon but referred to only in a copy dated 24 Nov 1209[167].
     "m CONSTANTIA, daughter of --- (-after May [963]). "Boso comes et uxor sua Constantia…illorum filii…Willelmus comes, Rotbaldus comes, Pontius juvenis" signed the charter dated May [963] under which "Gencius et uxor mea Aiburga" donated property "in pago Aquense superiore ad castrum…Ansoyse" to Monmajour[168]. Her affiliation is unknown. Chaume proposed that she was Constantia, daughter of Charles Constantin Comte de Vienne, for onomastic reasons only on the basis that names with the root "Constant-" were unknown in western royal genealogy before Charles Constantin himself[169]. This supposition is, however, incorrect as numerous charters of the monastery of Cluny dated between 891 and 946 include the name "Constantia"[170], and many others during the same period the name "Constantius" and "Constantinus". Poly suggests that Constantia, wife of Count Boson, was the sister rather than daughter of Charles Constantin[171], but this appears to be more difficult to sustain chronologically. "
Med Lands cites: He was Cte de Provence between 948 and 968.¹

     Constance (?) de Provence was born in 920.¹ She married Boson II (?) Comte d'Avignon et Arles, Cte de Provence, son of Rotbald I d'Agel and NN (?) d'Aquitaine, circa 930
; Genealogy.EU (Boson page) says m. ca 955.^5,1,6,7
Constance (?) de Provence died between 961 and 965; Genealogy.EU (Boson page) says d. 965/6.^5,1
      ; Per Med Lands:
     "BOSON, son of ROTBALD [I] & his wife --- (-after Oct [965/67]). "Bosoni comitis, filii Rothboldi quondam" restored property to Saint-Victor by charter dated Mar 965[165]. Comte [d'Arles]. "Boso comes et uxor sua Constantia…illorum filii…Willelmus comes, Rotbaldus comes, Pontius juvenis" signed the charter dated May [963] under which "Gencius et uxor mea Aiburga" donated property "in pago Aquense superiore ad castrum…Ansoyse" to Monmajour, for the souls of "seniore meo Bosone et uxor sua quondam"[166]. "Boso comes" donated property "villam…Agello…ultra fluvium Durentia" acquired by his father to "ecclesiam sancte Marie et sancti Stephani Avinionensis", dated Oct [965/67] at Avignon but referred to only in a copy dated 24 Nov 1209[167].
     "m CONSTANTIA, daughter of --- (-after May [963]). "Boso comes et uxor sua Constantia…illorum filii…Willelmus comes, Rotbaldus comes, Pontius juvenis" signed the charter dated May [963] under which "Gencius et uxor mea Aiburga" donated property "in pago Aquense superiore ad castrum…Ansoyse" to Monmajour[168]. Her affiliation is unknown. Chaume proposed that she was Constantia, daughter of Charles Constantin Comte de Vienne, for onomastic reasons only on the basis that names with the root "Constant-" were unknown in western royal genealogy before Charles Constantin himself[169]. This supposition is, however, incorrect as numerous charters of the monastery of Cluny dated between 891 and 946 include the name "Constantia"[170], and many others during the same period the name "Constantius" and "Constantinus". Poly suggests that Constantia, wife of Count Boson, was the sister rather than daughter of Charles Constantin[171], but this appears to be more difficult to sustain chronologically. "
Med Lands cites:

; Per Genealogy.EU (Bosonides): “E1. Boson II, Cte de Provence (948-968), *915, +968; m.ca 955 Constance de Provence (*920 +963/966)”


Per Genealogy.EU (Bosonides): “E3. Constance, *920, +965/966; m.ca 955 Cte Boson II de Provence (*915 +968)”.⁸ GAV-28 EDV-28 GKJ-29.

     Ramiro Calahorra married Theresa (?) WFT Est. 1065-1095.¹

Ramiro Calahorra died WFT Est. 1077-1138.¹ He married Theresa (?)
Ramiro Calahorra was born in 1047.¹

     Theresa (?) married Ramiro Calahorra WFT Est. 1065-1095.¹

Theresa (?) died WFT Est. 1077-1143.¹ She married Ramiro Calahorra.
Theresa (?) was born in 1049.¹

     Richer de L'Aigle Seigneur de L'Aigle married Judith Le Goz (?) d'Avranches, daughter of Richard Le Goz (?) Vicomte d'Eu, seigneur d'Avranches et d'Hiesmes.^5,6,7,3
Richer de L'Aigle Seigneur de L'Aigle was born in 1040.⁵
Richer de L'Aigle Seigneur de L'Aigle died on 18 November 1085; per Racines et Histoire: "par un archer normand au siège de Sainte-Suzanne"; Genealogics says d. 18 Nov 1085.^8,2,9,3
     GAV-29 EDV-27 GKJ-27.

Reference: Genealogics cites:

; Per Med Lands:
     "RICHER de Laigle (-killed in battle Sainte-Suzanne 18 Nov 1085, bur Monastery of St Sulpice-sur-Risle). Orderic Vitalis records him as son of Engenulf de Laigle. "Richer de Aquila son of Ingenulf de Aquila" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Evroul by charter dated to [1099] (although this date is incorrect if the date of his death is as shown above), witnessed by "domina matre mea Richoereda, Gilleberto et Roberto fratribus meis, Judiht uxore mea, filia Richardi de Abrincis et sorore Hugonis comitis Cestrensis"[1128]. Orderic Vitalis records that “Richerium de Aquila Engenulfi filium” was mortally wounded in the eye by an arrow at the siege of the castle of Sainte-Suzanne and buried at the monastery of Saint-Sulpice, dated to 1085[1129].
     "m JUDITH d'Avranches, daughter of RICHARD Goz d'Avranches & his wife ---. Orderic Vitalis records that “Richerium de Aquila Engenulfi filium” married “Judith filiam Ricardi Abrincatensis cognomento Goz, sororem...Hugonis Cestrensium comitis”[1130]. "Robertus…" donated property to Chartres Saint-Père by charter dated to [1101/17], confirmed by "Gisleberti…de Aquila" and witnessed by "Gisleberti de Aquila, Julite eiusdem matris et Juliane uxoris ipsius"[1131]. "Richer de Aquila son of Ingenulf de Aquila" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Evroul by charter dated to [1099] (although this date is incorrect if the date of his death is as shown above), witnessed by "…Judiht uxore mea, filia Richardi de Abrincis et sorore Hugonis comitis Cestrensis"[1132]. "Robertus…" donated property to Chartres Saint-Père by charter dated to [1101/17], confirmed by "Gisleberti…de Aquila" and witnessed by "Gisleberti de Aquila, Julite eiusdem matris et Juliane uxoris ipsius"[1133]."
Med Lands cites:

; Per Racines et Histoire (Avranches): “Judith d’Avranches
     ép. Richer de Laigle +X 12/1085 par un archer normand au siège de Sainte-Suzanne (fils d’Engenulf de Laigle)”

Per Racines et Histoire (Laigle): “Richer (Richard) 1er de Laigle ° 1065 +X 18/11/1086 (Sainte-Suzanne, blessé par un archer normand lors du siège de cette place) seigneur de L’Aigle et de Pevensey (East Sussex)
     ép. Judith d’Avranches (fille de Richard (de) Goz, seigneur & vicomte d’Avranches, et d’Emma de Conteville)”.^10,9

     Gilbert de L'Aigle Sire de l'Aigle was born in 1070.⁶ He married Juliana du Perche, daughter of Geoffroy II du Perche Comte du Perche et Mortagne, Seigneur de Mortagne et de Nogent and Beatrice/Beatrix de Montdidier, circa 1130.^7,8

     GAV-25 EDV-25.

; Per Med Lands:
     "JUDITH d'Avranches . Orderic Vitalis records that “Richerium de Aquila Engenulfi filium” married “Judith filiam Ricardi Abrincatensis cognomento Goz, sororem...Hugonis Cestrensium comitis”[126]. "Robertus…" donated property to Chartres Saint-Père by charter dated to [1101/17], confirmed by "Gisleberti…de Aquila" and witnessed by "Gisleberti de Aquila, Julite eiusdem matris et Juliane uxoris ipsius"[127]. "Richer de Aquila son of Ingenulf de Aquila" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Evroul by charter dated to [1099] (although this date is incorrect if the date of his death is as shown above), witnessed by "…Judiht uxore mea, filia Richardi de Abrincis et sorore Hugonis comitis Cestrensis"[128]. "Robertus…" donated property to Chartres Saint-Père by charter dated to [1101/17], confirmed by "Gisleberti…de Aquila" and witnessed by "Gisleberti de Aquila, Julite eiusdem matris et Juliane uxoris ipsius"[129].
     "m RICHER de Laigle, son of ENGENULF & his wife Richereda --- (-killed in battle Sainte-Suzanne 18 Nov 1085, bur Monastery of St Sulpice-sur-Risle)."
Med Lands cites:

     Rodrigo Diaz "El Cid", "El Campeador" de Vivar (?) Senor de Vivar, Count of Valencia was born circa 1043 at Vivar (near Burgos), Provincia de Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain (now); Fletcher (p. 107): "1043 is the most favoured date."^4,5 He married Jimena (Ximena) Diaz (?) of Asturias, daughter of Conde Diego Fernández de Asturias (?) and Cristina Fernandez (?), on 14 July 1074
; Fletcher (p. 123): "in the summer of either 1074 or 1075."^4,6,7
Rodrigo Diaz "El Cid", "El Campeador" de Vivar (?) Senor de Vivar, Count of Valencia died on 10 July 1099 at Valencia, Spain.^8,4
      ; Stone (2000) chart 20-1: "He became standard-bearer for Sancho II of Castile at 22 and later served his brother Alfonso VI. After being exiled, he fought for the Muslim kings of Saragossa nd was their political advisor. He later won Valencia from the Muslims. He became a national hero, celebrated in epic poetry."⁸ GAV-26 EDV-26 GKJ-27. Rodrigo Diaz "El Cid", "El Campeador" de Vivar (?) Senor de Vivar, Count of Valencia was also known as El Campeador (?) from the Latin "campi doctor, campi doctus", teacher of the (military) field.⁹ Rodrigo Diaz "El Cid", "El Campeador" de Vivar (?) Senor de Vivar, Count of Valencia was also known as El Cid. Rodrigo Diaz "El Cid", "El Campeador" de Vivar (?) Senor de Vivar, Count of Valencia was also known as Rodrigo "El Cid" Diaz.

; Per Weis [1992:104]: "2. El Cid (Rodrigo Diaz de Bibar (Vivar)), b. ca 1043, d. Valencia, 10 July 1099, "el Campeador," great national hero of Spain, subj. of epic poems & ballads, ruler Valencia 15 June 1094-1099, s. Diego Lainez de Bibar in Castile, d. ca. 1058, m. 14 July 1074, Jimena (Ximena), d. ca. 1115, dau. Diego, Count de Oviedo, and Cristina (great-grandau. Alfonso V, King of Leon). (Moriarty, The Plantagenet Ancestry, pp. 82, 109-110; Joseph R. Strayer, er., Dict. of the Middle Ages, vol. 3, p. 386)."¹⁰

; Per Med Lands:
     "JIMENA Díaz (-1106). The "Corónicas" Navarras record that "este meo Çid" married "dona Xemena, nieta del rey don Alfonsso, filla del conte don Diago de Asturias"[510]. "Ruderigo Didaz" accepted as his wife "Scemena filia Didago ducis de terra Asturiense" and granted property "in territorio Kastelle…in Cavia" to her, including "villas que michi saccarunt Albaro Faniz et Albaro Albariz sobrinis meis", with "comes Petro Assuriz et comes Garsea Ordonniz" as guarantors, by charter dated 19 Jul 1074[511]. "Rodric Diaz et uxor mea Scemena" donated property to the abbey of Silos by charter dated 12 May 1076[512]. She attempted to retain control of Valencia after her husband's death but finally evacuated the city Apr/May 1102. The Anales Toledanos record the death in 1106 of “Dona Ximena su muger [del Cid]”[513].
     "m ([19 Jul] 1074) RODRIGO Díaz de Vivar "El Cid Campeador", son of Diego Laínez & his wife Teresa Rodríguez (Vivar near Burgos [1043]-Valencia [10] Jul 1099, bur Cardeña). Alférez of Sancho II King of Castile 1066. Lord and independent ruler of Valencia 1094-1099."
Med Lands cites: He was Ruler of Valencia between 15 June 1094 and 1099.⁴

     Jimena (Ximena) Diaz (?) of Asturias was born in 1051.⁴ She married Rodrigo Diaz "El Cid", "El Campeador" de Vivar (?) Senor de Vivar, Count of Valencia, son of Diego Lainez de Vivar of Castile and Teresa Nunez de Amayo, on 14 July 1074
; Fletcher (p. 123): "in the summer of either 1074 or 1075."^5,6,3
Jimena (Ximena) Diaz (?) of Asturias died circa 1115; Med Lands says d. 1106.^7,5,3
      ; Per Weis [1992:104]: "2. El Cid (Rodrigo Diaz de Bibar (Vivar)), b. ca 1043, d. Valencia, 10 July 1099, "el Campeador," great national hero of Spain, subj. of epic poems & ballads, ruler Valencia 15 June 1094-1099, s. Diego Lainez de Bibar in Castile, d. ca. 1058, m. 14 July 1074, Jimena (Ximena), d. ca. 1115, dau. Diego, Count de Oviedo, and Cristina (great-grandau. Alfonso V, King of Leon). (Moriarty, The Plantagenet Ancestry, pp. 82, 109-110; Joseph R. Strayer, er., Dict. of the Middle Ages, vol. 3, p. 386)."⁸ GAV-26 EDV-26 GKJ-27.

; Per Fletcher [1990]: "a relative of Alfonso VI."¹ Jimena (Ximena) Diaz (?) of Asturias was also known as Ximenia (?) of Asturias.

; Per Med Lands:
     "JIMENA Díaz (-1106). The "Corónicas" Navarras record that "este meo Çid" married "dona Xemena, nieta del rey don Alfonsso, filla del conte don Diago de Asturias"[510]. "Ruderigo Didaz" accepted as his wife "Scemena filia Didago ducis de terra Asturiense" and granted property "in territorio Kastelle…in Cavia" to her, including "villas que michi saccarunt Albaro Faniz et Albaro Albariz sobrinis meis", with "comes Petro Assuriz et comes Garsea Ordonniz" as guarantors, by charter dated 19 Jul 1074[511]. "Rodric Diaz et uxor mea Scemena" donated property to the abbey of Silos by charter dated 12 May 1076[512]. She attempted to retain control of Valencia after her husband's death but finally evacuated the city Apr/May 1102. The Anales Toledanos record the death in 1106 of “Dona Ximena su muger [del Cid]”[513].
     "m ([19 Jul] 1074) RODRIGO Díaz de Vivar "El Cid Campeador", son of Diego Laínez & his wife Teresa Rodríguez (Vivar near Burgos [1043]-Valencia [10] Jul 1099, bur Cardeña). Alférez of Sancho II King of Castile 1066. Lord and independent ruler of Valencia 1094-1099."
Med Lands cites: She was living in 1113; "...still alive in 1113, in which year she sold a churchat Valdecanas..."¹⁰

     Juliana du Perche was born in 1070.⁴ She married Gilbert de L'Aigle Sire de l'Aigle, son of Richer de L'Aigle Seigneur de L'Aigle and Judith Le Goz (?) d'Avranches, circa 1130.^5,3

     GAV-25 EDV-25.

     Judith Le Goz (?) d'Avranches married Richer de L'Aigle Seigneur de L'Aigle, son of Engenulph de L'Aigle and Richeride (?).^8,2,3,9
Judith Le Goz (?) d'Avranches was born in 1040.⁸
      ; Per Med Lands:
     "RICHER de Laigle (-killed in battle Sainte-Suzanne 18 Nov 1085, bur Monastery of St Sulpice-sur-Risle). Orderic Vitalis records him as son of Engenulf de Laigle. "Richer de Aquila son of Ingenulf de Aquila" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Evroul by charter dated to [1099] (although this date is incorrect if the date of his death is as shown above), witnessed by "domina matre mea Richoereda, Gilleberto et Roberto fratribus meis, Judiht uxore mea, filia Richardi de Abrincis et sorore Hugonis comitis Cestrensis"[1128]. Orderic Vitalis records that “Richerium de Aquila Engenulfi filium” was mortally wounded in the eye by an arrow at the siege of the castle of Sainte-Suzanne and buried at the monastery of Saint-Sulpice, dated to 1085[1129].
     "m JUDITH d'Avranches, daughter of RICHARD Goz d'Avranches & his wife ---. Orderic Vitalis records that “Richerium de Aquila Engenulfi filium” married “Judith filiam Ricardi Abrincatensis cognomento Goz, sororem...Hugonis Cestrensium comitis”[1130]. "Robertus…" donated property to Chartres Saint-Père by charter dated to [1101/17], confirmed by "Gisleberti…de Aquila" and witnessed by "Gisleberti de Aquila, Julite eiusdem matris et Juliane uxoris ipsius"[1131]. "Richer de Aquila son of Ingenulf de Aquila" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Evroul by charter dated to [1099] (although this date is incorrect if the date of his death is as shown above), witnessed by "…Judiht uxore mea, filia Richardi de Abrincis et sorore Hugonis comitis Cestrensis"[1132]. "Robertus…" donated property to Chartres Saint-Père by charter dated to [1101/17], confirmed by "Gisleberti…de Aquila" and witnessed by "Gisleberti de Aquila, Julite eiusdem matris et Juliane uxoris ipsius"[1133]."
Med Lands cites:

Reference: Genealogics cites: The Plantagenet Ancestry, Baltimore, 1975 , Turton, Lt.Col. W. H., Reference: 18.² GAV-29 EDV-27.

; Per Racines et Histoire (Avranches): “Judith d’Avranches
     ép. Richer de Laigle +X 12/1085 par un archer normand au siège de Sainte-Suzanne (fils d’Engenulf de Laigle)”

Per Racines et Histoire (Laigle): “Richer (Richard) 1er de Laigle ° 1065 +X 18/11/1086 (Sainte-Suzanne, blessé par un archer normand lors du siège de cette place) seigneur de L’Aigle et de Pevensey (East Sussex)
     ép. Judith d’Avranches (fille de Richard (de) Goz, seigneur & vicomte d’Avranches, et d’Emma de Conteville)”.^7,10

; Per Med Lands:
     "JUDITH d'Avranches . Orderic Vitalis records that “Richerium de Aquila Engenulfi filium” married “Judith filiam Ricardi Abrincatensis cognomento Goz, sororem...Hugonis Cestrensium comitis”[126]. "Robertus…" donated property to Chartres Saint-Père by charter dated to [1101/17], confirmed by "Gisleberti…de Aquila" and witnessed by "Gisleberti de Aquila, Julite eiusdem matris et Juliane uxoris ipsius"[127]. "Richer de Aquila son of Ingenulf de Aquila" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Evroul by charter dated to [1099] (although this date is incorrect if the date of his death is as shown above), witnessed by "…Judiht uxore mea, filia Richardi de Abrincis et sorore Hugonis comitis Cestrensis"[128]. "Robertus…" donated property to Chartres Saint-Père by charter dated to [1101/17], confirmed by "Gisleberti…de Aquila" and witnessed by "Gisleberti de Aquila, Julite eiusdem matris et Juliane uxoris ipsius"[129].
     "m RICHER de Laigle, son of ENGENULF & his wife Richereda --- (-killed in battle Sainte-Suzanne 18 Nov 1085, bur Monastery of St Sulpice-sur-Risle)."
Med Lands cites:

     Richard Le Goz (?) Vicomte d'Eu, seigneur d'Avranches et d'Hiesmes was born between 1020 and 1024; Racines et Histoire (Avranches) says b. ca 1024; Genealogics says b. ca 1020.^6,2
Richard Le Goz (?) Vicomte d'Eu, seigneur d'Avranches et d'Hiesmes died after 1084; Racines et Histoire says + après 1082 (1094 ?); Genealogics says d. 1082; Weis says living 1084.^7,8,4
      ; NB: Current thought seems to be that the wife of Richard was an unknown "Emma", but probably not the Emma de Conteville who used to be shown by Genealogics and others (c.f. Racines et Histoire Avranche and de Conteville pages). See the Genealogics and Med Lands notes for more information on this and some possible theories. After reviewing the discussions, I have removed Emma de Conteville as the mother of his children and as his wife. GA Vaut.^{2,9,10,4,11,12}

; Per Genealogics:
     “Richard was probably of Scandinavian origin. Some sources give his father as Thurstein Goz, son of Ansfrid the Dane _(Turstenus, cognomento Guz Ansfridi Dani filius)._
     “The name of Richard's wife is unknown but they had two sons and three daughters, of whom Hugh, Margaret and Judith would have progeny.
     “Duke William gave Richard the viscounty of Avranches, possibly after the banishment of Guillaume Guerlenc, comte de Mortain about 1055/56. He may also have been lord of Creully. Shortly after William's war against the Bretons in 1064, he gave Richard the castle of Saint-James-de Beuvron that William had built. On some lists Richard appears among those followers of William who fought at the Battle of Hastings, but his presence is not certain.
     “In the 1070s Richard became involved in the conflict between Raoul Tesson and the abbey of Fontenay. In 1076 he was one of the judges who pronounced sentence against Robert Bertram, one of William's knight companions at Hastings.
     “Richard died about 1082.”.²

; This is the same person as:
”Richard le Goz, Viscount of Avranches” at Wikipedia and as
”Richard Goz” at Wikipédia (FR).^13,14

; Per Med Lands:
     "RICHARD "le Goz" (-after 1082). Guillaume of Jumièges records that “Ricardus Turstini filius” served Duke Guillaume II loyally after his father “Turstenus cognomento Guz, Ausfridi Dani filius...præses Oximensis” rebelled and was forced to flee into exile[110]. "…Turstinci vicecomitis…Turstinci Gazel…Richardi filii Turstinci, Roberti fratris eius…" witnessed the charter dated to [1047 or before] under which Guillaume II Duke of Normandy confirmed the donation by "Adelelmi…Beatricis uxor eius…Rotberti filius eius" to the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel[111]. Vicomte d'Avranches. "…Richardi filii Torestini…" witnessed the charter dated to [1055] under which Guillaume II Duke of Normandy donated property to the abbey of Marmoutier[112]. "…Willelmi filii Osberti, Rotgerii de Monte Golmerii, Richardis vicecomitis Abrinchensis…" witnessed the charter dated [1055/56] under which Guillaume II Duke of Normandy "in pago…Constantino, villam…Flotomannum" to Saint-Florent de Saumur[113]. "…Ricardus vicecomes Abrincatinus…" witnessed the charter dated 1064 under which Guillaume II Duke of Normandy settled a claim in favour of the monks of Marmoutier relating to property donated by "Guido de Valle"[114]. The Chronique de Normandie, based on le Roman de Rou, names "Richart d’Avrenchin" among those who took part in the conquest of England in 1066[115]. "Richardi filii Torsteingoiz" witnessed a charter of William I King of England dated 1069[116]. "Ricardo filio Turstini Guz et Guillelmo Caritate, Fulkoque filio Gerardi Budel atque Radulfo de Ollei" are named as present in the charter dated 30 Nov 1074 under which Odo Bishop of Bayeux bought "la terre de Chernet" from "Herberto de Agnellis", with the consent of "suo domino Radulfo de Conchis"[117].
     "m (before [1047]) ---. The name of Richard’s wife is not known. She is called “Emma” in the Complete Peerage[118], but the primary source on which this is based has not been identified. A manuscript relating to St Werburgh’s Chester records that “Hugo Lupus filius ducis Britanniæ et nepos Gulielmi magni ex sorore” transformed the foundation into a monastery[119]. This suggests that Hugues’s mother may have been a uterine sister of King William, and therefore daughter of Herluin de Conteville. However, no indication has been in other primary sources which supports the contention that Hugues was the son of a duke of Brittany. It is assumed therefore that both lines of his parentage have been romanticised in this document to improve his status and reputation. Another possibility is that she was related to the Grantmesnil family: Orderic Vitalis records that “Rodbertus, Unfridi filius” [Robert of Rhuddlan, son of Onfroi de Tilleul and his wife Adelise de Grantmesnil] went “cum Hugone consobrino suo, Richardi de Abrincis cognomento Goz filio” to England[120]. If the relationship is as indicated by Orderic, from a chronological point of view Richard’s wife could have been --- de Grantmesnil, daughter of Robert de Grantmesnil & his wife Hawise ---. "
Med Lands cites:

Reference: Genealogics cites: Richard Le Goz (?) Vicomte d'Eu, seigneur d'Avranches et d'Hiesmes was also known as Richard D'Avranches. GAV-27 EDV-27 GKJ-27.

     Emma (?) de Conteville was born in 1029.^3,1
      ; per Burke's Extinct Peerages: Emma was half-sister to William the Conqueror.⁴

Reference: Weis [1992:116] Line 132A-25
Genealogics cites: The Plantagenet Ancestry, Baltimore, 1975 , Turton, Lt.Col. W. H., Reference: 18.^5,6

     Herluin (?) Vicomte de Conteville was born circa 1001 at Conteville, France.^4,5,6 He married HerleveArlette (?) de Falaise, daughter of Fulbert (?) de Falaise and Doda (?), after 1035
;
His 1st wife.^7,2,8,6,1 Herluin (?) Vicomte de Conteville married Fredesendis (?)
;
His 2nd wife.^9,1
Herluin (?) Vicomte de Conteville was buried circa 1066 at Abbey of Grestain, Fatouville-Grestain, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1001, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
     DEATH     1066 (aged 64–65), Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
     Herluin de Conteville was the stepfather of William the Conqueror, and the father of two men who became prominent in William's reign. No contemporary record provides the parentage for Herluin, although much later sources have assigned him parents (such as the otherwise unknown Jean de Conteville (965) and Harlette de Meulan.. Herluin was a lord of moderate income and some land on the south side of the river Seine. He was viscount of Conteville, probably so created by his stepson. and held the honour of Sainte-Marie Église, a portion of the county of Mortain. He had a castle there, and founded in its neighbourhood the Abbey of Grestain, in which he and his wives were buried.
     Towards the beginning of the 11th century, Conteville and its dependencies appear to be in the hands of Herluin, who married Herleva, the mistress of Robert I, Duke of Normandy and already mother of William the Conqueror. Herluin and Herleva had two sons and one daughter: Odo or Eudes, who became Bishop of Bayeux, and Robert who became Count of Mortain; both were prominent in the reign of their half-brother William.
     The daughter, sometimes called Muriel, married Guillaume, Seigneur de la Ferté-Macé.
     After the death of Herleva (1050), Herluin married Fresendis, who was his wife when he founded Grestain Abbey. By that time she had borne him two sons: Raoul de Conteville (d. aft. 1089), who later held land in Somerset and Devon, and Jean de Conteville. Little is known of the sons of his second marriage. Herluin was afflicted with leprosy or some similar disease, and was inspired to found the abbey of Grestain in hopes of achieving a cure.
     Family Members
     Spouse
          Herleva de Falaise 1003–1050
     Children
          Robert de Mortain 1031–1095
     BURIAL     Abbey of Grestain, Fatouville-Grestain, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
     Created by: Kat
     Added: 29 May 2012
     Find a Grave Memorial 90986857.^6,1,10
Herluin (?) Vicomte de Conteville died circa 1066.⁶
     GAV-26 EDV-27 GKJ-27.

; Per Genealogics:
     “Herluin was the stepfather of William the Conqueror, and the father of Eudes, bishop of Bayeux, earl of Kent, and Robert, comte de Mortain, earl of Cornwall, both of whom became prominent during William's reign.
     “Herluin was born about 1001. No contemporary records provide his parentage. He was a lord of moderate income and some land on the south side of the river Seine. He was viscount of Conteville, probably so created by his stepson, and held the honour of Sainte-Marie Église, a portion of the county of Mortain. There he founded the Grestain Abbey around 1050 with his son Robert.
     “Towards the beginning of the 11th century, Conteville and its dependencies appear to be in the hands of Herluin, who married Herleve/Harlette, the mistress of Robert I, duke of Normandy, and already mother of William the Bastard, called William the Conqueror later. Herluin and Herleve had two sons Eudes and Robert, and a daughter Emma, all of whom would have progeny.
     “Herluin later married Fredesendis, who is named as a benefactor of Grestain Abbey, and as Herluin's wife in the confirmation charter of the abbey, dated 1189. The abbey was founded by Herluin himself around 1050, in hopes of achieving a cure of his leprosy or some similar disease. Herluin and Fredesendis had two sons: Raoul de Conteville, who later held land in Somerset and Devon, and Jean de Conteville. Little is known of the sons of his second marriage.
     “Herluin died about 1066. He was buried at Grestain Abbey.”.⁶

Reference: Genealogics cites: Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.) 3/4:694B.⁶ Herluin (?) Vicomte de Conteville was also known as Harlevin de Conteville Vicomte de Conteville.^2,6

; Per Med Lands:
     "HERLUIN, son of --- (-[1066], bur Grestain). [Vicomte] de Conteville. Orderic Vitalis records that “Herluinus...de Contavilla” married “Herlevam Rodberti ducis concubinam”[17]. He founded the abbey of Grestain after 1050[18]. It is possible that either Herluin or his wife were related to an ancestor of Robert of Rhuddlan (see above): Orderic Vitalis names “Roberto de Rodelento nepos eius” among the followers of “Odo...palatinus Cantiæ consul”[19]. The relationship between the two families has not been traced.
     "m firstly ([after 1035]) HERLEVE, mistress of ROBERT II Duke of Normandy, daughter of FULBERT & his wife [Doda/Duwa] --- (-[1050]). Guillaume of Jumièges names “Herleva Fulberti cubicularii ducis filia” as the mother of “Willelmus...ex concubina Roberti ducis...natus“, and that after Duke Robert died “Herluinus...miles” married her by whom he had “duos filios Odonem et Robertum”[20]. The dating of her marriage is in doubt: William of Malmesbury records that it took place “ante patris [referring to Robert II Duke of Normandy] obitum”[21]. Orderic Vitalis records that “Herluinus...de Contavilla” married “Herlevam Rodberti ducis concubinam”[22]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines refers to the mother of Duke Guillaume as "filia…Herbertus pelliparius et uxor eius Doda sive Duwa", specifying that the family was from Chaumont in the diocese of Liège but moved to Falaise although others said that they were from Huy, and specifies her marriage to "Herlewino de Vado comitis"[23]. Orderic Vitalis calls her "Duke Robert's concubine", and specifies her marriage, referring to her husband as stepfather to Duke Guillaume[24]. She presumably died before her husband founded the abbey of Grestain as she is not referred to in the abbey's confirmation charter dated 14 Nov 1189[25]. Robert of Torigny's De Immutatione Ordinis Monachorum records that "Herluinus de Contevilla…et Herleve uxor eius" were buried in "mon. Sanctæ Mariæ Gresteni"[26].
     "m secondly FREDESENDIS, daughter of ---. She is named as the wife of Herluin in the confirmation charter of the abbey of Grestain, dated 14 Nov 1189[27]."
Med Lands cites:

     Jean de Conteville was born in 969.²
      ; "John, Earl of Comyn, Baron of Tonsburgh, in Normandy, being general of the king's forces, and governor of his chief towns, there obtained the surname "de Burgh" and took his motto, "Ung roy, ung foy, ung loy," from that of Caen, a chief town in his juridiction..."³ GAV-29 EDV-27 GKJ-27.

     Engenulph de L'Aigle married Richeride (?)
; WFT Est.¹ Engenulph de L'Aigle was born in 1010.¹
Engenulph de L'Aigle died in 1066.¹
     GAV-27 EDV-27.

     Richeride (?) married Engenulph de L'Aigle, son of Fulbert de Deine,
; WFT Est.¹ Richeride (?) was born in 1010.¹
     GAV-27 EDV-27. Richeride (?) was also known as Richereda (?)²

     Fulbert de Deine was born in 980.¹
     GAV-28 EDV-28.

     Thurstan 'le Goz' (?) Gouverneur d'Exmes was born in 1000.³
Thurstan 'le Goz' (?) Gouverneur d'Exmes died between 1045 and 1055.²
      ; Per Genealogy.EU (Avranches): “Thurstan «Le Goz» alias Toustain Gouverneur d’Exmes, rebelle contre le duc Guillaume, exilé (charte don à la Sainte-Trinité de Rouen 1038/50 ; témoin d’un don du duc à Jumièges 1040) ép. ?”.¹

; Per Med Lands:
     "THURSTAN "le Goz" (-[1045/55]). Vicomte. "Ricardi filii Gulberti, Nigelli vicecomitis…Storstingi vicecomitis" signed the charter dated 1027 (redated to [1017]) in which "secundus nominis mei Normannorum dux Ricardus" confirmed donations to Fécamp abbey[102]. "…Torstingus vicecomes…" witnessed the charter dated Aug 1027 under which Richard II Duke of Normandy donated property to the abbey of Bernay[103]. "…Turstingi vicecomitis…" witnessed the charter dated to [1030] under which Robert II Duke of Normandy donated "in comitatu Abrincatensi villam…Sancti Johannis" to the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel[104]. "…Nigelli vicecomitis, Tursteni vicecomitis…Willelmi Arcacensis comitis, Godefridi vicecomitis, Rodgerii filii Rodulfi, Wimundi…" witnessed the charter dated to [1040] under which Guillaume Comte de Talou donated property to Jumièges[105]. "Turstin vicecomes" witness the donation to Sainte-Trinité de Rouen of "Gozelinus vicecomes" dated [1038/50][106]. "…Nigelli vicecomitis, Tursteni vicecomitis, Godefredi vicecomitis…" subscribed the charter dated to [1040] under which "Vuillelmus Ricardi magni ducis Normannorum filius" donated property to the abbey of Jumièges[107]. "…Turstinci vicecomitis…Turstinci Gazel…Richardi filii Turstinci, Roberti fratris eius…" witnessed the charter dated to [1047 or before] under which Guillaume II Duke of Normandy confirmed the donation by "Adelelmi…Beatricis uxor eius…Rotberti filius eius" to the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel[108]. Guillaume of Jumièges records that “Turstenus cognomento Guz, Ausfridi Dani filius...præses Oximensis” rebelled against Guillaume II Duke of Normandy at “Falesiæ castellum”, which was attacked by the duke’s forces led by “Rodulfus Waceiensis magister militum”, and was forced to flee into exile, dated to early during the reign of Duke Guillaume II from the context[109].
     "m ---. The name of Thurstan's wife is not known."
Med Lands cites: GAV-28 EDV-28. Thurstan 'le Goz' (?) Gouverneur d'Exmes was also known as Thurstan "Le Goz" Gouverneur d'Exmes.⁴ He was living between 1038 and 1050.⁴