Bernard, Count of Périgord

Bernard of Périgord (died 950) was a 10th-century French Count of Périgord from 918 to his death and Count of Angoulême from 945 to 950.

Biography

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Bernard was the son of Count William I of Périgord and Regelindis, daughter of Raymond I, Count of Toulouse, who was a relative of his grandmother.

Immediately after the death of Alduin I of Angoulême in 916, Bernard killed the viscount of Marcillac, Lambert, and his brother Ranulf, who were responsible for an attack on his aunt, Sancia, the sister of William I and wife of Aymer I of Angoulême.[1]

His father William died in 918 and was succeeded by Bernard as Count of Périgord. Bernard co-ruled Angoulême with his cousin William Taillefer I and his son Aymer II, donating property to the Abbey of Saint-Cybard with them in 942.[2]

Bernard died in 950 and was succeeded by his son Arnald I.[3]

Issue

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Bernard first married Berta and had five children with her:[3]


Bernard then married Garsenda, and had five more children:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Jean Combes and Michel Luc (eds.), La Charente de la Préhistoire à nos jours (collective work) , St-Jean-d'Y, Imprimerie Bordessoules, collection L'histoire par les documents, 1986, 429 pp. [page needed]
  2. ^ Lewis, Archibald R. (1965): The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050. University of Texas Press, ch. 13, note 8
  3. ^ a b c Adhemar of Chabannes, Chronique, J. Chavanon, Paris, Picard, 1897 [page needed]