Boggis
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Boggis, Bohggis, or Bodogisel (died circa 660) was the Merovingians Duke of Aquitaine
from the death of Chilperic of Aquitaine
in 632 until his death.
His origins are not well known, but some suppose him to have been a son of Charibert II
based on the spurious Charte d'Alaon
.
Nicholas' Vita Landberti episcopi Traiectensis records him as "the recently deceased duke of Aquitaine" when referring to his widow Oda as a friend of Lambert. He is presumed to have married her around 645.
On Chilperic's death, the Aquitainians rebelled and elected Boggis duke. That same year, the Gascons rebelled. King Dagobert I
sent an army under the command of Chandoina, who achieved a partial victory on the Soule
, killing the Gascon leader Arimbert and several other lesser generals. After a few reprisals, Dagobert nominated the Saxon
Aighyna as dux Vasconum
: he would protect Gascon autonomy, while remaining amenable to Frankish overlordship. Boggis continued to rule semi-autonomously in Aquitaine.
It is possible that Boggis was the father or uncle of Hubertus
, Odo the Great and Imitarius. He is also credited as the brother of a later duke named Bertrand. However, none of Boggis' relatives are known and all suppositions are based on the fake Charte.
Duke of Aquitaine
The Duke of Aquitaine ruled the historical region of Aquitaine under the supremacy of Frankish, English and later French kings....
from the death of Chilperic of Aquitaine
Chilperic of Aquitaine
Chilperic was the infant son of Charibert II, and briefly king of Aquitaine in 632. He was killed shortly after his father in 632, under orders by Dagobert I, Charibert's half-brother....
in 632 until his death.
His origins are not well known, but some suppose him to have been a son of Charibert II
Charibert II
Charibert II , a son of Clotaire II and his junior wife Sichilde, was briefly King of Aquitaine from 629 to his death, with his capital at Toulouse. We have no direct statement about when Charibert was born exact that he was "a few years younger" than his half-brother Dagobert...
based on the spurious Charte d'Alaon
Charte d'Alaon
The Charte d'Alaon is a spurious and fraudulent charter purporting to provide a genealogy of the house of Odo the Great, Duke of Aquitaine . The nineteenth-century French historian Joseph-François Rabanis proved it to be a hoax fabricated in the seventeenth century...
.
Nicholas' Vita Landberti episcopi Traiectensis records him as "the recently deceased duke of Aquitaine" when referring to his widow Oda as a friend of Lambert. He is presumed to have married her around 645.
On Chilperic's death, the Aquitainians rebelled and elected Boggis duke. That same year, the Gascons rebelled. King Dagobert I
Dagobert I
Dagobert I was the king of Austrasia , king of all the Franks , and king of Neustria and Burgundy . He was the last Merovingian dynast to wield any real royal power...
sent an army under the command of Chandoina, who achieved a partial victory on the Soule
Soule
Soule is a former viscounty and French province and part of the present day Pyrénées-Atlantiques département...
, killing the Gascon leader Arimbert and several other lesser generals. After a few reprisals, Dagobert nominated the Saxon
Saxons
The Saxons were a confederation of Germanic tribes originating on the North German plain. The Saxons earliest known area of settlement is Northern Albingia, an area approximately that of modern Holstein...
Aighyna as dux Vasconum
Duke of Gascony
The Duchy of Vasconia , later known as Gascony, was a Merovingian creation: a frontier duchy on the Garonne, in the border with the rebel Basque tribes...
: he would protect Gascon autonomy, while remaining amenable to Frankish overlordship. Boggis continued to rule semi-autonomously in Aquitaine.
It is possible that Boggis was the father or uncle of Hubertus
Hubertus
Saint Hubertus or Hubert , called the "Apostle of the Ardennes" was the first Bishop of Liège...
, Odo the Great and Imitarius. He is also credited as the brother of a later duke named Bertrand. However, none of Boggis' relatives are known and all suppositions are based on the fake Charte.