Wulgrin II of Angoulême
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Wulgrin II called Taillefer or Rudel, was the Count of Angoulême from 1120 to his death on 16 November 1140. He was a son of Count William Taillefer III
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He married Pontia de la Marche, daughter of Roger the Poitevin
and Almodis, the daughter of count Aldebert II of La Marche. They had only one son
After the death of his first wife, Wulgrin remarried to Amable de Châtellerault and had three children:
He retook Blaye
from William X of Aquitaine
in 1127 and reconstructed the castle there in 1140.
The troubadour
Jaufré Rudel
may be possibly his son or his son-in-law.
William V of Angoulême
William V of Angoulême, also known as William Taillefer III was the twelfth count of Angoulême.William V was a fifth generation descendant of Count Arnold of Angoulême. He was born in 1084, the son of Count Fulk of Angoulême and the grandson of Geoffrey of Angoulême and Petronille de Archiac...
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He married Pontia de la Marche, daughter of Roger the Poitevin
Roger the Poitevin
Roger the Poitevin was born in Normandy in the mid-1060s and died before 1140 . He was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat, who possessed large holdings in both England and through his marriage in France....
and Almodis, the daughter of count Aldebert II of La Marche. They had only one son
- William VI of Angoulême.
After the death of his first wife, Wulgrin remarried to Amable de Châtellerault and had three children:
- Fulk
- Geoffrey "Martel"
- an unnamed daughter.
He retook Blaye
Blaye
Blaye is a commune and subprefecture in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:Its inhabitants are called Blayais or the Blayaises.-Geography:...
from William X of Aquitaine
William X of Aquitaine
William X , called the Saint, was Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, and Count of Poitou between 1126 and 1137. He was the son of William IX by his second wife, Philippa of Toulouse....
in 1127 and reconstructed the castle there in 1140.
The troubadour
Troubadour
A troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages . Since the word "troubadour" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz....
Jaufré Rudel
Jaufré Rudel
Jaufre Rudel was the Prince of Blaye and a troubadour of the early–mid 12th century, who probably died during the Second Crusade, in or after 1147...
may be possibly his son or his son-in-law.
External links
- FMG on Pontia de la Marche
- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Chapter 3, Comtes d'Angoulême
- Histoire P@ssion - Chronologie historique des Comtes d’Angoulême (in French)
- L'art de Verifier des Faits historiquws, des Chartes, des Chroniques, et Autres Anciens Monuments, Depuis la Naissance de Notre-Seigner by Moreau et Yalade, 1818, Page 185
- The coinage of the European continent, by Swan Sonnenschein, 1893, Page 276
- Annuaire Historique Pour L'annee 1854, by Société de l'histoire de France, Page 179
- Nouvelle Encyclopedie Theologique, by acques-Paul Migne, 1854, Page 903