Bernard, Count of Périgord explained

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

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

Bernard first married Berta and had five children with her:

• Arnald "Voratio" I (d.962)
• William III "Talleyrand" (d.962)
• Gauzbert (d.975)
• Bernard (d.before 975)
• Emma, married to Boso I of La Marche (d.after 988)

Bernard then married Garsenda, and had five more children:

• Ranulf "Bompar" (d.975)
• Richard "the Simple" (d.after 975)
• Alduin (d.before 975)
• Heli de Périgord (d.976)
• Godfrey (d.before 975)

Notes and References

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.
2. Lewis, Archibald R. (1965): The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050. University of Texas Press, ch. 13, note 8
3. Adhemar of Chabannes, Chronique, J. Chavanon, Paris, Picard, 1897