Wulgrin II, Count of Angoulême explained

Wulgrin II
Birth Date:c. 1089
Death Date:16 November 1140
Count of Angoulême
Tenure:1120–1140
Other Names:Taillefer
Rudel
Vulgrin
Bougrin

Wulgrin II (also Vulgrin or Bougrin), 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.

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.[1]

The troubadour Jaufré Rudel may be possibly his son or his son-in-law.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. The poetry of Cercamon and Jaufré Rudel. p. 96. Garland. 1983.