Aimery III. (Thouars)
Aimery III. († shortly before 1000) was a Viscount of Thouars .
Life
Aimery III. was a son and successor to Viscount Herbert I von Thouars around 987 ; his mother's name was Aldéarde (or Hildegarde) d'Aunay. He was one of the most important vassals of Duke William IV of Aquitaine, who as William II was also Count of Poitou. Aimery III received from Duke Wilhelm. transferred important fiefdoms, such as the cella of Saint-Michel en l'Herm, which he donated to the Abbey of Saint-Florent de Saumur , which his liege had approved of.
However, the Viscount von Thouars was not only a vassal of the Aquitaine duke, but also of the Count of Anjou, Fulk III. Nerra who was very present in this part of the Poitou . Aimery III. Fulko militarily in his attempt to snatch Nantes from Duke Conan I of Brittany . Like Fulko, he was wounded during the Second Battle of Conquereuil (June 27, 992). However, this military conflict ended in favor of the Count of Anjou; Conan was killed in the process. Fulko appointed Aimery III. as guardian of the minor Count Judicaël . Therefore, Aimery III. now held the powers of a Count of Nantes until 994. In 994 he became estranged from Fulko, who then had a fortress built in Passavant to keep the Viscount in check.
literature
- Olivier Guillot: Aimeri 2 . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 1, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-7608-8901-8 , column 240.
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| SURNAME | Aimery III. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Viscount of Thouars |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 994 and 999 |