Altmar (Artois)
Altmar (Latin: Altmarum ; † between 907 and 923) was a count of Arras ( Artois ) and successively lay abbot of Saint-Médard in Soissons and Saint-Vaast in Arras .
He was the son of Altmar, lay abbot of Montier-en-Der , who was named in a deed of gift issued by King Charles the Bald on May 5, 845 .
Altmar was the lay abbot of Saint-Médard in Soissons when he was in 899 from King Charles III. the simple-minded in Arras was used as a comes . Shortly before, the king had wrested this city from the powerful Count Balduin II of Flanders , who, however, pushed for a restitution of this city and the influence it had in the Artois. In the same year, Altmar exchanged the Saint-Médard Abbey with Archbishop Fulko of Reims for the Saint-Vaast Abbey in Arras, which made him effectively the sole ruler in the Artois. With this barter, the Archbishop intended to avoid a potential conflict with the Count of Flanders, which Altmar was now burdening himself with.
Nothing has survived after that from Altmar, but he is likely to have been identical to an Altmari who was mentioned in a diploma from the Church of Paris from 907. His successor was his son Adalhelm , who was first mentioned as Count in 923.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Constance Brittain Bouchard: The cartulary of Montier-en-Der, 666-1129 , in: Medieval Academy Books 108 (2004), p. 77, no. 14
- ^ Richer von Reims : Richeri historiarum libri I , ed. by Georg Heinrich Pertz in MGH SS 3 (1839), p. 574
- ↑ Martin Bouquet (ed.): Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France (RHGF) 9 (1874), p. 505
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| SURNAME | Altmar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Altmarum (Latin); Altmar of Arras |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Arras, lay abbot of Saint-Médard in Soissons and Saint-Vaast in Arras |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 907 and 923 |