Amalrich I of Rancon
Amalrich I (French: Aimery ; † 1027 ) was a lord of Rancon , Gençay and Taillebourg .
He was a vassal of the Counts of Poitou , but sought to expand his influence beyond that. He took control of Civray Castle in the Marche , which plunged him into a feud against Count Bernard I and his vassal Hugo IV of Lusignan . This allied with Duke Wilhelm III. of Aquitaine and expelled Amalrich from both Civray and Gençay, the latter later being returned by the Duke.
During the absence of Count William IV of Angoulême on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Amalrich built the castle of Fractum-Botum in the Count's Saintonge in 1027 . After his return that same year, Count Wilhelm IV immediately destroyed this castle and Amalrich was killed in the fight against his son Gottfried .
literature
- Sidney Painter: Castellans of the Plain of Poitou in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. In: Speculum Vol. 31 (1956), p. 255.
- Sidney Painter: The Lords of Lusignan in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. In: Speculum Vol. 32 (1957), p. 30.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis Cap. XXV, ed. by Jean F. Castaigne in: Rerum Engolismensium Scriptores (1853), pp. 27-28; Ademar von Chabannes , Chronique III, §60, ed. by Jules Chavanon (1897), pp. 185-186.
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| SURNAME | Amalrich I of Rancon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aimery Ier de Rancon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of Rancon, Gençay and Taillebourg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1027 |