Bernard Plantevelue

Bernard Plantevelue , or Plantapilosa (born March 22, 841 in Uzès ; † around 886), was a Margrave of Gothien , Count of Autun , Auvergne , Lyon , Toulouse , Rodez , Mâcon and in Berry from the family of the Gellones (Wilhelmiden) . He was a son of Margrave Bernhard of Septimania and the Dhuoda .

Life

Bernard's family fell out of favor with King Charles the Bald in 844 and lost all of their property. After Bernard was again in the king's favor, he was installed as a count in Autun in 866 .

But soon he was suspected of being involved in a conspiracy against the king to avenge his father's death. He was banished again. Fights against Robert the Brave and Ramnulf I of Poitiers followed .

Around the year 869 Bernard was pardoned and ousted his brother-in-law in the Auvergne . In 872 he murdered Count Bernhard II of Toulouse , but was nevertheless put in possession of the victim by the king.

In the following years, Bernard became the closest adviser to the Aquitaine sub-king Ludwig the Stammler . After he had taken power over the entire empire in 877, Bernard was an important support for him in the fight against the rebellious Margrave Bernhard von Gothien , who was defeated in 878. As a thank you, Bernard received the Berry and the Margraviate Gothien ( Septimania ). After the death of Ludwig the Stammler, he supported his sons Ludwig III. and Karlmann against Boso von Vienne , who had made himself king in Provence , and received the Mâconnais in 880 in thanks for his support . His subsequent support for Emperor Karl the Dicken in 884 earned him the Lyonnais .

Bernard died around the year 886. His extensive estates with the center of Auvergne were almost completely preserved by his family, which is why he is also considered the (re) founder of the Duchy of Aquitaine . His son Wilhelm finally accepted the title of duke in 909.

Bernard Plantevelue was married to Ermengarde († after 881), the daughter of Count Bernhard von Auvergne. Your children were:

• William I the Pious († 919), Count of Auvergne and Berry, Margrave of Gothien, Duke of Aquitaine
• Was in
• Ava, Abbess of Lyon
• Adeline, ∞ with Acfred I , Count of Carcassonne and Razès ( Belloniden )

Scientific dispute over three Bernhards

In the second half of the ninth century, three dukes named Bernhard ruled. In science, the assignment and identification of the three dukes is controversial. The starting point is the text "Annales Bertiniani" by Hincmar von Reims.

literature

• Constance Brittain Bouchard: "Those of my blood". Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (= The Middle Ages Series ). University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia PA 2001, ISBN 0-8122-3590-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bouchard: "Those of My Blood" . 2001, p. 79 (English).
2. ↑ Bouchard: "Those of my blood" . 2001, The Problem of the three Bernards and the Dukes of Aquitaine , p. 180-191 (English).

predecessor	Office	successor
Warinus	Count of Auvergne 872-886	Wilhelm I the Pious
Bernhard	Margrave of Gothien 878–886	Wilhelm I the Pious
Bernhard II.	Count of Toulouse 872-885	Odo