Burchard IV (Vendôme)

Burchard IV († 1202 ) was a Count of Vendôme from the House of Preuilly . He was a son of Count Johann I († 1180) and Bertha von Puy-sur-Fou.

As Count of Vendôme, Burchard was a vassal of the Counts of Anjou and in his time thus belonged to their territorial conglomerate, which is known as the " Angevin Empire ". In the conflict between his liege lord Heinrich II. Plantagenet and King Philip II. August , Burchard changed to the latter's side in June 1188. After his half-brother Gottfried was seriously wounded in the feud against the Vice Count of Châteaudun , King Philip II conquered Mondoubleau Castle, which belonged to the Vice Count, in June 1189 and handed it over to Vendôme. Apparently Burchard had changed sides again soon afterwards, since King Philip II besieged Vendôme in the summer of 1194 . The approaching Richard the Lionheart forced the French king to retreat, inflicting a defeat on him in the battle of Fréteval . Burchard died in 1202 and his grandson Johann II followed him.

Burchard IV was married to a lady Agathe, whose origin is unclear. Your children were:

• Johann († 1190 fell on the third crusade in front of Acre )
• Raoul († before 1202)
  • Father of Count John II of Vendôme
• Johann III. († 1217), Count of Vendôme
• Gottfried
• Agnes († 1201), ∞ with Peter II of Montoire
  • Descendants: House Montoire

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gesta Regis Henrici secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 2, pp. 39-40
2. ↑ Gesta Regis Henrici secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 2, p. 68
3. ↑ Chronicon Vindocinense seu de Aquaria , ed. by P. Marchegay and E. Mabille in: Chroniques des Eglises d'Anjou (1869), p. 176
4. ↑ Gesta Regis Henrici secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 2, p. 149
5. ↑ Gislebert von Mons , Chronicon Hanoniense , ed. by Wilhelm Arndt in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS 21 (1869), p. 579

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• Comtes de Vendôme (Seigneurs de Preuilly)

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann I.	Count of Vendôme 1180–1202	Johann II.