Elias I (Périgord)

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Elias I (French: Hélie ; † uncertain: 975) was a Count of Périgord from the House of Périgord . He was the eldest son of Boson the Elder of La Marche and Emma of Périgord.

Elias supported his father in 974 in his attack on the Vice Count Gerald von Limoges . For this he was sent to the court of Duke Wilhelm IV. Eisenarm of Aquitaine to obtain his approval for this act of war, which the latter did not give.

After his maternal uncle, Count Ranulf Bompar , was killed in July 975, Elias was able to succeed him as Count of Périgord. But at the same time he captured the choir bishop Benedikt, who had already been designated as successor to Bishop Ebles for the diocese of Limoges , and blinded him, probably because he had supported the party of the Vice Count of Limoges. Shortly afterwards, Elias and his brother Aldebert were captured by Vice Count Guido . He intended to blind Elias with the consent of the Duke and thus retaliate for his previous deed, but Elias managed to escape from his dungeon in Montignac in time . He died during a pilgrimage to Rome , which he presumably began as a penance for his deed. His younger brother Gauzbert, who was captured, extradited to the Duke of Aquitaine and blinded by him, had to atone for him.

Because Elias had no children of his own, his brother Aldebert followed him in Périgord.

literature

  • Georges Thomas: Les comtes de la Marche de la maison de Charroux , in: Mémoires de la Société des sciences naturelles et archéologiques de la Creuze 23 (1927), pp. 561-700
  • Robert-Henri Bautier: Les origines du comté de la Marche , in: Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire offerts à M. Henri Hemmer par ses collègues et ses amis (1979), pp. 10-19
  • Thomas Head: The Development of the Peace of God in Aquitaine (970-1005) , in: Speculum 74 (1999), pp. 662-663

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aimon von Fleury , Miracula s. Benedicti II §16, ed. by Eugène de Certain (1858), pp. 118-120
  2. ↑ Ademar von Chabannes , Chronicon III §25, ed. by Jules Chavanon (1897), pp. 146-148
predecessor Office successor
Ranulf Bompar Count of Périgord
975 		Aldebert I.
personal data
SURNAME Elias I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hélie (French)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Périgord
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: 975