Vulgrin I. (Angoulême)

Vulgrin I. (also Wulfgrin ; † May 3, 886 ) was a count of Angoulême , Agen , Périgord and probably the Saintonge . He was also the progenitor of the Taillefer family .

He came from the highest Franconian nobility. His parents were comes Vulfard and Suzanne, who was a daughter of Count Beggo of Paris and the Alpheidis, who in turn belonged to the Carolingian dynasty . His brothers were the Abbot Hilduin of Saint-Denis and the Count Palatine Adalhard , who were outstanding confidants of the West Frankish King Charles the Bald . His nephew was the abbot Wulfhard von Flavigny and his niece Adelheid later married King Ludwig the Stammler .

It was to this family background that Vulgrin owed his appointment as count in the Aquitanian counties of Angoumois and Périgord after Count Emenon had fallen there in 866 . He had previously been one of the most important supporters of King Pippin II, who had been deposed by Charles the Bald, and thus a constant source of unrest against Charles the Bald. Vulgrin's most important tasks included fighting the Vikings who invaded Aquitaine at that time , against which he built extensive castles. After his death he was buried in the Abbey of Saint-Cybard in Angoulême .

Vulgrin was married to Regelindis, a daughter of Count Bernhard of Septimania . Your children were:

• Alduin I († 916), Count of Angoulême
• Wilhelm I (†?), Count of Périgord and Agen
• ? Sancha, ∞ with Adémar , Count of Angoulême

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• Ademar von Chabannes , Chronicon III §19, ed. by Jules Chavanon (1897), p. 137
• Chronicon sancti Maxentii Picravensis, Chroniques des Eglises d'Anjou , ed. by P. Marchegay and E. Mabille (1869), p. 369
• Annales Engolismenses , ed. by Georg Heinrich Pertz in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS 4 (1841), p. 5

predecessor	Office	successor
Emenon	Count of Angoulême 866–886	Alduin I.
Emenon	Count of Périgord 866–886	Wilhelm I.