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Chapter 50

"Dukes were three a penny" W.S. GILBERT

Later Gascons

Duke Loup II of Gascony had at least two sons, who were both Delaforce ancestors, Lope Sancho and Donat Count of Bueil. Following the tree of Donat below, we meet Sanche Mitarra II.


Loup II (755 - 791) Duke of Gascony from 768 - 778 after his father Waifre's death in chapter 48 =
(abt 770) Numabela of Cantabria, a Visigoth in chapter 45

Lope Sancho Duke of Gascony 778 - 812 (?772 - 812 hung by Charlemagne) = Toda Aznarez De Aragón

Dhoude (Duedene Dhoda Liegarde) D'UZES (?804 - 843) Countess of Agen = (824) Bernard Duke of Narbonne & Count of Barcelona (?795 - 844 Aachen)

see family tree below

Donat Count of Bueil (?780 - ?) = ?

Daton comte de Bueil (?800 - 850) = ?

Garcia comte de Bueil (?820 - ?) = ?

Quisilo or Uracca Galindez de Aragon (? - 893) = Sanche Mitarra II duc de Gascogne

See above


Sanche Mitarra II was, predictably, the son of Sanche Mitarra I. "Mitarra" is a Moorish word for "terror and destruction", which is how they viewed him. So did the Carolingians, as he rebelled against & successfully fought Charles the Bald. How he became Duke of Gascony is revealed in the next chapter. Sanche II married URRACA Galindez de Aragon, daughter of the Count of Aragon.

Sancho Mitarra's family

Fruela Perez of Bardalia Duke of Cantabria (?705 - ?765), a Visigoth = ?, see chapter 45

Roderic I Frolaz Count of Castille (abt 745 -?) = Sancha

Sanche Garcias Mitarra I Duke of Gascony King of Navarre (810 - 864) = Uracca Major Sanchez of Aragon (815 - ?)

Sanche Garcias Mitarra II Duke of Gascony 852 King of Navarre in 901 (abt 830 - ?) = Urraca Galindez de Aragon

Garcias Sanche Le Courbé Duke of Gascony (880 - 960) = (904) Aminiana (Munia) d' Angoulême (?862 - ?)

See the next family tree below

4 other children

Others

Numabela of Cantabria (?740 - 785?) = (abt 770) Loup II (755 - 791) Duke of Gascony


But we must return to Lope Sancho, the other son of Loup II. He married Toda Aznarez of Aragon, a second cousin, who was descended from Loup II's brother Adalric. His daughter Dhoude married Bernard de Septimanie Duke of Narbonne & Count of Barcelona, born about 795 but executed by Charles the Bald at Aachen for bedding the Empress Judith. Bernard, who seems to have been a colourful character, was the great-grandson of Charles Martel, through his daughter Aldana. His mother was Cunegonde, the daughter of Charlemagne's ineffective brother Carloman. In the tree above, we have Sanche Mitarra II's son Sanche the Hunchback, marrying Aminiana of Angoulème, who's grandmother was Dhoude.

Aminiana's Grandmother, Dhoude d'Uzes

Dhoude (Duedene Dhoda Liegarde) D'UZES (?804 - 843) Countess of Agen, daughter of Lope Sancho (see above) = (24/6/824) Bernard de Septimanie Duke of Narbonne & Count of Barcelona (?795 - beheaded by Charles the Bald for getting much too close to Empress Judith 844 Aachen)

Roselinde (Regelinda) or Sancha d'Agen = (abt 860 Angoulême) Woulgrin de Taillefer Count of Perigord (?815 Maine - 3/5/886 Angoulême)

William II Count of Perigord (?864 - 920) = Regilindis (Regilinda) of NEUSTRIA

see Appendix IV - 5

William aka Guillaume d' ANGOULEME Count of Agen

Auduin Count d'Angoulême (?866 - 27/3/916) = ?

William I TAILLEFER = ?

see Appendix IV - 6

Aminiana (Munia) d' Angoulême (?862 - aft 904) = (904) Garcia Sanchez 'le Courbé' Duke of Gascony (880 - 960)

See the next family tree below

Guillaume de Septimanie (abt 825 - 849 beheaded)

Bernard PLANTEVELUE (26/3/841 Uzès - 886)

see chapter 49


Garcias Sanche Le Courbé 'curved', perhaps a hunchback, who was Duke of Gascony from 920 AD, was a vital key to the Delaforce history that follows. He married a cousin, Aminiare or Honorée. Garcias later became King of Navarre, ruled Gascony for 40 years, and died in 960 AD.

One of his first titles in 910 was Vicecomte BRUILHOIS, an area close to Agen and Verdun.

The Duke divided Gascony among his three sons, born 904-906, Sanche Garsias IV, Guillaume Sanche and Arnold Garsia. He had two natural sons, Sanche Sanche and Guillaume-Garsias, and possibly Bernard. His only daughter BRISCE married William, Duke of Aquitaine.

From Sanche Garsias, the eldest, came four sons, two of them Dukes of Gascony, another Count of Agen & Bazas and Bishop of Gascony.

Auch, capital of Gascony - Inside the cathedral

The second son, Guillaume Sanche was given Fezensac & Armagnac. He was married to Gersenda of Toulouse &, since anything about Toulouse might be of interest, Ken followed her ancestors. These proved to be extremely interesting, as they included the dreadful Charlemagne, see chapter49.

The youngest son, Arnold Garcia was given Astarac.

The Duke kept Bordeaux and Agen for himself.

The Fiefs which are covered in this book and which concern the Delaforce family are:-

(1)

the area ruled by the Princes of Verdun, Counts of Terrides and Gimoez, which derive from Sanche IV Garcia and his son Donat Sanche

(2)

the Fezensacs

(3)

and the Armagnacs.

There is proof that the first two were Delaforce families and were closely linked to the third, the Armagnacs, by marriage.

During the re-checking of the material for this & subsequent chapters, matters became very complicated & there is a blossoming of red names on the trees. This is because tracing back the families of wives had lead to connections we had never guessed at.

Garcia Sanchez 'Le Courbé's' family

Aminiana (Munia) d' Angoulême (?862 - aft 904) = (904) Garcia Sanchez 'le Courbé' Duke of Gascony (?850 - ?920)

Brische = William Duke of Aquitaine

Eudes Duke of Gascony

Gersinde de Fezensac (?905 - ?961) = Ramon (Raimundo Raymond) II Conde de Ribagorza (?905 - aft 970)

see Appendix IV-3 4th tree

William I GARCIAS Count of Fezensac aka Guillaume Garces (906 - 960) = Gersenda of Toulouse, daughter of Raymond II, see this link below

See the family tree at the end of chapter 39

Arnold Garcia Count of Astarac (?882 Spain -   aft 960) = ?

Garsenda of Astarac = Raymond I Dato Count of Bigorre (?917 - aft 956)

see Appendix IV-3 1st tree

Tachiline de ASTURIAS

Bernard Comte d'Agen Duke of Gascony

Acibella of GASCONY = Galindo II AZNAREZ Count of ARAGON 1st wife

see this link to ap4-2.html

Gersinde, Bernard & Acibella are not necessarily the children of Aminiana!

Père Anselme and other French historians show the dynasty of Dukes as follows - dates are start of rule

Sanche MITARRA 872 this has to be Mitarra 2

Sanche II 890 who?

GARCIAS Sanche Le Courbé 900

Sanche GARCIAS 920

Sanche Sanche IV 950 who married Teresa Endregoto Galindez Countess De Aragón

Guillaume Sanche 960

Guillaume II 985 Comte de POITIERS, later Duke of POITOU

Bernard 990

Sanche Guillaume V 1010

Berlenguer 1032

Odo/Eudes 1033

Bernard TUMAPELER 1040 Comte d'ARMAGNAC

GUI-GUILLAUME 1070

Raymond II, Count of Toulouse & his ancestors

Hugues of Austrasia, Palace Mayor 616-618 (?595 - abt 618) = ?

Alberic of Austrasia (?620 - ?) = Adèle of Treves (?625 - ?)

Hugobert of Austrasia =
Irmina d'Oeren (?650 - ?706) Abbess of Oeren fr 698 link to her parents in chapter 47

Chrodelinde d'Austrasie (?685 - ?) = Childebrand Duc de Bougogne (?680 - 752) link to his father

missing generation

Sigibert de Rouergue (?750 - ?820) = Berthe

Fulguald or Foucauld de Rouergue (?780 - ?840) = Senegonde de Toulouse (?780 - ?)

See next family tree below

Fredelon (?770 - aft 849) = Aude d'Autun see right

Thierry Duc de Bougogne (?705 - ?752) = Rolinde d'Aquitaine

Thierry d'Autun (?735 - 793) = Aldana de France dau. of Charles Martel in chapter49

Aude d'Autun = Fredelon

Senegonde de Toulouse (?780 - ?) = Fulguald ou Foucauld de Rouergue (?780 - ?820) see left

see left

Guillaume 'le Saint' de Gellone (751 - 1/6/812 Gellone) = Cunégonde (?770 - 19/6/835)

Bernard de Septimanie see Dhoude above

Bertrade de Baviere = Charibert Comte de Laon 743-744 (bfr 696 - aft 747)

see chapter 49


Fulguald or Foucauld de Rouergue (?780 - ?840) = Senegonde de Toulouse (?780 - ?)

Raymond I de Rouergue (?810 - 863) = Berthe de Reims (814 - ?) great-grand dau. of Charlemagne

Bernard I le Veau Duc de Septimanie etc (? - 877 assasinated)

Fulgaud Vicomte de Limoges (? - 886) = (dau of Gerard de Poitiers)

Eudes de Rouergue (?832 - 919) = (abt 860) Garsinde d'Albi (840 - ?) dau. of Ermengaud d'Albi (?810 - ?)

Raymond II Comte de Toulouse (abt 895 - 924) = Guilnide de Barcelona

Gersenda of Toulouse = William I GARCIAS Count of Fezensac aka Guillaume Garces (906 - 960)

See the family tree at the end of chapter 39

Ermengaud Marquis de Gothie = Adelaide

Garsinde de Narbonne = Wilfred de Barcelone

Benoit or Aribert Abbe de Vabres

(daughter) = Lope I Count of Bigorre (?830 Aude - ?870) see this link

Raymond I was Count of Limoges 841-862, Count of Rouergue & Quercy 849-863 & Count of Toulouse & Albi 852-863 but abdicated from all these jobs before dying.

Frédelon comte de Toulouse, Pailhars et Rodez = Ode

Uldagarde = Bernard comte de Rouergue

Martin de Laon (back link) = Bertrade l'Ancienne De Pruem (?675 - 721)

Charibert Comte de Laon 743-744 (bfr 696 - aft 747) = Bertrade de Baviere

Bertrade aux Grand Pieds (720 - 12/7/783 Choisy au Bac) = Pepin the Short

see chapter 49

 Ancestors of William's wife, Gersenda of Toulouse

Gilbert de Rouergue (?750 - ?820) = ?

Fredol = ? d'Autun

Josseaume Comte de Reims (?762 - 802) = ?

Angilbert de Ponthieu (?750 - 18/2/814) = Berthe de France (?779 - 14/1/823) see chapter 49

Bello-Borrell Count of Carcassonne = ? see below left

Gerard Count of Aquitaine (? - 25/6/841) = Rotrude d'Aquitaine

Rorgon Comte du Maine = Bilechilde

Fulguald ou Foucauld de Rouergue (?780 - ?820) = Senegonde de Toulouse (?780 - ?)

Rémy Comte de Reims (?790 - 824) = Arsinde de Ponthieu (?798 - ?)

Bello-Borrell Count of Carcassonne (?770 - aft 812) = ?

Sunyer I Comte d'Ampurias = ?

Rannoux Duc d'Aquitaine & Count of Poiters (? - 5/7/866) = Blichilde du Maine (? - aft 865) 1st husband

Raimon I de Rouergue (?810 - 864) = Berthe de Reims (814 - ?)

Ermengaud d'Albi (?810 - ?) = ?

Sunifred Count of Barcelona (?805 - 849) = Ermessende

Sunyer II Comte d'Ampurias (?830 - ?) = Ermengarde de Poitiers

Eudes de Rouergue (?832 - 919) = (abt 860) Garsinde d'Albi (840 - ?) dau. of

Guifré (Wilfred) 'le velu' Count of Barcelona (?840 - 898) = (877) Guinedilde d'Ampurias

Raymond II Comte de Toulouse (abt 895 - 924) = Guilnide de Barcelona (?870 - 923)

Gersenda of Toulouse = William I GARCIAS Count of Fezensac aka Guillaume Garces (906 - 960)


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