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Converted by Filemerlin Ahnentafel of Géraud d'Auvergne --- 1st Generation --- 1. Géraud1 d'Auvergne (Paul Theroff, posts on the Genealogy Bulletin Board of the Prodigy Interactive Personal Service, was a member as of 5 April 1994, at which time he held the identification MPSE79A, until July, 1996. His main source was Europaseische Stammtafeln, 07 June 1995 at 14:11 Hours.). AKA: Géraud, Count d'Aurillac. Born: in 855 at France, son of Gérard II d'Auvergne and N? N? (Citing: Père Anselme, Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne et de la Maison du Roy: et des anciens Barons du Royaume, Collection H&G, (édition originale 1726-1733 et suppplément de Potier de Courcy en 12 volumes), n.d., http://web.genealogie.free.fr/Les_dynasties/Les_dynasties_celebres/Liste_alphabetique.htm.). Died: on 13 Oct 909 (Ibid.). AKA: Saint Gérard. --- 2nd Generation --- 2. Gérard II2 d'Auvergne (Paul Theroff, posts, 07 June 1995 at 14:11 Hours.). AKA: Gérard II, Comte du Limousin. Born: before 841 at France, son of Gérard I, Count d'Auvergne and Hildegarde=Mathilde de France. Married in 854: N? N? Died: circa 879. 3. N?2 N? Married in 854: Gérard II d'Auvergne,, son of Gérard I, Count d'Auvergne and Hildegarde=Mathilde de France. Married Name: d'Auvergne. --- 3rd Generation --- 4. Gérard I, Count3 d'Auvergne (Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners in ISBN: 0-8063-1344-7 (1001 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992), Page 118, Line 163-39.) (Rosamond McKitterick, The Frankish kingdom under the Carolingians: 751-987 (Singapore: Longman Singapore Publishers Pte Ltd, (c) 1983).) (Paul Theroff, posts, 07 June 1995 at 14:11 Hours.) (P.D. Abbott, Provinces, Pays and Seigneuries of France in ISBN: 0-9593773-0-1 (Author at 266 Myrtleford, 3737, Australia: Priries Printers Pty. Ltd, Canberra A.C.T., Australia, November, 1981), Page 442.). AKA: Gérard, Comte de Poitiers (Abbott, Pages 303, 402.). Born: before 795 at France, son of Théodoric=Thiérri, Count de Toulouse and Aldane=Audé Martel, Gérard is presumed to have been at least 15 years of age by the time his son Ranulf I was born. Abbott indicates that Gérard was the brother of Guillaume - so then he would be the son of Thierry. Married before 809 at France: Hildegarde=Mathilde de France,, daughter of Louis I, King de France and Ermengarde d'Esbay. Note - between 0839 and 0841 at Auvergne, France: Gérard was Comte d'Auvergne 849-851 (Abbott, Page 442.). Died: on 25 Jun 841 at Fontenoy, Tournai, Belgium, Gérard was slain in battle. 5. Hildegarde=Mathilde3 de France (Stuart, Page 246, Line 352-40.) (André Roux: Scrolls from his personal genealogicaL research. The Number refers to the family branch numbers on his many scrolls.) (Paul Augé, Nouveau Larousse Universel (13 à 21 Rue Montparnasse et Boulevard Raspail 114: Librairie Larousse, 1948).). Married Name: d'Auvergne. Born: in 803, daughter of Louis I, King de France and Ermengarde d'Esbay. Married before 809 at France: Gérard I, Count d'Auvergne,, son of Théodoric=Thiérri, Count de Toulouse and Aldane=Audé Martel. Died: in 841. --- 4th Generation --- 8. Théodoric=Thiérri, Count4 de Toulouse (André Roux: Scrolls, 156.) (Stuart, Page 234, Line 329-41.) (K.S.B. Keats-Rohan (Ed.), Family Trees and the Roots of Politics: The Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century , ISBN: 0-85115-625-8, (Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, Inc., 1997), Settipani, Christain: Chapter 11: " Les comtes d'Anjou et leurs alliances aux Xe et XIe siècles", Page 247.). AKA: Thiérri, Judiarch de Septimanie. AKA: Théodéricus, Judiarch de Narbonne. AKA: Makir, Duke de Toulouse. Note -: Toulouse was a principal city of the Visigoths. Simon de Montfort was killed here during the siege in the war with the Albigeois in 1218. In 1632, Richelieu had the Duke of Montmorency beheaded there. AKA: Théodoen, Comte d'Autun (Ibid.). Born: circa 745 at Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Languedoc, France, son of N?, Comte de Toulouse and N? N? (Ibid.). Married before 764: Aldane=Audé Martel,, daughter of Charles Martel and Rotrude=Chrotrud, Duchesse d'Austrasie. Died: circa 804 Théodoric was alive in 793. 9. Aldane=Audé4 Martel (André Roux: Scrolls, 156.) (Stuart, Page 234, Line 329-41.). Married Name: de Toulouse. Born: before 725, daughter of Charles Martel and Rotrude=Chrotrud, Duchesse d'Austrasie. Married before 764: Théodoric=Thiérri, Count de Toulouse,, son of N?, Comte de Toulouse and N? N? 10. Louis I, King4 de France (Rosamond, Page 106, 116.) (André Roux: Scrolls, 191.) (Stuart, Page 130, Line 171-40.) (André Castelot, Alain Decaux, Marcel Jullian et J. Levron, Histoire de La France et des Français au Jour le Jour (Librairie Académique Perrin, 1976), Tome 1, Page 369.). Also Known As: Louis "Le Pieux." Also Known As: Louis "Le Débonnaire." Born: in Aug 778 at Chasseneuil, Lot-en-Garonne, Aquitaine, France, son of Charlemagne, Rex Francorum et Langobardorum and Hildegard, Countess de Linzgau. Note - between 0781 and 0800: In 781, at age 2, Louis I, "Le Pieux", was crowned and anointed King of Aquitaine by Pope Hadrian I, at the same time as his older brother Pépin was made King of Italy. Louis, whose twin brother had died at birth, was the third of Charlemagne's sons by his wife Hildegard. The Diviso Regni of 806 indicates that Louis was to have Aquitaine as an independent Kingdom upon his father's death. Aquitaine was in effect a March; for much of Louis' reign as sub-king he and his officials were occupied in quelling Gascon revolts and launching offensives into Spain. Unrest had never completely died out in the Pyrenées since the annexation of Aquitaine in 768, and more especially after the disastrous ambush of the Frankish vanguard in Roncesvalles in 778. In about 788, Chorso, Duke of Toulouse was captured by a Gascon named Adélric, and then released after being forced to swear an oath of allegiance to the Gascon or Basque leader. In 793, the Sarracens invaded Septimania, burned the suburbs of Narbonne and marched on Carcassonne, but in 795 Bahlul-ben- Machluc sued with Louis for peace. In 800, he successfully laid siege to Barcelona and subsequently captured Tortosa, Huesca and Pamplona and formed links with the Kingdom of the Asturias. Baptized: on 15 Apr 781 (On 15 April 781, Louis was baptized by Pope Hadrian I in Rome. The next day, Easter Sunday, he was confirmed in his title of King of Aquitaine). Married in 794: Ermengarde d'Esbay,, daughter of Enguéran=Ingram, Count d'Esbay and N? N? Note - between 0800 and 0837: Louis I established monasteries in Nouaillé (a cell of St. Hilaire of Poitiers), Gellone and St. Martin-de-Tours. After the death of his brothers Pépin and Charles in 810 and 811 respectively, Louis was crowned at Aachen on 13 September 813, Emperor and heir to all of Charlemagne's lands, by Charlemagne himself without any assistance nor even the presence of the Pope. All sources, Frankish as well as papal, refer to Louis as emperor from then on. Charlemagne died 5 months later. All of Louis' sisters were required to quit the palace and retire to their own estates. His cousins, the offsprings of Bernard (Pépin III's half brother) were exhiled: Louis forced Count Wala to become a monk at Corbie; Adalhard was exhiled to Noirmoutier to be held there in custody by the Abbot; Bernhard returned to Lérin and Gundrada had to retreat to St. Radegund's convent of Sainte Croix in Poitiers. Only Theodrada was left unmolested as abbess of Notre Dame at Soissons. Louis I was also known as Louis, "Le Pieux". On 27 February 814, upon learning of the death of his father, and at the age of 36 years, he left Doué-la-Fontaine, in Anjou, to go to Aix-la-Chapelle. This new emperor, enterred this capital, and poised himself in front of the tomb of Charlemagne. So oversome with grief, his forehead touched the stone floor of the church. Hence the name "Le Pieux". Since he was kind, relative to his times, he was also known as "Le Débonnaire". For himself, he preferred to adopt the title "by divine Providence, Emperor Augustus". When Pope Leo died in May of 816, Stephen IV was elected Pope, and crowned Louis the Emperor on Sunday 5 October by placing a crown on his head during mass at Rheims. He also secured the release of some Roman exhiles in Francia. This crowning was among the first attempts to integrate the Papacy into the institutional framework of the Empire. Louis, 'lest he be led astray in satisfying the natural desires of the body' married Ermengarde, daughter of Count Ingramn. Charlemagne established Doué-la-Fontaine, Chasseneuil (Louis' birthplace), Angéac and Ébreuil as royal residences to maintain Louis and his household. At an assembly in Aachen in July 817, Louis made provisions for his sons' inheritance through the "Ordinatio Imperii". In his preface he states that the unity of the empire preserved for Louis by God should not be destroyed by men. Lothar was given the title of emperor, and as co-ruler with his father at once made heir to the empire, and appointed King of Italy in the event of his father's death. Bernard, then King of Italy was not mentioned, but the implication is that Bernard would be subordinate to Lothar should Louis die. Pépin was made King of Aquitaine (plus Gascony, Toulouse, Carcassonne, Autun, Avallon and Nevers) and Louis, The German, was made King of Bavaria (plus Carinthia, Bohemia, the lands of the Avars and Slavs and the royal manors of Lauterhofen and Ingolstadt).
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