Wulgrin II, Count of Angoulême
Wulgrin II | |
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Count of Angoulême | |
Tenure | 1120–1140 |
Other names | Taillefer Rudel Vulgrin Bougrin |
Born | c. 1089 |
Died | 16 November 1140 |
Wulgrin II (also Vulgrin or Bougrin), called Taillefer or Rudel, was the Count of Angoulême from 1120 to his death on 16 November 1140. He was a son of Count William Taillefer III.
He married , daughter of Roger the Poitevin and Almodis, the daughter of count . They had only one son
After the death of his first wife, Wulgrin remarried to and had three children:
- Fulk
- Geoffrey "Martel"
- an unnamed daughter.
He retook Blaye from William X of Aquitaine in 1127 and reconstructed the castle there in 1140.[1]
The troubadour Jaufré Rudel may be possibly his son or his son-in-law.[1]
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Sources[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b The poetry of Cercamon and Jaufré Rudel. p. 96. Garland. 1983.
External links[]
- Histoire P@ssion - Chronologie historique des Comtes d’Angoulême (in French)
- L'art de Verifier des Faits historiquws, des Chartes, des Chroniques, et Autres Anciens Monuments, Depuis la Naissance de Notre-Seigner by Moreau et Yalade, 1818, Page 185
- The coinage of the European continent, by Swan Sonnenschein, 1893, Page 276
- Annuaire Historique Pour L'annee 1854, by Société de l'histoire de France, Page 179
- Nouvelle Encyclopedie Theologique, by acques-Paul Migne, 1854, Page 903
Categories:
- 1080s births
- 1140 deaths
- Counts of Angoulême
- House of Taillefer