Gauthier I, count of Valois, Vexin, and Amiens

Events

Date of Birth: about 925.

The date is given by Grierson (p. 115).

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 998.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Tanner.

Relationships

Father: Raoul I de Gouy

This relationship is given by Saint-Phalle, by Grierson (chart after p. 96), and by Tanner.

Mother: Eldegarde

This relationship is given Saint-Phalle, by Grierson (chart after p. 96), and by Tanner, who states (p. 56) that she was the daughter or niece of Ermenfroi, count of Amiens.

Spouse: Adela

This relationship is given by Tanner and by Grierson (p. 96). Tanner suggests that she may have been a daughter of Fulk I of Anjou. This is also what Bauduin gives. Saint-Phalle gives Adela as a daughter of Fulk II le Bon and of Gerberge. Bachrach gives her as the daughter of Fulk the Red and Roscilla.

(possible) Spouse: Beatrix de Mâcon, daughter of Aubri II.

This relationship is given by Saint-Phalle.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Tanner has the mother of all the children as Adela - she doesn’t mention Eva.)

Gautier II married Adela.

Raoul (died after 992), bishop of Soissons.

Guy II (died about 995), bishop of Soissons.

Geoffrey (died after 988).

Fulk (died after 987).

References

Bachrach, Bernard S. Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040: A Political Biography of the Angevin Count, (University of California Press, 1993).

Bauduin, Pierrre. La première Normandie (Xe - XIe siècles) (2004).

Grierson, Ph. “L’origîne des Comtes d’Amiens, Valois et Vexin” in Le Moyen Age 3rd sers., x (1939) pp. 81-125.

Saint-Phalle, Edouard de. “Les comtes de Gâtinais aux Xe et XIesiècles” in Onomastique et Parenté dans l’Occident médiéval (2000) pp. 231-246.

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).