Geoffroy II, viscount of Thouars

Events

Date of Birth: about 985.

This estimated date is given by Settipani (p. 275).

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: about 1045.

Place of Death: unknown.

This estimated date is given by Settipani (p. 275). Jeanneau (p. 187) gives 1053.

Relationships

Father: Savary, viscount of Thouars.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (4:190), by Jeanneau (p. 187), and by Settipani (p. 275).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Aldearde.

Cawley considers this a first wife, but père Anselme (4:190) has it as an alternate name for Aliénor.

Spouse: Aliénor.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (4:190) and by Jeanneau (p. 187).

Children (by Aliénor):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below is from Cawley.)

Aimery IV, viscount of Thouars, married Arengarde.

Savary, viscount of Thouars.

Raoul.

Geoffroy.

Gognore.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Cawley, Charles. “Geoffroy (II)” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Jeanneau, Cédric. “Émergence et affirmation des familles seigneuriales à la frontière des grandes principautés territoriales: les seigneurs de la Garnarche et les vicomtes de Thouars” in Le médiéviste et la monographie familliale: sources, méthodes et problématiques (Martin Aurell ed.) (Brepols, 2004) pp. 161-187.

Settipani, Christian. La noblesse du midi carolingien (Prosopographica et Genealogica Volume 5:2004).