Guigues (VII), count of Albon

Also known as Guigues “Pinguis” (the fat).

Events

Date of Birth: about 1025.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Manteyer (p. 79).

Date of Death: 19 January, perhaps between 1076 and 1079.

Place of Death: unknown.

The dates are given by Manteyer.

Relationships

Father: Guigues (VI), count of Albon.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 78) and by Giordanengo.

Mother: Adelsindis.

This relationship is given by Giordanengo.

Spouse: Pétronille. Died 9 September, perhaps in 1069.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 79) and by Giordanengo. Manteyer states that Pétronille’s father was the daughter of Artaud, the son of Adémar, and that her mother was also named Pétronille. The brothers of the younger Pétronille were Artaud, the bishop of Grenoble, and Ismidon, prince de Royannais. The date of her death is given in the Regeste dauphinois (no. 2046).

Spouse: Ines de Barcelona. Married 10 May 1070.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 80 f.) and by Giordanengo (p. 10).

Children (by Pétronille):

Guigues (VIII), count of Albon, married Mathilde “Regina”.

Adélaïde.

Children (by Ines):

Guigues dit Raymond married Ita de Forez.

References

Chevalier, Ulysse. Regeste dauphinois. (Valence, 1913-1926).

Giordanengo, Gérard. Le droit féodal dans les pay de droit écrit: L’exemple de la Provence et du Dauphiné XII^e-début XIV siècle. (École Française de Rome: 1988).

Manteyer, Georges de. “Les origines du Dauphiné de Viennois: la première race des comtes d’Albon (843-1228)” in Bulletin de la Société d’études des Hautes-Alpes (1925). pp. 50-140; pp. 307-426.

Roman, J. “Deux chartes dauphinoise inédites du XI^e siècle” in Bulletin de l’Académie delphinale (1885, series 3, vol. 20, pp. 360 ff).