Events
Date of Birth: about 930 or 935.
The date is given by Settipani (p. 275).
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 988.
The date is given by Cawley. Settipani (p. 283) gives 978/993. Jeanneau (p. 187) gives 976.
Relationships
Father: Savary I.
This relationship is given by Jeanneau (p. 187)
Mother: unknown.
(Père Anselme (4:190) and by Cawley give Herbert's parents as Aimery vicomte of Aulnay and Aliénor.)
Spouse: Aldearde, daughter of Cadelon, viscount of Aulnay.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (4:190) and by Cawley. Jeanneau (p. 187) gives Adélaïde, daughter of the viscount of Aulnay.
Spouse: a daughter of the count of Angoulême.
This relationship is given by Jeanneau (p. 187).
Children:
(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 Jeanneau.)
Aimery, viscount of Thouars, married Elvis; also married Melisende.
Savary, viscount of Thouars.
Raoul, viscount of Thouars, married Areburge; also married Hildegarde.
Thibaud.
Geoffroy.
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. “Arbert (I) de Thouars” 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).