Bouchard II of Montmorency
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Bouchard II (died 1020), known as Bouchard le Barbu (Bouchard the Bearded) was a French aristocrat, holding the position of Lord of Montmorency.
Bouchard was one of the most significant lords of France under the first reign of Robert, son of King Hugh Capet. He had a dispute with the Abbot of Saint Denis about Basset Castle in L'Île-Saint-Denis. From this stronghold Bouchard ransomed the boats that passed within reach, including those of the monks of the abbey of Saint-Denis. Abbot Vivien complained to King Robert II the Pious. A royal trial took place, opposing Bouchard to Vivien. By a judgment of his peer barons and the king, on January 25, 997, he was forced to respect the royal protection granted to the monks of Saint-Denis, to demolish the Basset Castle, and to accept the exchange of his island of Saint-Denis against the castle and the fief of Montmorency.
He married the widow of Hugues Basset, a knight of Château-Basset.
He was succeeded by his son Bouchard III upon his death in 1020.[1]
References
[edit]- Viton de Saint-Allais, Nicolas. "Nobiliaire universel de France, ou Recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de ce royaume". 1773-1842 [1]. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- André Du Chesne (1624). Histoire Généalogique de la Maison de Montmorency et de Laval (in French). Paris. pp. 68–69..
- André Du Chesne (1624). Preuves de l'histoire de la Maison de Montmorency, tirées des chartes des diverses Églises, des registres de la Chancellerie et du Parlement (in Latin). Paris: Sébastien Cramoisy. p. 12 à 19..
- Louis Moréri (1725). Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique ou le mélange curieux du Sacré et Profane (in French). Vol. 5. Paris: J.Baptiste Coignard. p. 436..
- Joseph Louis Ripault-Desormeaux (1764). Histoire de la maison de Montmorenci (in French). Vol. 1. Paris. p. 408..
- Viton de Saint-Allais, Nicolas (1818). L'art de vérifier les dates des faits historiques, des chartes, des chroniques, et autres anciens monuments, depuis la naissance de Notre-Seigneur (in French). Paris: C. F. Patris.
- François-Alexandre de La Chenaye-Desbois (1775). Dictionnaire de la Noblesse (in French). Paris: Antoine Boudet..
Specific
- ^ Genealogical History of the House of Montmorency and Laval, pages 68 and 69, by André Du Chesne , Geographer to the King, Paris, 1624.