Family of Aimery I + and Amauberge + of the ISLE BOUCHARD

Husband:	Aimery I + (1075-1151)
Wife:	Amauberge + of the ISLE BOUCHARD (1079-1151)
Children:	Aenor + of CHATELLERAULT (1103-1130)
	Amable (1103-1130)
	Hugh (c. 1105-1176)
	Raoul (c. 1107-1190)
	Aois (c. 1109- )

Husband: Aimery I +

Wife: Amauberge + of the ISLE BOUCHARD

Name:	Amauberge + of the ISLE BOUCHARD
Sex:	Female
Nickname:	le Dangereuse
Father:	Barthelemy + of the ISLE BOUCHARD (c. 1054- )
Mother:	Gerberge + of BLAISON (1053-1112)
Birth	1079	Isle Bouchard, France
Death	1151 (age 71-72)

Child 1: Aenor + of CHATELLERAULT

Name:	Aenor + of CHATELLERAULT
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	William X + (1099-1137)
Birth	1103	Chatellerault, Vienne, France
Occupation		Duchess of Aquitane
Death	Mar 1130 (age 26-27)	Talmont

Child 2: Amable

Name:	Amable
Sex:	Female
Birth	1103
Death	1130 (age 26-27)

Child 3: Hugh

Name:	Hugh
Sex:	Male
Birth	1105 (est)
Death	1176 (age 70-71)

Child 4: Raoul

Name:	Raoul
Sex:	Male
Birth	1107 (est)
Death	1190 (age 82-83)

Child 5: Aois

Name:	Aois
Sex:	Female
Birth	1109 (est)

Note on Husband: Aimery I +

Aimery I de Rouchefoucould (died 1151), was the Viscount of Châtellerault and father of Aenor de Châtellerault. Through his daughter he was the grandfather of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who would become Duchess of Aquitaine (in her own right) as well as queen of both France and England. Eleanor was arguably the most celebrated woman in Medieval European history.

Aimery was born to Boson II de Châtellerault and his wife, Aleanor de Thouars. His paternal grandparents were Hugues I de Châtellerault and his wife, Gerberge. His maternal grandparents were Aimery IV, Viscount of Thouars and Aremgarde de Mauléon.

 

Through his granddaughter, Eleanor, Aimery was an ancestor of various nobles and monarchs including: Richard I of England, Marie, Countess of Champagne, John of England, Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, Joan, Queen of Sicily, Eleanor, Queen of Castile, Matilda, Duchess of Saxony and Henry the Young King.

 

[edit] Life[edit] MarriageAimery was married to Amauberge, called la Dangereuse, the daughter of Barthelemy de L'Isle Bouchard and his wife Gerberge de Blaison. Their marriage produced at least three children:

 

Hugh, his father's heir to the viscounti

Raoul became the lord of Fay-la-Vineuse through his marriage to Elisabeth de Faye

Aenor(c. 1103 – March 1130) married William X, Duke of Aquitaine, mother to Duchess Eleanor and Petronilla and the short lived William Aigret.

Eleanor of Aquitaine was known to have been quite fond of her maternal uncles, Hugh and Raoul, and granted them during her two tenures as queen of France and then of England.

 

[edit] The AffairIn 1115, after seven years of marriage, Amauberge was literally "abducted" from her bedchamber by William IX, Duke of Aquitaine. She was taken to a tower in his castle in Potiers called Maubergeonne. As a result, Amauberge or Dangereuse was nicknamed La Maubergeonne. Abductions like these were quite common among nobles during the Middle Ages. However, in this particular case she seems to have been a willing contributor to the affair.

 

The Duke of Aquitaine, known to history as being the first troubadour was quite popular with the women of his time and was known to have had many affairs. However, the Viscountess would become his mistress for the rest of his life. There is no record of complaint by Aimery. This is believed to be because the Viscount feared the wrath of his powerful and volatile overlord. It would be the Duke's wife, Philippa of Toulouse who took action against the "abduction" and affair. Her actions would lead to both William and Dangereuse being excommunicated by the Pope. William used his wealth and power to eventually reconcile with the Pope and was accepted back into the Church.

 

In 1121 Aimery and Dangereuse's daughter would marry William IX's son and heir, who would become Duke William X of Aquitaine. It's is believed that this union came about at Dangereuse's urging. Historians don't see another reason for the union of such a powerful man to the daughter of a minor vassal. Not only that, but Aenor was the daughter of the woman the future duke hated for her role in the treatment of his mother. Despite the cause, the marriage led to the birth of Eleanor of Aquitaine and made Aimery an ancestor of some of Europe's most famous nobles and rulers

Note on Wife: Amauberge + of the ISLE BOUCHARD

Dangereuse de L' Isle Bouchard (died 1151) was a daughter of Barthelemy de L'Isle Bouchard and his wife Gerberge de Blaison. She was the maternal grandmother of the celebrated Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was also mistress to her granddaughters' paternal grandfather William IX, Duke of Aquitaine.[1] Dangereuse is also known as La Maubergeonne.

 

Dangereuse's paternal grandparents were Archimbaud Borel de Bueil and Agnes de L'Isle Bouchard. Her maternal grandparents were Eon de Blaison and Tcheletis de Trèves.

 

Through her granddaughter, Dangereuse was an ancestor of various nobles and monarchs including: Richard I of England, Marie, Countess of Champagne, John of England, Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, Joan, Queen of Sicily, Eleanor, Queen of Castile, Matilda, Duchess of Saxony and Henry the Young King.

 

Her granddaughter Eleanor was Queen consort of France, Queen consort of England and Duchess of Aquitaine (in her own right).

 

[edit] Life[edit] MarriageDangereuse married Viscount Aimery I of Châtellerault at an unknown date. She advised her husband to donate property to Saint-Denis en Vaux in a charter dated 1109, this means they were married before this point.[2] Dangereuse was a woman who did as she pleased and cared little for public opinion.[3]

 

Their marriage produced five children (two sons and three daughters):

 

Hugh (died before 1176) succeeded his father as Viscount

Raoul (died 1190) married Elisabeth de Faye and had issue

Aenor/Eleanor (c. 1103 – March 1130) married William X, Duke of Aquitaine, mother to Duchess Eleanor and Petronilla

Amable, married Wulgrin II, Count of Angoulême

Aois (fate unknown)

Dangereuse and Aimery were married for around seven years before she left her husband to become the mistress to Duke William IX, this became an infamous liaison.[4]

 

[edit] Mistress to William IXWhilst travelling through Poitou, Duke William met the "seductive" Dangereuse.[5] This led to her leaving her husband for Duke William IX of Aquitaine, who was excommunicated by the church for "abducting her"; however, she appeared to have been a willing party in the matter. He installed her in the Maubergeonne tower of his castle in Poitiers (leading to her nickname La Maubergeonne), and, as related by William of Malmesbury, even painted a picture of her on his shield.[6][7]

 

Upon returning to Poitiers from Toulouse, his wife Philippa of Toulouse was enraged to discover a rival woman living in her palace. She appealed to her friends at court and to the Church;[8] however, no noble could assist her since William was their feudal overlord, and whilst the Papal legate Giraud complained to William and told him to return Dangereuse to her husband, William's only response to the bald legate was, "Curls will grow on your pate before I part with the Viscountess." Humiliated, Philippa chose in 1116 to retire to the Abbey of Fontevrault, where she was befriended, ironically, by Ermengarde of Anjou, William's first wife.

 

Dangereuse and William had three children:

 

Henri (died after 1132), a monk and later Prior of Cluny

Adelaide, married Raoul de Faye

Sybille, Abbess of Saintes

Some [9] believe that Raymond of Poitiers, was a child of William and Dangereuse, rather than by Philippa of Toulouse. The primary source which names his mother has not so far been identified. However, he is not named in other sources as a legitimate son of Willam IX. It is therefore reasonable to suppose that he was born from the duke's relationship with Dangereuse. If this is the case, Dangereuse was grandmother to Bohemund III of Antioch, Maria of Antioch and Philippa of Antioch.

 

Philippa died two years later and William's first wife Ermengarde set out to avenge Philippa. In October 1119, she suddenly appeared at the Council of Reims being held by Pope Calixtus II and demanded that the Pope excommunicate William (again), oust Dangereuse from the ducal palace, and restore herself to her rightful place as Duchess consort. The Pope "declined to accommodate her"; however, she continued to trouble William for several years afterwards.

 

The relationship between William and his legitimate son William were troubled by his father's liaison Dangereuse, this was only settled when the pair arranged the marriage between William the Younger and Dangereuse's daughter Aenor in 1121;[10] the following year Eleanor was born.

 

William died on 10 February 1126; nothing is recorded of Dangereuse after this point. Dangereuse died in 1151.