Geoffroy II of Thouars

Geoffroy II of Thouars , it is born in 990 with Thouars and it dies towards 1055. It is the son of Savary III.

It succeeds his uncle Raoul Ier in 1015. It continues the war engaged by Raoul against the count Guillaume V of Poitiers, and the lord Hugues IV of Lusignan known as Brown the and the Chiliarque . After reciprocal victories and defeats, peace ends up being done on the basis of marriage of the girl of Geoffroy II, Audéarde (Auliarde, Aldiarde), with Hugues IV of Lusignan.
Its relations with the count d' Anjou, Foulque III Nerra, difficult, this one are built in 1026 a castle with Montfaucon, and is strongly reimplanted with Montreuil (20 km in the north of Thouars) of which he entrusts the guard to faithful, Berlai. This device is a true threat on the Viscount and his city, and constructions in the years 1030 of Moncontour, Loudun and Mirebeau did nothing but reinforce it by the surrounding thus carried out of the fields of the Viscount. Moreover the Seigneurs of Parthenay were the faithful ones combined of the count d' Anjou.
For as much in 1030, Geoffroy II is combined with the son of Foulques Nerra, Geoffroy Martel, count de Vendôme which has just married Agnès of Burgundy (995-1068), widow of the duke Guillaume V of Poitiers known as Guillaume Large the . He assists it in his attempt at seizure of power of the Comté of Poitiers and the Duché of Aquitaine. Whereas Geoffroy Martel devastates the surroundings of Poitiers, the new duke Guillaume the Large makes some in the same way in the areas of Loudun and Mirebeau which are then under Angevine influence. September 9th 1033, Geoffroy Martel and Geoffroy II of Thouars, beat and make captive Guillaume the Large one with the Mount-Couer (close to Taizé and Saint Jouin de Marnes).
Geoffroy de Thouars was made monk with Saint-Michel-in-the Herm right before dying in 1055.

He marries Agnès of Blois (girl of Eudes I count de Blois and of Berthe of Burgundy), they have as children:

  • Aimery IV,
  • Savary, Viscount of Fontenay,
  • Geoffroy,
  • Raoul,
  • Helene, born towards 1030, which marries Archambaud I Janvre, lord of Bouchetière.

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