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Count of Angoulême

Wulgrin II
Count of Angoulême
Tenure1120–1140
Other namesTaillefer
Rudel
Vulgrin
Bougrin
Bornc. 1089
Died16 November 1140

Wulgrin II (also Vulgrin or Bougrin), called Taillefer or Rudel, was the Count of Angoulême from 1120 to his death on 16 November 1140. He was a son of Count William Taillefer III.

He married Pontia de la Marche, daughter of Roger the Poitevin and Almodis, the daughter of count Aldebert II of La Marche. They had only one son:

After the death of his first wife, Wulgrin remarried to Amable de Châtellerault and had three children:

  • Fulk
  • Geoffrey "Martel"
  • a daughter, name unknown.

He retook Blaye from William X of Aquitaine in 1127 and reconstructed the castle there in 1140.

The troubadour Jaufré Rudel may be possibly his son or his son-in-law.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Wulgrin II, Count of Angoulême
Geoffrey of Angoulême
Fulk of Angoulême
Petronille de Archiac
William Taillefer III/William V of Angoulême
"Condoha de Vogena"
Wulgrin II of Angoulême
Amalric de Benauges/Amanieu de Bezaune
Vitapoy De Benauges/Vidapont de Bezaune

Sources

  1. ^ The poetry of Cercamon and Jaufré Rudel. p. 96. Garland. 1983.

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Preceded byWilliam V Count of Angoulême
1120–1140
Succeeded byWilliam VI
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