Bernard Plantevelue Count of Autun (Bernard II) Date of Birth: 22.03.0841

Content:

1. Early Life and Family
2. Conflict with Bernard of Gothia
3. 879:Bernard of Gothia defeated and stripped of his lands
4. Betrayal and Death

Early Life and Family

Birth:841 AD, Uzès, Languedoc
Parents:Possibly Bernard I of Septimania and Duoda of Gascony
Brother:Guillaume
Rise to Power
857:Appointed secular abbot of Brioude
863:Acquired the county of Autun
864:Stripped of Autun and exiled to Burgundy
868:Inherited the county of Auvergne
872:Granted the counties of Toulouse, Limousin, and Rouergue

878:Received the title of Marquis of Gothia and the county of Bourges

Conflict with Bernard of Gothia

878:Led revolt against Bernard of Gothia, who refused to recognize King Louis the Stammerer

879:Bernard of Gothia defeated and stripped of his lands

879:Bernad was made Marquis of Gothia and Count of Bourges
Support for the Carolingians
880:Acquired the county of Mâcon
885:Recognized by King Charles III the Fat

885:Granted the title of Marquis of Aquitaine and the county of Lyon

Betrayal and Death

886:Died without male issue
886:Most of his lands inherited by his son, William the Pious
Personal Life
Wife:Ermengarde, daughter of Bernard I of Auvergne
Children:
William I the Pious
Adelaide, wife of Odo I, Count of Paris

Children

Peter Mark Andrew Phillips	Christian Brando	Jenna Bush
Oxana Malaya	Enid Mary Blyton	Sheikha Mayassa Al Thani