Ancestral Trails 2016 » STEPHANUS de GEVAUDAN (945-979)

Personal data STEPHANUS de GEVAUDAN 

• He was born in the year 945 in Gévaudan, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France.

  Attention: Was younger than 16 years (9) when child (EMILDE de GEVAUDAN) was born (??-??-954).

  Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-957) below 16 years (12).

• Title: Count of Gevaudan
• (Relationship) : 31st Great Grandfather.
• He died in the year 979 in Gévaudan, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, he was 34 years old.
• A child of BERTRAND de GEVAUDAN and ERMENGARDE

Household of STEPHANUS de GEVAUDAN

(1) He is married to ADELAIDE BLANCHE d'ANJOU.

They got married in the year 957 at Gévaudan, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, he was 12 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Philippa de GEVAUDAN  980-1066 
2. William de GEVAUDAN  ± 958-975
3. Almodis de GEVAUDAN  ± 964-1005
4. Bertrand de GEVAUDAN  ± 962-????
5. Pons de GEVAUDAN  ± 960-> ????

(2) He has/had a relationship with ANNE.

Child(ren):

1. EMILDE de GEVAUDAN  954-???? 

Notes about STEPHANUS de GEVAUDAN

This article's factual accuracy is disputed. (July 2016)
Stephen (Stephanus), who died in 970, was Viscount Gevaudan from 954 to 970. He was the son of Bertrand, Viscount Gevaudan, and Ermengarde.

He governed Saint-Julien Brioude and Mende, and dominated southern Auvergne. Even though he had the power, he did not bear the title of "Count of Gevaudan," although that title was awarded several centuries later.

He first married a named Anne (attested in 943). From this marriage, he probably had a daughter:
Emildis, married to Rotbold I, Count of Provence.

Widowed, to 967 he married Adelaide of Anjou († 1026), daughter of Fulk II, Count of Anjou and Gerberge. They had :

Pons I († between 1016 and 1018), Count of Gevaudan;
Stephen II, Archbishop of Puy
Bertrand
Philippa (married William d 'Auvergne, possibly named Bertha)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen,_Viscount_of_G%C3%A9vaudan

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