Loches

Roscilla

Father: Warnerius

Mother: Tescenda

Married: Foulques I "le Reux"

Children:
Notes:
This charter, dated 929-930, by Foulques I names his wife, Roscilla, and her parents, Warnerius and Tescenda.
Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Aubin d'Angers vol 1 p203 (Bertrand de Broussillon, 1903)
Carta Fulconis Andecavorum, comitis Ingelgerii filii, de donatione curtis Chiriaci Sancto Albino.
  [58] In nomine Domini nostri et Salvatoris Jhesu Christi.
  Ego Fulco, Andecavorum cornes, abbas quoque Saneti Albini Sanctique Lizinii, necnon et uxor mea Roscilla et filii mei, Widdo ac Fulco, nullius cogentis imperium, sed nostra plenissima voluntate, fatetur nos, pro Dei amore et pro remedium mee anime vel anime Ingelgerio, genitore meo, atque Ingelgerio, filio meo, necnon pro anima Warnerio, socro meo et uxore sua, Tescenda, ut pius Dominus de peccatis nostris indulgentiam habere dignaretur, curti Chiriaci cum silvis vel pratis, totum ad integrum in inquisitum, quantumcumque in ipso loco in mea videtur esse potestate, vobis trado atque firmo ut ab hac die ac deinceps habeatis, teneatis, possideatis, neminem contradicentem.
This roughly translates as:
Charter of Fulcon of Anjou, son of count Ingelgerius, concerning the donation of the manor of Cyriacus to Saint Albinus.
  [58] In the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  I Fulcon, count of Anjou, also abbot of Saint Albinus and Saint Lizinius, and also my wife Roscilla and my sons, Widdo and Fulco, without any compelling authority, but of our own most complete will, confess that we, for the love of God and for the remedy of my soul and the souls of Ingelgerius, my father, and Ingelgerius, my son, and also for the soul of Warner, my father-in-law and his wife, Tescenda, that the pious Lord may deign to have indulgence for our sins, do deliver and confirm to you the manor of Cyriacus with its woods or meadows, all in full and in the inquisition, as much as seems to be in my power in that place, that from this day and henceforth you may have, hold, and possess, no one opposing us.

Here it is stated that Roscilla was a noblewoman from the village of Tours.
Chroniques des comtes d'Anjou pp33-4 (Louis Halphen and René Poupardin, 1913)
    GESTA CONSULUM ANDEGAVORUM
        DE FULCONE RUFO
…  Igitur iste Fulco uxorem nobilem de pago Turonico duxit, nomine Roscillam, Warnerii filiam1 cujus erant tunc tria castella in Turonico, illud quod dicimus Lochas atque Villentrasti et Haia, quorum duo postea Fulco non bona ratione adquisivit. Warnerius iste, cujus filiam Fulco duxit, filius Adelaudi fuit, illius scilicet cui Karolus Calvus Lochas dedit. Qui Ambazium, sibi similiter a rege datum, Adalaudo episcopo, filio suo ex baptismo, et fratri suo, cum adhuc villa esset, reddiderat. Nam jure hereditario eis contingebat eisque pernimium parvulis predictus rex abstulerat.
  Iste Fulco longevo tempore vixit filiosque suos adultos vidit, quorum unus, nomine Guido, per Hugonem abacomitem Suessionis episcopus factus2, quedam improbabiliter fecit, sed illud laudabile et clarum fuit quod Karolum Stultum, quem paulo ante dixi remansisse de Lodovico Nichil Fecit, quem supra memoravimus orphanum, ipsum a Normannis captum, negligentibus aliis Francis, ipse Guido, obses spontanee factus pro eo, laudabiliter a vinculis abstraxit3. Habuit et Fulco Rufus alium filium, nomine Ingelgerium, adolescentem militarem et validum. Qui ubi primum adolevit, pollens viribus et ingenio decoraque facie, non se luxui neque inertie corrumpendum dedit, sed equitando plurima preclara faciebat et minimum ipse de se loquebatur. Quibus actibus suis omnibus vehementissime carus, hostibus vero terrori habebatur. Sed iste Normannis resistendo multas preclaras pugnas perfecit; a quibus ad ultimum captus et occisus, lucem juvenis amisit1, Necnon Fulco Rufus habuit et tertium, juniorem predi[c]torum, de quo post loquemur.
  1. Une donation est faite en 929-930 par le comte Foulque, d’accord avec sa femme « Roscilla » et ses fils Gui et Foulque, pour le repos de l’âme de son père « Ingelgerius », de son fils « Ingelgerius », de son beau-père Garnier et de « Tescenda », femme de ce dernier (Cartulaire de Saint-Aubin, éd. Bertrand de Broussillon, no 177). Cf. ci-dessous, la généalogie no II.
  2. Cf. Flodoard, Annales, ann 987, éd. Ph. Lauer, p. 68: « Abbo Suessorum praesul defungitur et Wido, fîlius Fulconis Andegavensis, Sancti Martini Turonensis canonicus, ejus episcopatu potitur. »
  3. Sauf une confusion entre Charles le Simple et Louis IV d’Outre-Mer, en échange duquel Gui s’offrit comme otage (945), les faits sont exacts. Cf. Flodoard, Annales, ann 945, éd. Ph. Lauer, p. 99: « ut rex dimittatur, Wido Suessorum episcopus sese obsidem tradit. » Pour le détail des événements, voir Lauer, Le règne de Louis IV d’Outre-Mer, p. 136.
  1. Cet « Ingelgerius » mourut avant l’année 930. Voir la charte citée cidessus, p. 33, n. 1. La généalogie no II que nous publions en appendice admet également que cet Enjuger était le second fils de Foulque le Roux.
This roughly translates as:
    THE DEEDS OF THE CONSULS OF THE ANDEGOVES
        OF FULCO RUFO
… Therefore, this Fulk married a noblewoman from the village of Tours, named Roscilla, the daughter of Warner1, who then had three castles in Tours, that which we call Loches and Villentrasti and Haia, two of which Fulk later acquired unjustly. This Warner, whose daughter Fulk married, was the son of Adelaud, namely the one to whom Charles the Bald gave Loches. He had returned Ambazium, which had been given to him by the king, to bishop Adelaud, his son by baptism, and to his brother, while it was still a town. For it belonged to them by hereditary right, and the aforesaid king had taken away the very best from them as children.
  This Fulk lived a long time and saw his sons grow up, one of whom, named Guy, was made bishop of Suess by Hugh the abbot,2 and he did something improbable, but it was praiseworthy and famous that Charles the Fool, whom I said a little earlier had remained from Louis the Great, whom we mentioned above as an orphan, was himself captured by the Normans, while the other Franks were negligent, Guy himself, voluntarily becoming a hostage for him, laudably rescued from his bonds3. Fulk Rufus also had another son, named Ingelgerius, a young soldier and strong. When he first grew up, powerful in strength and intelligence and a handsome face, he did not give himself up to luxury or idleness, but did many excellent things in riding and spoke very little about himself. For all these acts of his he was held in great esteem, but was truly feared by his enemies. But he fought many excellent battles in resisting the Normans; by whom, finally captured and killed, he lost the light of youth1. Nor did Fulco Rufus have a third, the younger of the prophets, of whom we will speak later.
  1. A donation was made in 929-930 by count Foulque, in agreement with his wife "Roscilla" and his sons Gui and Foulque, for the repose of the soul of his father "Ingelgerius", his son "Ingelgerius", his father-in-law Garnier and "Tescenda", the latter's wife (Cartulaire de Saint-Aubin, ed. Bertrand de Broussillon, no. 177). Cf. below, genealogy no II.
  2. Cf. Flodoard, Annales, year 987, ed. Ph.D. Lauer, p. 68: "The Abbot of Suess resigns his position as bishop, and Wido, son of Fulk of Anjou, canon of Saint Martin of Tours, takes over his episcopate."
  3. Except for a confusion between Charles the Simple and Louis IV d’Outre-Mer, in exchange for whom Gui offered himself as a hostage (945), the facts are accurate. Cf. Flodoard, Annales, year 945, ed. Ph.D. Lauer, p. 99: "Either the king is released, or Wido, bishop of Suess, gives himself up as a hostage." » For the details of the events, see Lauer, Le règne de Louis IV d’Outre Mer, p. 136.
  1. This "Ingelgerius" died before the year 930. See the charter cited above, p. 33, no. 1. The genealogy no. II that we publish in the appendix also admits that this Enjuger was the second son of Foulque le Roux.

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Warnerius

Father: Adelaud

Married: Tescenda

Children:
Notes:
This charter, dated 929-930, by Foulques I names his wife, Roscilla, and her parents, Warnerius and Tescenda.
Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Aubin d'Angers vol 1 p203 (Bertrand de Broussillon, 1903)
Carta Fulconis Andecavorum, comitis Ingelgerii filii, de donatione curtis Chiriaci Sancto Albino.
  [58] In nomine Domini nostri et Salvatoris Jhesu Christi.
  Ego Fulco, Andecavorum cornes, abbas quoque Saneti Albini Sanctique Lizinii, necnon et uxor mea Roscilla et filii mei, Widdo ac Fulco, nullius cogentis imperium, sed nostra plenissima voluntate, fatetur nos, pro Dei amore et pro remedium mee anime vel anime Ingelgerio, genitore meo, atque Ingelgerio, filio meo, necnon pro anima Warnerio, socro meo et uxore sua, Tescenda, ut pius Dominus de peccatis nostris indulgentiam habere dignaretur, curti Chiriaci cum silvis vel pratis, totum ad integrum in inquisitum, quantumcumque in ipso loco in mea videtur esse potestate, vobis trado atque firmo ut ab hac die ac deinceps habeatis, teneatis, possideatis, neminem contradicentem.
This roughly translates as:
Charter of Fulcon of Anjou, son of count Ingelgerius, concerning the donation of the manor of Cyriacus to Saint Albinus.
  [58] In the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  I Fulcon, count of Anjou, also abbot of Saint Albinus and Saint Lizinius, and also my wife Roscilla and my sons, Widdo and Fulco, without any compelling authority, but of our own most complete will, confess that we, for the love of God and for the remedy of my soul and the souls of Ingelgerius, my father, and Ingelgerius, my son, and also for the soul of Warner, my father-in-law and his wife, Tescenda, that the pious Lord may deign to have indulgence for our sins, do deliver and confirm to you the manor of Cyriacus with its woods or meadows, all in full and in the inquisition, as much as seems to be in my power in that place, that from this day and henceforth you may have, hold, and possess, no one opposing us.

Warnerius possessed three castles in the county of Tours, named as Loches, Villentrasti and Haia.

Ex Chronico Turorensi in Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France vol 9 p47 (1874)
Nec multò pòst Fulco uxorem duxit filiam cujusdam Galteri, cum qua recepit Leucas, Villentras et Haiam
This roughly translates as:
Not long after, Fulk married the daughter of a certain Galter, with whom he received Loches, Villentres, and Haia

Chroniques des comtes d'Anjou p33 (Louis Halphen and René Poupardin, 1913)
    GESTA CONSULUM ANDEGAVORUM
        DE FULCONE RUFO
…  Igitur iste Fulco uxorem nobilem de pago Turonico duxit, nomine Roscillam, Warnerii filiam1 cujus erant tunc tria castella in Turonico, illud quod dicimus Lochas atque Villentrasti et Haia, quorum duo postea Fulco non bona ratione adquisivit. Warnerius iste, cujus filiam Fulco duxit, filius Adelaudi fuit, illius scilicet cui Karolus Calvus Lochas dedit. Qui Ambazium, sibi similiter a rege datum, Adalaudo episcopo, filio suo ex baptismo, et fratri suo, cum adhuc villa esset, reddiderat. Nam jure hereditario eis contingebat eisque pernimium parvulis predictus rex abstulerat.
  1. Une donation est faite en 929-930 par le comte Foulque, d’accord avec sa femme « Roscilla » et ses fils Gui et Foulque, pour le repos de l’âme de son père « Ingelgerius », de son fils « Ingelgerius », de son beau-père Garnier et de « Tescenda », femme de ce dernier (Cartulaire de Saint-Aubin, éd. Bertrand de Broussillon, no 177). Cf. ci-dessous, la généalogie no II.
This roughly translates as:
    THE DEEDS OF THE CONSULS OF THE ANDEGOVES
        OF FULCO RUFO
… Therefore, this Fulk married a noblewoman from the village of Tours, named Roscilla, the daughter of Warner1, who then had three castles in Tours, that which we call Loches and Villentrasti and Haia, two of which Fulk later acquired unjustly. This Warner, whose daughter Fulk married, was the son of Adelaud, namely the one to whom Charles the Bald gave Loches. He had returned Amboise, which had been given to him by the king, to bishop Adelaud, his son by baptism, and to his brother, while it was still a town. For it belonged to them by hereditary right, and the aforesaid king had taken away the very best from them as children.
  1. A donation was made in 929-930 by count Foulque, in agreement with his wife "Roscilla" and his sons Gui and Foulque, for the repose of the soul of his father "Ingelgerius", his son "Ingelgerius", his father-in-law Garnier and "Tescenda", the latter's wife (Cartulaire de Saint-Aubin, ed. Bertrand de Broussillon, no. 177). Cf. below, genealogy no II.

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