The Count of Bordeaux or comes Burdagalensis was the ruler of the city of Bordeaux and its environs in the Merovingian and Carolingian periods. ( Gascon: Bordèu) is a port city in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area at a 2008 estimate The Merovingians (also Merovings) were a Salian Frankish dynasty that came to rule the Franks in a region (known as Francia in Latin The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolings, or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family with its origins in the The names of the counts are scarcely known until the ninth century, when they start to take on a larger role because of their strategic importance in the defence against the Vikings. A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Over the next two centuries, the county of Bordeaux was brought into union with the Duchy of Gascony. The Duchy of Vasconia (also Wasconia, later the Duchy of Gascony) was originally a Frankish march formed in the seventh century to protect the Aquitanian The County of Saintes (comitatus Santonicensis) was often held concomitant with Bordeaux.
- Sigulf (fl. 575)
- Warnachar (fl. 584)
- Galactorius (fl 585), defensor civitatis (defender of the city)
- Seguin I (c. Seguin I Lupo was Duke of Gascony from 812 to 816, when Louis the Pious deposed him 781 – 816), also Duke of Gascony
- Seguin II Mostelanicus (840 – 846), also Duke of Gascony, also in Saintes
- William I (846 – 848), also Duke of Gascony
- Arnold (863 – 864)
- Amalvinus (c. Events By Place Asia July 31 — The oldest recorded eruption of Mt Events By Place Europe Frankish king Louis the Pious is crowned emperor by Pope Stephen IV. Seguin II (died 846 called Mostelanicus, was the Count of Bordeaux and Saintes from 840 and Duke of Gascony from 845 Events By Place Europe After the death of Louis the Pious, his sons Lothar, Charles the Bald and Louis the German Events By Place Europe Nominoe occupies Nantes and Rennes, he makes raids in Anjou and threatens Bayeux William I ( French: Guillaume, Gascon: Guilhem, Spanish: Guillermo) was the Duke of Gascony, appointed in 846 Events By Place Europe Nominoe occupies Nantes and Rennes, he makes raids in Anjou and threatens Bayeux Events By Place Europe The Saracens destroy Leontini. Charles the Bald, Louis the German and Arnold (also Arnaut or Arnaud, died 864 was the Count of Fézensac and briefly Duke of Gascony in 864 Events By Place Europe Constantine I succeeds as king of Scotland (or 862 Events By Place Europe July 25 - Edict of Pistres: Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings Amalvinus, Amauvin, or Amauguin was the Count of Bordeaux in the late ninth and early tenth century 887 – c. Events By Place Asia Emperor Uda ascends to the throne of Japan. 906)
- William II the Good (977 – 988)
- Bordeaux inherited by William II of Gascony. Events By Place Europe Battle of Fritzlar: The Conradines defeat the Babenberg counts to establish themselves as dukes Events By Place Europe Saint Æthelwold of Winchester, Bishop of Winchester, rebuilds the western end of the Old Minster Events By Place Africa Al-Azhar University is founded in Cairo, Egypt (the second oldest university in the world William II Sánchez (also William Sancho Basque: Gilen Antso, French: Guillaume Sanche, Gascon: Guilhem Sans, Latin Thereafter united to the duchy and acts as its capital even until Angevin times. Angevin (ˈændʒəvɪn ( French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin Andegavinus from Andegavia Anjou, France) is the name applied
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