Bernard II Tumapaler

Bernard II, known Tumapaler ( † after 1064 ) was Count of Armagnac from 1020 to 1061. He is the son of Geraud I. Tranacléon ( Tranchelion ) and Adelais of Aquitaine, daughter of William V, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou, and his second wife Prisca ( Brisque ), the heiress of Gascony.

In 1040 he was himself (also known as Bernard II ) Duke of Gascony. In 1052 he was defeated Guido - Gottfried of Aquitaine, Count of Bordeaux and Agen ( later Duke William VIII ) in the battle of La Castelle ( between Cazères and Grenade- sur -l'Adour ), which forced him to, his rights to the Gascony for sale.

With the Bishop of Auch, a partisan of the Duke of Aquitaine, he fought for control of the region. In 1061 he gave his county to his son Geraud II on, and retired to a monastery. Year of his death is unknown, proposed dates ranging from 1064 to 1090.

He married Ermengarde 1035, the mother of his children:

  • Geraud II († 1095 )
  • Arnaud -Bernard († 1080 ), Mitgraf of Armagnac
  • ? Gisla, married Centulle V. († 1090 ), Viscount of Béarn
  • Duke ( Gascony)
  • Graf ( Armagnac )
  • Born in the 10th or 11th century
  • Died in the 11th century
  • Frenchman
  • Man
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