Isembard (other)
Isembard, also spelled Isembart, Isembert or Isambard, may refer to: *Isembard (vassal of Charlemagne), a leader of the ''Reconquista'' campaign of 805 *Isembard, Count of Autun (floruit 850–59), Burgundian nobleman and count of Autun * Isembart de Broyes, bishop of Orléarns (1033–63) * Isembert I, bishop of Poitiers (1021–47) * Isembert II, bishop of Poitiers (1047–87) See also * ''Gormond et Isembart'', a medieval epic poem * Isambard * Isambart Isanbart (died after 806), Count in Thurgau, also known as Isambard the Saxon was an 8th-century count (''comes'') in the Frankish lands of Saxony and Master of the Palace at Altdorf in Alamannia. Life He was born about 750 AD in Narbonne, Fra ...

Isembard (vassal Of Charlemagne)
Isembard (also spelled Isembart or Isembert) was a vassal (''vassus'') of Charlemagne. According to the ''Vita Hludovici'', in 805 he took part in Louis the Pious's campaign against the Emirate of Córdoba. He, along with Adhemar, Bera and Burrellus, was one of the leaders of the raiding party that crossed the Ebro river, sacked the Muslim base at Villa Rubea and defeated an army in pitched battle. After twenty days' raiding, they rejoined the main army besieging Tortosa Tortosa (; ) is the capital of the ''Catalonia/Comarques, comarca'' of Baix Ebre, in Catalonia, Spain. Tortosa is located at above sea level, by the Ebro river, protected on its northern side by the mountains of the Cardó Massif, of which Buin .... Isembard may have been leading his own men on this campaign. Bernard S. Bachrach, "Military Organization in Aquitaine under the Early Carolingians", ''Speculum'' 49, 1 (1974): 27. Notes {{Reflist People of the Reconquista ...
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Isembard, Count Of Autun
Isembard (also spelled Isembart or Isembert) was a Burgundian nobleman and count of Autun. According to the ''Annales Fontanellenses'', his father was Warin of Provence.Janet L. Nelson, ''Charles the Bald'' (London: Longman, 1992), 161 n. 4. In 850, Isembard and Count Aledramn of Barcelona were sent by King Charles the Bald to subdue the rebellious Margrave William of Septimania. They were both captured through a ruse. On 21 March 858, at the synod of Quierzy, Isembard was one of the lay magnates who swore fidelity to King Charles. He was thus probably one of the "leading men of Burgundy" whom the ''Annales Bertiniani'' record as joined Charles at Brienne and Chalon that November, when he and Louis the German almost came to battle. On 20 June 859, Isembard (or possibly his son), described as a ''fidelis'' (loyal follower) in the charter, received a ''villa'' in the Narbonnais from the king, to be held in perpetuity (''in proprium aeternaliter'') as an allod.Nelson, ''Annals of S ...
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Isembart De Broyes
Isembard, also spelled Isembart, Isembert or Isambard, may refer to: *Isembard (vassal of Charlemagne), a leader of the ''Reconquista'' campaign of 805 *Isembard, Count of Autun (floruit 850–59), Burgundian nobleman and count of Autun * Isembart de Broyes, bishop of Orléarns (1033–63) * Isembert I, bishop of Poitiers (1021–47) * Isembert II, bishop of Poitiers (1047–87) See also * ''Gormond et Isembart'', a medieval epic poem * Isambard * Isambart Isanbart (died after 806), Count in Thurgau, also known as Isambard the Saxon was an 8th-century count (''comes'') in the Frankish lands of Saxony and Master of the Palace at Altdorf in Alamannia. Life He was born about 750 AD in Narbonne, Fra ...

Gormond Et Isembart
''Gormond et Isembart'' (English: "Gormond and Isembart") is an Old French ''chanson de geste'' from the second half of the eleventh or first half of the twelfth century.Hasenohr, 554-555.Holmes, 90-92. Along with ''The Song of Roland'' and the '' Chanson de Guillaume'', it is one of the three ''chansons de geste'' whose composition incontestably dates from before 1150;Hasenohr, 239. it may be slightly younger than ''The Song of Roland'' and, according to one expert, may date from as early as 1068. The poem tells the story of a rebellious young French lord, Isembart, who allies himself with a Saracen king, Gormond, renounces his Christianity, and battles the French king. The poem is sometimes grouped with the '' Geste de Doon de Mayence'' or "rebellious vassal cycle" of ''chansons de geste''. The text The extant work only survives in a fragment (two parchment sheets that had been used as a binding of a book) of 661 octosyllable (unusual for a ''chanson de geste'') verses in asson ...
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Isambard
Isambard is a given name. It is Norman, of Germanic origin, meaning either "iron-bright" or "iron-axe". The first element comes from ''isarn'' meaning iron (or steel). The second element comes from either ''biart-r'' (bright, glorious) or from ''barđa'' (a broad axe). It was used by: * Marc Isambard Brunel (1769–1849), French-born engineer * Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), British engineer, son of Marc Isambard Brunel * Sir Isambard Owen (1850–1927), British physician and university academic, son of an employee of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Variation * Isambart (8th century), Frankish count See also * Isembard (other) * Isambard Brunel (other) Isambard Brunel may refer to individuals from three generations of the engineering dynasty: * Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769–1849), French-born engineer who settled in England * Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), English mechanical and civil ... References

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