Acfred I (died 906) was the
Count of Razès
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
from 837 and
Count of Carcassonne
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The County of Carcassonne ( Occitan: ''Comtat de Carcassona'') was a medieval fiefdom controlling the city of Carcassonne, France and its environs. It was often united with the County of Razès.
The origins of Carca ...
from 877.
Acfred was the younger son of
Oliba I of Carcassonne and part of the
Bellonid Dynasty. He inherited Razès on his father's death, while his elder brother
Oliba II inherited Carcassonne. Acfred and Oliba probably shared authority with each other in their two counties until the elder's death in 877, when Acfred inherited both counties, probably as the regent for his nephew
Bencion I, but actually as count in his own right. Bencion nevertheless succeeded him on his death.
Acfred married
Adelinda, daughter of
Bernard Plantapilosa Bernard Plantapilosa or Bernard II of Auvergne (22 March 841-886), or Plantevelue, son of Bernard of Septimania and Dhuoda, was the Count of Auvergne (as Bernard II) from 872 to his death. The Emperor Charles the Fat granted him the title of Margra ...
and sister of
William I of Aquitaine
William I (22 March 875 – 6 July 918), called the Pious, was the Count of Auvergne from 886 and Duke of Aquitaine from 893, succeeding the Poitevin ruler Ebalus Manser. He made numerous monastic foundations, most important among them the found ...
. He had three sons:
*
William II of Aquitaine
William II the Young (died 12 December 926) was the Count of Auvergne and Duke of Aquitaine from 918 to his death, succeeding his uncle William I.
William was son of the Acfred I of Carcassonne and Adelinde, William I's sister and Bernard Planta ...
*
Acfred of Aquitaine
*
Bernard III of Auvergne
References
* Lewis, Archibald R.
The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050'. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965.
906 deaths
Counts of Carcassonne
Counts of Razès
9th-century people from West Francia
9th-century Visigothic people
Year of birth unknown
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