Amalvinus (french: Amauvin or ''Amauguin'') was the

Count of Bordeaux The Count of Bordeaux (Latin ''comes Burdagalensis'') was the ruler of the city of Bordeaux and its environs in the Merovingian and Carolingian periods. The names of the counts are scarcely known until the ninth century, when they start to take on ...

in the late 9th and early 10th century. He is only recorded on two occasions in history. At the

Council of Bourges The Council of Bourges was a Catholic council convened in November 1225 in Bourges, France; it was the second largest church assembly held in the West up to that time, exceeded in the numbers of prelates that attended only by the Fourth Lateran Co ...

in August 887, he appeared as count of Bordeaux along with William I of Auvergne,

Odo of Toulouse Odo (or Eudes) (also ''Odon'' or ''Odonus'') was the count of Toulouse from 872 to 918 or 919, when he died. He was a son of Raymond I of Toulouse and Bertha, or of Bernard II of Toulouse Bernard II (died 877), known as the Calf, was the count of ...

Sancho III of Gascony Sancho III ( eu, Antso, ''Sanzio'', ''Santio'', ''Sanxo'', ''Santzo'', ''Santxo'', or ''Sancio''; french: Sanche; Gascon: ''Sans''), called Mitarra (from the Arabic for "terror" or "the terrible"), Menditarra (meaning "the mountaineer" in Basque), ...

, and

Archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

Frotaire of Bordeaux Frothar or Frotar (Latin ''Frotharius'', French ''Frotaire'') was an Aquitanian prelate in West Francia, who held two different bishoprics and three abbacies during a long career. He was appointed Archbishop of Bordeaux around 859, but Viking raid ...

. He was clearly one of the leading personages in

Aquitaine Aquitaine ( , , ; oc, Aquitània ; eu, Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Aguiéne''), archaic Guyenne or Guienne ( oc, Guiana), is a historical region of southwestern France and a former administrative region of the country. Since 1 January ...

at the time. He was a friend of

Alfonso III of Asturias Alfonso III (20 December 910), called the Great ( es, el Magno), was the king of León, Galicia and Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. In later sources he is the earliest to be called "Emperor of Spai ...

, ''rex Hispaniae'', who calls him "duke" in a letter to the canons of

Saint Martin of Tours Martin of Tours ( la, Sanctus Martinus Turonensis; 316/336 – 8 November 397), also known as Martin the Merciful, was the third bishop of Tours. He has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints in France, heralded as the ...

. The canons had offered the king a golden and jewelled crown and the king readily consented to buy it. His ships and envoys landed in Bordeaux in May 906 to receive the crown which the canons had entrusted to Amalvinus.

Richard A. Fletcher Richard Alexander Fletcher (28 March 1944, in York, England – 28 February 2005, in Nunnington, England) was a historian who specialised in the medieval period. Early years Richard Fletcher was the eldest child and only son of Alexander Kendal ...

(1984), ''Saint James's Catapult: The Life and Times of Diego Gelmírez of Santiago de Compostela'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 318.

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