Amaury (Amulric) (died after 973), was a tenth century count with territory in
Hainaut, possibly a
Count of Valenciennes.
He is known from very few records, and most that has been published about him is speculative.
*One of the only records of this count states that he married an unnamed daughter of Isaac, Count of
Cambrai, and that
Fulbert, Bishop of Cambrai, dissolved the marriage on the grounds of consanguinity sometime between 953 and 956.
*He also appeared in a record dated 973, concerning a grant in Hainaut. Vanderkindere guessed, based on the places named in the grant, that Amaury must be count of the Valenciennes area.
[MGH DD Otto 1, nr.426, 579; Vanderkindere, ''Formation territoriale'', Vol.2 71-72; Nonn, ''Pagus und Comitatus'', 131; Verdonk, ''Alzey-Zutphen. Een onderzoek naar het rijksleen te Alzey van de graven van Zutphen'', 41 and 74.]
Vanderkindere speculated in 1902 (Vol. 2 p. 72) that
Emperor Otto I
Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Große, it, Ottone il Grande), was East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the oldest son of He ...
created the March of Valenciennes in the late 940s/early 950s and appointed a separate count from that of Hainaut.
It has also been speculated that after the disgrace of
Reginar III
Reginar III (c. 920 – 973) was Count of Hainaut from approximately 940 until his exile in 958.
He was the son of Reginar II, Count of Hainaut.
He took part in the rebellion of his uncle Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. When Gilbert was killed in ...
in 958,
Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine first received the
County of Hainaut, which included the cities of
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
and
Mons, then when Godfrey died in 964, Amaury was appointed Count of Valenciennes.
It has been speculated that Amaury was succeeded as Count of Valenciennes by
Count Werner.
Amaury is the possible father of
Guillaume de Montfort of Hainaut
Guillaume de Montfort, also known as Guillaume of Hainaut, was a French nobleman of the end of the 10th century, the first Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury
Montfort-l'Amaury () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region, n ...
.
Sources
Also see:
* Vanderkindere, Leon, ''Régnier IV,'' Académie royale de Belgique, Biographie nationale, vol. 19, Bruxelles, 1907
External links
Medieval Lands Project, Comtes de la Marche de Valenciennes
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Counts
10th-century French people