Gaucelm
Sign in to savethumb | right | alt=A historical map of northeastern Iberia around 801–820. The counties ruled by Gaucelm (Rosselló and Empúries) are shaded pink. Neighboring counties ruled by Berà are shaded in green. | Gaucelm was the count of Rosselló and Empúries, both of which are highlighted in pink on this map. The image visually contextualizes the extent of his rule within the region of early medieval Catalonia. Gaucelm (died 834) was a Frankish count and leading magnate in Gothia during the reign of Louis the Pious. He was initially the Count of Roussillon from about 800, but he received Empúries in
Person · Open Library
- Born
- active 1156
- Died
- 1209
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Les poèmes de Gaucelm Faidit, troubadour du XIIe siècle ; suivi de Guilhem Peire de Cazals, troubadour du XIIIe siècle ; et de Le troubadour Arnaut de Tintinhac
- Les Poèmes de Gaucelm Faidit
- Les Poemes de Gaucelm Faidit, troubadour du XIIe siecle
- Les poèmes de Gaucelm Faidit, troubadour du 12e siècle [par] Jean Mouzat
via Open Library + Wikidata
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Carolingian Empire
- Place of birth
- Toulouse
- Place of death
- Chalon-sur-Saône
- Father
- William of Gellone
- Sibling
- Teodoric III d'Autun
- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Languages spoken
- Gothic
- Family
- Guilhelmids
- Image
- Bera.png
Show 3 more facts
- date of death
- 0834-01-01
- date of birth
- 0796-01-01
- cause of death
- decapitation
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- Sources
thumb | right | alt=A historical map of northeastern Iberia around 801–820. The counties ruled by Gaucelm (Rosselló and Empúries) are shaded pink. Neighboring counties ruled by Berà are shaded in green. | Gaucelm was the count of Rosselló and Empúries, both of which are highlighted in pink on this map. The image visually contextualizes the extent of his rule within the region of early medieval Catalonia. Gaucelm (died 834) was a Frankish count and leading magnate in Gothia during the reign of Louis the Pious. He was initially the Count of Roussillon from about 800, but he received Empúries in 817 and was thenceforward the chief representative of imperial authority in that region.
He was the son of William of Gellone and his first wife, Gunegunde (Cunegonde), a Frankish lady. It was from his father, sometime after 790, that he received the county of Roussillon to govern within his father's vast holdings in Septimania, centered on Toulouse. At that time, Roussillon included Vallespir. Gaucelm, thoroughly Frankish, supported ongoing war with the Moors and was supported by his brother, Bernard of Septimania. Bera, the Visigothic Count of Razès and Conflent since 790, and Count of Barcelona since 801, supported the local Goth population who desired peace with the Moors to their south.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gaucelm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
Available in 11 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0