ISLE BOUCHARD, Dangereuse Maubergeonne

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Viscountess of Châttellerault

Notes:

Whilst travelling through Poitou, Duke William IX of Aquitaine met the "seductive" Dangereuse.[5] This led to her leaving her husband for Duke William, who was excommunicated by the church for "abducting her"; however, she appeared to have been a willing party in the matter. He installed her in the Maubergeonne tower of his castle in Poitiers, and, as related by William of Malmesbury, even painted a picture of her on his shield.[6][7]

Upon returning to Poitiers from Toulouse, William's wife Philippa of Toulouse was enraged to discover a rival woman living in her palace. She appealed to her friends at the court of Aquitaine and to the Church;[8] however, no noble could assist her since William was their feudal overlord, and when the Papal legate Giraud complained to William and told him to return Dangereuse to her husband, William's only response to the bald legate was, "Curls will grow on your pate before I part with the Viscountess." Humiliated, in 1116, Philippa chose to retire to the Abbey of Fontevrault.

Birth:
LIle Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

Died:
LIsle Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

Family/Spouse: AIMERY, I. I (son of Living and Living) was born in 1075 in Châtellerault, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 7 Nov 1151. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. DE CHATELLERAULT, Aenor was born in 1103; died in Mar 1130 in Talmont, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Nieul, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France.

Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]