UNKNOWN Richildis

Abt 0887 - 0913  (26 years)

• Name	UNKNOWN Richildis
  Birth	Abt 0887	Bourges, Cher, Centre, France
  Gender	Female
  Death	0913	France
  Notes	Richildis' parents are Unknown Name Richildis [1][2] Richilde[3] Surname Unknown. [1][4] Richilde de Bourges is shown as her name in a number of sites, but the surname presumes that her parentage is known, which it is not. Placing her as the daughte rof Hughes de Bourges is speculative. [5] Birth and Parentage The best authorities agree her parents are unknown. Those most frequently cited as her parents are Hugues II, count of Bourges (Hugues, Comte de Bourges. ) [5] and Rothilde of the Franks[3] A number of "facts" pertaining to Richilde are derived from her supposed relationship to Hughes de Bourge. For instance, the statement in Geni that Richilde was born circa 886 in Bourges. [3]. If she is not the daughter of Hughes, then one does not know where she was born, and dates calculated from Hughes' life are not valid. Similarly, the statement that she was half sister of Hugues, count of Maine; Herlouin II, count of Ponthieu and Judith du Maine [3] loses its support when she is not the daughter of Hughes de Bourge. The impression that her father was Hughes de Bourges is expressed in the French Wikipedia which, states that Thibaut "épousa Richilde de Bourges, connue aussi sous le nom de Richilde du Maine (v.890- ap.942)1, fille de Hugues (v.862-892), comte de Bourges et de Rothilde (v.871-v.928), fille de Charles le Chauve et de Richilde d'Ardennes. [6] The French Wikipedia site shows a lineage downward from Charlemagne through Richildes. [7] This lineage becomes invalid when Hughes de Bourge is not her father. Marriage Richildis married Thibaut in fact, it is because an otherwise unknown woman named Richildis was the wife of Thibaut that we know she existed. Depending on the language, Thibaut was variously known as Tetbald;[4] Thibault l'ancien; [4] Thibaud l'Ancien. [6] Richildis was Thibaut's second wife and was so named in Europäische Stammtafeln but the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified. [1] Thibaud, called "l'ancien" was born in 890 and died in 943. He became vicomte de Blois en 906, vicomte de Tours en 908, and then comte de Tours et comte de Blois in 940. [6] He founded the dynasty of Thibaldiens.[6] Thibault died in 944, place unknown. [4] Richilde married Theobald "the Elder," Viscount of Tours and Blois.[8] Death Richilde died about 946 in Valois, Bretagne.[3] Issue Son of Thibaud, Mother Uncertain Thibault le Tricheur, born 910. Thibaud le Tricheur, Count of Blois, had a mother named Richilde and a brother named Richard. [9] Cawley asserts that "Comte Thibaut & his [first] wife had one child: Thibault (II), born 910 and died 16 Jan 975-977. [1] Thibaud, or Theobald, the son was known as "the trickster [3] or "the deceiver"[5] or "le tricheur"[6] The younger Thibaud was Comte de Blois et Chartres[6] Confirmed Children of Richilde and Thibaud Cawley asserts that Comte Thibaut & his second wife Richildis had two children, a son and a daughter. Richard is confirmed as the son of both Thibaud and Richilde by the donation of property in 980 to Saint-Martin de Tours for the souls of both Theobaldi and Richildis. [10] The document names Thibaut the son of Thibaut l'ancien, but does not contain a phrase in the text such as "matris sui" linking "Richildis" to "Theobaldi comitis" thereby suggesting that the younger Thibaut was the child of an earlier marriage.[1] Richard, who died in 969, was Archbishop of Bourges 956/57. [1] Unnamed daughter. [11]. The unnamed daughter married first (ante 949/51) Alain II de Bretagne, Duke of Brittany (father: Mathedoi, Comte de Poher) and married second, after 952, Foulque II, Comte d'Anjou (920 - 11 Nov 958; p. Foulque I "le roux," Comte d'Anjou and Roscille de Loches).[11]The Chronicle of Nantes records the marriage of "Alanus dux" and "Theobaldum comitem Blesensem…sorore sua"[37]. Given the date of her marriage, and assuming that the estimated birth date of her brother Thibaut [II] is correct as shown above, it is probable that this daughter was born from her father's supposed second marriage. The Chronicle of Nantes records the marriage of "Theobaldus comes Blesensis…sororem suam relictam Alani Barbætortæ ducis" and "Fulconi comiti Andegavensi"[38]. m firstly (before [949/51]) as his second wife, ALAIN II Duke of Brittany, son of MATHEDOI [Matuedo] Comte de Poher & his wife --- de Bretagne (in Brittany [before 919]-952). m secondly (after 952) as his second wife, FOULQUES II Comte d'Anjou, son of FOULQUES I "le Roux" Comte d'Anjou & his wife Roscille de "Loches" ([920]-11 Nov 958). [1] The French Wikipedia gives the name of the daughter as Roscille. "Roscille, mariée en premières noces au duc Alain Barbetote de Bretagne, en secondes noces au comte Foulque II le Bon d'Anjou, mort en 958."[6] Linked on WikiTree but not documented as children Gerlotte, born 895 Shown on Geni as children of Richilde without other documentation Earl Jean de Conterville [3] Earl Comyn; ... de Blois; J[3] Judith 'la noble' de Troyes, Mistress; [3] Research Notes Richilde's parentage has been debated by historians.[12] The most recent and persuasive proposition is advanced by Keats-Rohan, who suggests that she was a daughter of Rodgar du Maine and Rothilde.[13] Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Charles Cawley and Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CENTRAL%20FRANCE.htm#_ftnref32. ↑ Charles Cawley and Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database: [1] ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Geni. Richilde of Bourges. Added by: "Skip" Bremer on June 11, 2007. Managed by: James Fred Patin, Jr. and 156 others. Curated by: Sharon Doubellhttps://www.geni.com/people/Richilde-of-Bourges/6000000003827237365. Accessed January 12, 2017 ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Charles Cawley and Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database: [2] ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Genealogics - Leo van de Pas. http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00020501&tree=LEO. Last modified 12 Dec 1996. Citing Lt. Col. W. H. Turton, The Plantagenet Ancestry, Baltimore, 1975. (Note: this source is now considered very outdated, particularly for the Carolingian period in which Richilde lived. Accessed Jan 12, 2017. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Wikipedia - French. Thibaud l'Ancien Accessed January 10, 2017 ↑ French Wikipedia, Thibaud l'Ancien. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thibaud_l%27Ancien. ↑ WIkipedia:Theobald_the_Elder. ↑ Stewart Baldwin. The Henry Project. Uploaded 10 January 2008. http://home.earthlink.net/~henryproject/hproject/prov/rothi000.htm Accessed January 13, 2017 ↑ “Ledgardis comitissa necnon Hugo episcopus et filius meus et item filius meus Odo comes” donated property to Saint-Martin de Tours, for the souls of “Theobaldi comitis quondam senioris mei…Richildis quondam sanctimonialis, eiusque filii Richardi episcopi” (referring to “dicti comitis et fratris sui Theobaldi”, in relation to Bishop Richard), by charter dated to 980. Cited by Cawley ↑ 11.0 11.1 Charles Cawley and Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database: [3] ↑ Hête, Thierry le. "Richilde, Wife of Thibaud the Old, Viscount of Tours: A Marriage Intended to Increase Thibaudian Power" in Foundations (2003) pp. 3-4. ↑ Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. Family Trees and the Roots of Politics; The prosopography of Britain and France from the tenth to the twelfth century (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2007) "Suggested relationships of the Hugonide counts of Maine," p. 194. Geni. Richilde of Bourges, born c886. Dtr of Hugues II and Rothilde. Discussion and references are listed. See also: Europäische Stammtafeln citing charter (980AD). Fiche de Richilde de Bourges sur généanet [archive] Pierre Riché, Les Carolingiens, une famille qui fit l'Europe, Paris, Hachette, coll. « Pluriel », 1983 (réimpr. 1997), 490 p. (ISBN 2-01-278851-3) Jean-Charles Volkmann, Bien connaître les généalogies des rois de France, Éditions Gisserot, 1999, 127 p. (ISBN 978-2-87747-208-1) Michel Mourre, Le Petit Mourre. Dictionnaire d'Histoire universelle, Éditions Bordas, avril 2007 (ISBN 978-2-04-732194-2) Jean Gouget - Thierry Le Hête, Les comtes de Blois et de Champagne et leur descendance agnatique Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Hosted online by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), accessed 2025, Comtes de Blois.
  Person ID	I59603	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	MAINE Rotger,   b. Abt 0860, Maine, France d. Bef 01 Nov 0900, Maine, France (Age < 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	CAROLINGIAN Rothilde,   b. 0871   d. 22 Mar 0929, France (Age ~ 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	0890
  Family ID	F26461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BLOIS Thibaut,   b. Abt 0883, Orleanais, France d. Bef 0954, Troyes, Aube, Champagne, France (Age < 70 years)
  Children	1. BLOIS Thibault,   b. 0910, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d. Bef 16 Jan 0977, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France (Age ~ 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026