Bernard Plantapilosa (22 March 841 – 20 June 885^[1]), or Plantevelue, meaning Hairyfeet or Hairypaws, son of Bernard of Septimania and Dhuoda, was the Count of Auvergne (as Bernard II) from 872 to his death. The Emperor Charles the Fat granted him the title of Margrave of Aquitaine in 885. March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (82nd in leap years). ... Events June 25: Battle of Fontenay _ Louis the German and Charles the Bald defeat Lothar. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... Events Vikings besiege Paris Stephen VI elected pope Oldest known mentioning of Baky Births Emperor Daigo of Japan Deaths Pope Adrian III April 6: Saint Methodius, bishop and Bible translator Categories: 885 ... Bernard or Bernat of Septimania son of William of Gellone, was a Frank and Count of Barcelona from 826 to 832 and again from 835 to 844. ... Dhuoda was the wife of Bernat of Septimania and the author of the Liber Manualis. ... This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne. ... Events Battle of Hafrsfjord in Norway, Harald Finehair first king of Norway. ... Map of Carolingian Empire The term Carolingian Empire is sometimes used to refer to the realm of the Franks under the dynasty of the Carolingians. ... Romantic portrait of Charles. ... Coat of arms of the duchy of Aquitaine. ... Events Vikings besiege Paris Stephen VI elected pope Oldest known mentioning of Baky Births Emperor Daigo of Japan Deaths Pope Adrian III April 6: Saint Methodius, bishop and Bible translator Categories: 885 ...

His mother's Liber Manualis mentions that he was born at Uzès in the year following the death of Louis the Pious. He was appointed Margrave of Septimania (or Gothia) sometime before 868. He was the lay abbot of Brioude between 857 and 868 and Count of Autun and from 864 to 869. He was deposed sometime before 876 and replaced by Bernard of Gothia in that year. He returned to favour under Charles the Fat. At sometime during the war against Boso of Provence, he obtained the county of Mâcon. Old Town Uzès is a town and commune in the Gard département, Languedoc, France, located about 15 miles north-northeast of Nîmes. ... Louis the Pious, contemporary depiction from 826 as a miles Christi (soldier of Christ), with a poem of Rabanus Maurus overlaid. ... The term Gothia, also called the Hispanic March, was frequently assigned to an area made up of lands south of the Pyrenees as well as in the north (Septimania). ... Events 11 May: Printing of The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book. ... Lay abbot (abbatocomes, abbas laicus, abbas miles) is a name used to designate a layman on whom a king or someone in authority bestowed an abbey as a reward for services rendered; he had charge of the estate belonging to it, and was entitled to part of the income. ... Brioude is a commune of the Haute-Loire département, in France. ... Events Viking raid of Dorestad. ... Events Khan Boris I of Bulgaria is baptized an Orthodox Christian. ... Events Western Emperor Louis II allies with eastern Emperor Basil I against the Saracens. ... Events Seiwa is succeeded by Yozei as emperor of Japan. ... Boso was a Frankish noblemen, related to the Carolingian dynasty, and rose to be King of Provence. ... Mâcon is a commune of France, préfecture (capital) of the Saône-et-Loire département, in the Bourgogne région. ...

He married Ermengard, daughter of Bernard I of Auvergne (or perhaps of Guerin I). Their son was William I of Aquitaine. William I of Aquitaine (d. ...

Notes

1. ^ Also possibly 6 January or 16 August 886

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Sources

• MacLean, Simon. Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century: Charles the Fat and the end of the Carolingian Empire. Cambridge University Press: 2003.
• Hummer, Hans J. Politics and Power in Early Medieval Europe: Alsace and the Frankish Realm 600 – 1000. Cambridge University Press: 2005.