- Amalvinus
Amalvinus, Amauvin, or Amauguin was the
Count of Bordeaux in the late ninth and early tenth century. He is only recorded on two occasions in history. [Higounet, 43.]At the
Council of Bourges in August887 , he appeared as count of Bordeaux along with William I of Auvergne,Odo of Toulouse ,Sancho III of Gascony , and ArchbishopFrotaire of Bordeaux . He was clearly one of the leading personages inAquitaine at the time.He was a friend of
Alfonso III of Asturias , "rex Hispaniae", who calls him "duke" in a letter to the canons ofSaint Martin of Tours . The canons had offered the king a golden and jewelled crown and the king readily consented to buy it. His ships and envoys landed in Bordeaux in May906 to receive the crown which the canons had entrusted to Amalvinus. [Fletcher, 318.]Notes
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*Higounet, Charles. "Bordeaux pendant le haut moyen age". Bordeaux, 1963.
*Fletcher, Robert A. "Saint James's Catapult: The Life and Times of Diego Gelmírez of Santiago de Compostela". University of Oxford Press: 1984.
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