- Frotharius (Archbishop of Bordeaux)
Frotharius, Frotar, or Frotaire was the
Archbishop of Bordeaux and then of Bourges (876) in theninth century . In870 ,Viking raids forced him to abandon Bordeaux. [Lewis, 101.]Frotharius was related to the
Counts of Toulouse and Rouergue. By maintaining control of the abbeys ofBrioude andBeaulieu , he probably preserved his family's influence in southern Gaul during the ascendancy ofBernard Plantapilosa . [Ibid, 108 n84.] Brioude had been under the protection of the Counts of Auvergne until874 , when Frotharius had it.Charles the Bald granted it permission to elect its own abbot and the monks chose Frotharius, who was abbot still in893 . [Ibid, 148.] After Frotharius' death, the abbey reverted toWilliam I of Aquitaine .Frotharius was active in preserving church lands, however. He returned lands his family stole from Beaulieu in the Limousin and forced them to observe a charter of
887 granting those lands back to Beaulieu. [Ibid.] He also intervened with King Carloman inProvence to have land inFréjus taken fromSaint-Vincent de Marseille returned. [Ibid, 149.]Notes
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*Lewis, Archibald R. "The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050". University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965.
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