Gottfried (Angoulême)

Gottfried (franz: Geoffroy, † December 1048) was a Count of Angoulême from the house Taillefer. He was the second son of Count William IV. Taillefer and the Gerberga of Anjou.

On the death of the father in 1028, Gottfried began to attack his older brother, Count Alduin II, from the castle of Blaye. After an eight-day siege, however, he had to capitulate. His brother forgave him and gave him two castles in the Saintonge. Nevertheless, after his brother's death in 1032, Gottfried was able to take over the rule in Angoulême by ignoring the inheritance of his nephews.

Gottfried was first married to Petronella, a daughter of Mainard "le Riche" and heiress of the castles of Archiac and Bouteville. The couple founded in Bouteville the Priorei Saint-Paul, where Petronella was buried. They had several children:

In the second marriage, Gottfried was married to an unspecified Asceline. Single-level Edit source text

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