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4 unusual facts about Bohemond of Astarac


Bohemond of Astarac

In 1154 Bohemond had to borrow money from his mother in order to bribe Géraud d'Esparbès, the abbot of Saramon whom he had expelled, from plundering Astarac.

Sometime before May 1141 he and his elder brother, Sancho II, helped their father restore the town of Simorre after it was devastated by a fire.

The couple donated property to the abbot of Berdoues in 1172, at which point they already had three children, all daughters: Mary, Marquese (Marchesia), and Bonnefemme (Bonefemina).

In March 1174 Bohemond approved the sale the castle of Lamaguère by its lord, Guillaume, to Géraud de la Barthe, Archbishop of Auch.



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