Hélie VI "Talairan", comte de Périgord

HELIE [VI] TALAIRAND de Périgord (-[1203]). The Pars Altera Chronici Lemovicensis of Geoffroy de Vigeois names "Helias Taleyrandus, filius Bosonis de Grainol", when recording that he surrendered his castle to the Duke of Aquitaine, dated to 1182 from the context[274]. He succeeded as Comte de Périgord. "Helias comes Petragoricensis" donated property "quam Helias Ebrartz" held from him next to "Podium Chasluz" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, by undated charter dated to [1166/1208][275]. "Helias…Petragoricensis comes" donated property "nemus…Herbosa" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, confirmed by "Helia Talairano filio meo", by charter dated [1199/1200][276]. "Helias Talairanz comes Petragoricensis et Raimunda comitissa uxor illius" donated property "loco de Landia" to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, by charter dated to [1166/1211], which specifies that the donation was made in "castello de Monpao quod uxor sua Raimonda possidebat"[277]. "Helias…Petragoricensis comes" confirmed a donation of property "iuris..in nemore…Herbosa" by "Helia de Versinas et…Ama sorore sua et a matre eorum" (to which "tres filiæ Amæ…Maria uxore Raimundi de Longua et Petronilla et Claria sorores" consented) to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, with the consent of "Heliæ filii mei et Talairandi nepotis iam dicti Heliæ filii", by charter dated [1203/04][278]. m (before [1155/60]%29 RAYMONDE de Turenne, daughter of RAYMOND Vicomte de Turenne et de Ribérac & his wife --- ([1135/45]-). Her parentage and marriage are proved by the charter dated 1167 under which "Raimundus vicecomes Turennensis…et…Talairans gener prædicti vicecomitis" donated property in "mansum de las Treilas" to Notre-Dame de Dalon by charter dated 1167[279]. Stroński suggests convincingly that her father was a son of Archambaud de Turenne Vicomte de Ribérac, son of Boson [I] Vicomte de Turenne[280]. Her birth date range, estimated on the basis of the birth date ranges of her descendants, demonstrates that she could not have been the daughter of Raymond [II] Vicomte de Turenne (who was born posthumously in [1143/44]). Her name is confirmed by the charter dated to [1180] under which "Helias Talairanz comes Petragoricensis et Raimunda comitissa uxor illius" donated property "loco de Landia" {La Lande, a priory of the abbey of Chancelade} to Notre-Dame de Chancelade, which specifies that the donation was made in "castello de Monpao quod uxor sua Raimonda possidebat"[281]. This is the château and châtellenie of Montpaon, a name subsequently distorted into Montpont {Montpont-Ménestérol, Dordogne}, which she brought to her husband as dowry. Her name is stated as Mathilde in Europäische Stammtafeln[282], an error which appears to originate from a section of the biography of Bertran le Born, troubadour provençal (see the introduction to this chapter, above), which asserts that Bertran was in love with "madomna Maeuz de Montanhac, molher d'un Talairan, qu'era fraire del comte de Peiregorc", a statement which Stroński demonstrates is incompatible in every detail from a historical viewpoint with the information in the primary sources quoted here[283]. [274] Gaufredi Prioris Vosiensis, Pars Altera Chronici Lemovicensis XXVI, RHGF XVIII, p. 212.

[275] Chancelade 2, p. 33. [276] Chancelade 35, p. 51. [277] Chancelade 202, p. 122. [278] Chancelade 36, p. 52. [279] Dalon Notre-Dame 1120, p. 260. [280] Stroński (1914), pp. 20-3. [281] Chancelade 202, p. 122. [282] ES III 766. [283] Stroński (1914), pp. 8-33. (Medlands)