Aelinde de Nantes

Adelaudus of Loches1

b. circa 820

Adelaudus of Loches was born circa 820. He was was given the castle at Loches by Charles the Bald, King of France. Family

Child ?Garnier, seigneur de Loches+ b. 844

Citations 1.[S193] Louis Halphen and René Poupardin, Counts of Anjou and Ambois http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p49.htm#i5736

From the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANKISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc371156049

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANKISH%20NOBILITY.htm#RoscilleMFo...

ADALHARD .

m ---. The name of Adalhard's wife is not known.

Adalhard & his wife had two children:

1. Garnier (married Tescenda)

2. Adalhard (became a Bishop)

The French Wikipedia page on Loches, in its Medieval Period History section, gives further information on who Adalhard, or Alalande, was:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loches

En 840, Charles le Chauve nomme Alalande, un de ses lieutenants, gouverneur de Loches. Sa petite-fille Roscille se marie avec Foulque Ier d'Anjou, apportant notamment Loches en dot au comté d'Anjou (887).

In English:

In 840, Charles The Bald named Alalande, one of his lieutenants, as Governor of Loches. His granddaughter Roscille married Foulque I d'Anjou, and her dowry included the County of Loches, which became part of the County of Anjou in 887.

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