General Notes

Ava, a sister of Wm. the Pious, m. 'Geoffroi, c ofNevers/Gatinais'. Their daughter, Gerberge, was first wife of Fulk II, 'le bon'(d. 958),count of Anjou, and mother of his children, from 2 of whom
canbe traced alarge progeny.  Unusual hypothesis--contradicts conventionalwisdom onfirst wife of Fulk le Bon, and I can't find any otherinformation on thisGeoffrey (not in Bouchard's _Sword, Mitre &
Cloister_).  Thiswas putforward in C. Lauranson-Rosaz, _L'Auvergne et ses marges duVIIIe au XIesiecle: la fin du monde antique?_ (Le Puy, 1987), in charts atpp. 60, 93,as a possibility but with no
discussion in the text.  What isthe originof and best argument for this idea?
DATE 22 MAR 1999