Boso the Elder

Boso (or Boson) "the Elder" (c. 800 – 855) was a Frankish Count of Turin and Count of Valois of the Bosonid dynasty.

Family and issue

He was married to Engeltrude. They had the following issue:

• Boso, Count of Valois (d. 874)
• Teutberga (d. before November 25, 875), married Lothair II
• Richildis (d. 883), married Bivin of Gorze
• Hucbert, Count of Valois, lay abbot of St. Maurice's Abbey (820-864)

Sources

• Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens, Premiere Partie: Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens.
• Pierre Riché, The Carolingians, a family who forged Europe.

External links

• GENEALOGY.EU: Bosonides
• Stirnet: Provence1 (subscription required)