BOUCHARD [VII] de Vendôme ([1125/30]-1202). A fragmentary chronicle of the dukes of Aquitaine names "Buchardus, Lancelinus, Galfridus et Mahauda" as the children of "Johanni Comiti primogenito Galfridi Grisagonellæ Comitis Vindonicensis atque Mahaudæ Castridunensis" and his wife "Bertham"[1044]. "Joannes Vindocinensis comes" part of the forest of Gâtines to the abbey of La Trinité de Vendôme, with the consent of "duo filii mei Burchardus primogenitus et Lancelinus…Agatha uxor Burchardi filii mei", by charter dated 1147[1045]. "Burchardus comes Vindocinensis" approved the donation of "bonæ memoriæ Johannes pater meus comes Vindocinensis" to the abbey of la Charité-sur-Loire by charter dated to [1185], witnessed by "Gaufridus frater noster, Johannes de Laval consanguineus noster, Matheus de Bellomonte"[1046]. Comte de Vendôme. A charter dated 1185 records the approval by Henry II King of England of the rights of "Vindocinense…comitem…Burchardum", including the provision for a donation if his oldest daughter married, signed by "Gaufredus filius eius…"[1047]. "Burchardus…Johannis Vindocinensis comitis filius" made donations to Lavardin dated [1185/1202] for the soul of his wife Agatha, in which he names "filii eius Rodulfus et Gaufridus et Agnes soror eorum"[1048]. "Bucardus comes Vindocinensis" approved the donation by "Johannes de Lavardino cognatus meus" of property he inherited from "Marie matris sue", with the consent of "filiorum meorum Gaufridi et Johannes thesaurarii et Johannis nepotis mei ex Gaufrido", to the abbey of Gatines by charter dated to [1185], which names "filio meo Johanne tesaurario Sancti Mauricii Turonensis" as present[1049]. "Burchardus…Vindocinensis comes" created a foundation for maintenance of two lamps at La Trinité de Vendôme by charter dated 1195, which records the burial at the abbey of "fratris mei Lancelini", witnessed by "…Rainaldus de Insula…"[1050]. "Burchardus de Lavardino comes Vindocinensis" donated property to La Trinité de Vendôme for the anniversary of "Johannis filii mei" by charter dated to [1190/1200][1051]. "Burchardus comes Vindocini" confirmed the donation to Fontaines by "Johannes dominus de Montorio nepos meus", confirming the donation by "Petrus de Montorio pater suus" for the soul of "Agnetis uxoris suæ…meæ filiæ", by charter dated 1202[1052]. The Chronicon Vindocinense records the death in 1202 of "Burchardus comes Vindocini"[1053]. m (before 1147) [as her second husband,] AGATHA [de Lavardin], [widow of NIVELON [IV] Seigneur de Fréteval,] daughter of [AYMERIC "Gaimard" Seigneur de Lavardin & his third wife Marie ---] ([1120/25]-before [1185/1202]). "…Agathe uxore Nivelonis primogeniti…" witnessed the charter dated 14 Jan 1139 under which "dominus Ursio de Merlaio" renounced rights in favour of Notre-Dame de Chartres[1054]. "…Uxore primogeniti filii mei…Agatha et Hilgodo Piel" consented to the donation by "Ursio dominus de Fractæ Vallis" by charter dated 1139[1055]. Her parentage and first marriage are indicated by the Gesta Ambaziensium which records that "Guenmardus... [et] Mariam sororem Engelbaudi archiepiscopi et Bartholomæi de Vindocino...filiam" married "Nevolus de Fracta Valle" and that "ex qua heredes Lavardini qui modo sunt exstant"[1056]. Her [second] marriage is confirmed, and her parentage indicated, by the charter dated 1147 under which "Joannes Vindocinensis comes" donated part of the forest of Gâtines to the abbey of La Trinité de Vendôme, with the consent of "duo filii mei Burchardus primogenitus et Lancelinus…apud Lavarziniacum, Agatha uxor Burchardi filii mei"[1057]. The residence of Agatha at Lavardin, stated in this document, suggests a connection with the castle of that name. In addition, Agatha´s widower "Burchardus…Johannis Vindocinensis comitis filius" made donations to Lavardin dated [1185/1202] for the soul of his wife "Agatham hujus ville dominam"[1058], consistent with her suggested Lavardin origin. This supposed second marriage is consistent with the reference in the Gesta Ambaziensium to "ex qua heredes Lavardini qui modo sunt exstant", assuming that the latter were descended from Agatha´s second not her first marriage. In addition, [Agatha´s second husband] "Bucardus comes Vindocinensis" names [Agatha´s brother] "Johannes de Lavardino cognatus meus..." in his confirmation of a donation to Gatines dated to [1185][1059], the word "cognatus" frequently indicating brother-in-law. It should be noted that Saint-Venant suggests that Agatha was the daughter of an otherwise unrecorded older son of Aymeric "Gaimard", who died young and transmitted the right to Lavardin to his daughter. He highlights that Jean de Lavardin is never recorded as seigneur de Lavardin after the death of "his father" (whom, it appears, he assumes to be Aymeric), and that if Agatha had been the sister of Richilde (second wife of Jean Comte de Vendôme) the church would have vetoed the arrangement whereby one sister married the father and the other his son[1060]. The scenario as proposed is not impossible. However, it is inconsistent with the Gesta Ambazensium as quoted above (Saint-Venant ignores Agatha´s supposed first marriage), nor is it certain that the church would have vetoed the marriages in question (there are other examples of father and son marrying two sisters). In addition, the source quoted below shows that Jean de Lavardin was the son of Marie, widow of Aymeric, by her second marriage not by her first marriage to Aymeric. Comte Bouchard [VII] & his wife had five children