ARCHAMBAUD [I] de Bourbon, son of AIMON [I] Sire de Bourbon & his wife Aldesinde --- ([930/35]-after [990]). "Eldesen…Arkambal…" signed the charter dated Nov 950 under which "Aymo" donated property "in paugo Alvernico in fundis Donobrens in accio Noviacense, vocabulum est Longo Verno" to Cluny[610]. His birth date range is estimated from the estimated birth date range of his father. "Aymus" donated "ecclesiam…sancti Petri…in pago Arvernico, in vicaria Donobrense, in villa Salviniaco" to Cluny by charter dated Jan 954, signed "apud castrum Borbonem" by "Aymonis et Aldesinde uxoris eius…Geraldi et Archimbaldi filiorum eius…"[611]. Sire de Bourbon. "Ugo…Rex Francorum" issued a charter dated Jul 995 relating to property "in terra Archimbaldi comitis cum Maliis" which names "Archimbaldo comite et Archimbaldo filio suo, dilectis consanguineis nostris et Burchardo comite"[612]. This charter is listed by Chazaud among the spurious Bourbon charters which are discussed in the Introduction to this part[613]. No other primary source has been identified which confirms a family relationship between the sires de Bourbon and the early Capetian kings of France. It is assumed that the information is incorrect. A charter dated [11 Jul 971/10 Jul 972] records a donation by "Archembaldus", with the consent of "filiorum ac filiarum mearum", of "campum in loco…Montiliacus situm" to Cluny[614]. "Rainaldus" donated property "in vicaria Borbonensi in villa Gernente" to Cluny, for the soul of "Framerici", by charter dated Aug 974, subscribed by "Archimbaldi…"[615]. "Arnevertet Grimalt et uxores eorum Adalgarda [et] Agena et nevotus noster Giraldus" donated property "in pago Biturigo in vicariaBorbones in centenaNovientense in villa Curtilas" to Cluny, for the soul of "Archimbalt seniore", by charter dated to [980][616]. "Archimbaldus" (and name variants) is named as witness in 12 other charters at Cluny during this period, dated to [954/94], Jul [961/62] ("Archunbodi"), [12 Nov 970/11 Nov 971], Nov [971/72], Jun 972, Dec 978, 20 Feb 980, [12 Nov 981/11 Nov 982], May 984, Jul 984 ("Archimbaldus, Dacbertus…Archibaldus"), [990], [993/1048] ("Archimbaldi senioris")[617], none of which can be linked directly to Bourbon. In addition, there are two other charters which show that Archambaud [I] and Archambaud [II] were not the only persons living in the area with this name: a charter dated to [994] names "reverendis fratribus…Archimbaldo"[618] (although none of the subscriptions in the charters listed above were shown asclerics), and acharter dated to [997/1031] records the donation by "Erchimboldus et uxor mea Girberga" and names "Rutbaldi fratris predicti Erchimbaldi" and is signed by "filiorum eius Constantii, Bernardi, Vinberti, Franconis, Adam" (which clearly refers to another family, although the actual date of the document may be later than the period we are now considering)[619].
m (before 10 Jul 961) [ROTGARDIS], daughter of --- (-[before [11 Jul 971/10 Jul 972]]). "Archinbodus et uxor mea Rotgardis" donated land "in pago Lugdunensi in agro Tosiacensi in villa Nonedis…[et] in villa…Melerges" to Cluny by charter dated [11 Jul 960/10 Jul 961][620]. Chazaud highlights that there is nothing in this charter which links "Archinbodus" to Archambaud [I] Sire de Bourbon, which is correct. However, he proceeds to identify Archambaud [I] as the Archambaud whose wife was Ermengarde (named Archambaud [II] below in this document)[621]. As the estimated birth dates shown in this document demonstrate, the chronology dictates that there must have been two generations in the Bourbon family during the second half of the 10th century and therefore that Archambaud [I] and Archambaud [II] were most likely two different persons. The likelihood of "Archinbodus" in the [960/61] charter being Archambaud [I] can be verified by the number of references to the name Archambaud in later 10th century Cluny charters (see above), which suggest that the name was not common although not unique to the Bourbon family. In conclusion, it does not appear unreasonable to suppose that the charter dated [11 Jul 960/10 Jul 961] does refer to Archambaud [I] and that "Rotgardis" was therefore his wife. The charter dated [11 Jul 971/10 Jul 972], which records a donation by "Archembaldus", with the consent of "filiorum ac filiarum mearum", of property "in loco…Montiliacus situm" to Cluny[622], suggests that Archambaud’s wife had died before this date (assuming of course that "Archembaldus" can be identified as Archambaud [I], which is not beyond all doubt).
Archambaud [I] & his wife had [four or more] children