Bernard Plantapilosa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bernard Plantapilosa

Frenkish count

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-0841

Place of Birth: Uzès, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 01-Aug-0886

Profession: aristocrat

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Bernard Plantapilosa or Bernard II of Auvergne (22 March 841 – 886), or Plantevelue, son of Bernard of Septimania and Dhuoda, was the Count of Auvergne (as Bernard II) from 872 to his death.
The Emperor Charles the Fat granted him the title of Margrave of Aquitaine in 885.
His mother's Liber Manualis mentions that he was born at Uzès in the year following the death of Louis the Pious.
He was appointed Margrave of Septimania (or Gothia) before 868.
He was the lay abbot of Brioude between 857 and 868 and Count of Autun and from 864 to 869.
He was deposed before 876 and replaced by Bernard of Gothia in that year.
He returned to favour under Charles the Fat.
In the war against Boso of Provence, he obtained the county of Mâcon.