Immediate Family
About Boniface I, count & duke of Lucca
His ancestry is unknown, He was probably a Frank sent to Bavaria by Pépin the Short about 750.
Many Internet genealogies call him a son of Richbold.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boniface_I,_Margrave_of_Tuscany - Boniface I (died 823) was appointed governor of Italy by Charlemagne after the death of King Pepin. He was the count and duke of Lucca and sometimes is considered the first margrave of Tuscany because of the various counties he amassed: Pisa, Pistoia, Volterra, and Luni. He was first attested in March 812.
He left a son, Boniface, who became margrave of Tuscany and another named Berard, who assisted his brother in the defence of Corsica. His only daughter, Richilda, became abbess of SS. Benedetto e Scolastica in Lucca.
According to MedLands: BONIFACE [I], son of --- (-before 5 Oct 823). A Frank from Bavaria. His Bavarian origin is confirmed by the charter dated 5 Oct 823 which confirms the election of his daughter "Richilda…abbatissa filia b. m. Bonifacio comiti natio Baivarorum" as abbess of the monastery of SS Benedetto e Scolastica at Lucca[870]. Count at Lucca 812/13. He controlled most of the countships in the Arno valley.
-TRECCANI: BONIFACIO, conte e duca di Lucca. - Capostipite italiano, e primo di questo nome, della dinastia che resse il ducato di Lucca (poi marchesato di Toscana) quasi senza interruzione fino al 931, scese in Italia al seguito di Carlo Magno e di suo figlio Pipino. Era di stirpe bavara, come possiamo apprendere da un documento della figlia Richilde abbadessa del monastero dei SS. Benedetto e Scolastica di Lucca (Memorie e doc. per servire all'istoria del ducato di Lucca, IV, 2, Appendice a cura di D. Barsocchini, Lucca 1836, n. 25, pp. 35 s.) ....
....B. morì prima dell'823 (come dichiara la figlia Richilde nel documento sopra ricordato) e lasciò tre figli: Bonifacio, che gli successe nella contea di Lucca, Berardo e la stessa Richilde.
-https://bludimare.pagesperso-orange.fr/bonifacechrono.htm - Son Histoire
-http://www.imalaspina.com/it/histoire-des-malaspina.html - ...Bonifacio I, arrivato in Italia nel 813 con Carlo Magno di cui ottenne il governo della Toscana : qui, estese la sua influenza fino alla Liguria ed alla Corsica.
Bonifacio II, suo figlio...
Boniface I, count & duke of Lucca's Timeline
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Bayern, Germany
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Bavaria, Germania (Germany)
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October 5, 823
Age 83
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