Bernard Plantapilosa

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.

Her father is often given as a count Bernard I of Auvergne, active in the 860s, but these instances may represent Ermengard's husband Plantapilosa and not a predecessor in the county.

An earlier Count Bernard was active in the Auvergne in the 840s, but has no known connection to Ermengard.

[2] Instead, she was perhaps daughter of Guerin of Provence, Count of Auvergne, and his wife Ava.