Bouchard II of Montmorency
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Bouchard II (died c. 1015), known as Bouchard le Barbu (Bouchard the Bearded) was a French aristocrat, holding the position of Lord of Montmorency.
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Bouchard was one of the most significant lords of France under the first reign of Robert, son of King Hugh Capet. He had a dispute with the Abbot of S. Denis about Basset Castle in L'Île-Saint-Denis. From this stronghold Bouchard ransomed the boats that passed within reach, including those of the monks of the abbey of Saint-Denis. Abbot Vivien complained to King Robert II the Pious. A royal trial took place, opposing Bouchard to Vivien. By a judgment of his peer barons and the king, on January 25, 997, he was forced to respect the royal protection granted to the monks of Saint-Denis, to demolish the Basset Castle, and to accept the exchange of his island of Saint-Denis against the castle and the fief of Montmorency.
He married the widow of Hugues Basset, a knight of Château-Basset.