Aimar V of Limoges

Aimar V Boso (c. 1135, – c. 1199) was a Viscount of Limoges, a petty nobleman in the Loire valley in the Duchy of Aquitaine.

Born in Limoges around 1140, when his family named him Boson, he adopted the traditional name for the previous viscounts as Adhémar. For reasons now obscure, he became known as Aymar, Aimar or Aymard in addition to those mentioned above. A number of writers (eg John Gillingham on Richard I, and Tom Asbridge "The Perfect Knight") use "Aymeri". Aimar was orphaned at a young age in 1148, and raised by his relatives among the southern French aristocracy. Due to the strategic importance of both Limoges and the nearby dependent town of Aixe, he was protected as a ward of King Henry II. He ruled from 1148 - approximately 1184, when outlawed and exiled to France, and was succeeded by his son Guy.

Aimar is most famously known for being a fulcrum of insurrection against his liege, Richard the Lionheart, who was Duke of Aquitaine in right of his mother Eleanor. Aimar, like many of the fractious Aquitanian nobles, participated in sporadic rebellion against ducal authority throughout his adult life, often co-operating with Duke Richard's brothers, the Count of Angoulême and the house of Lusignan, though he was generally brought to heel.

It was while suppressing one of the frequent revolts in Aquitaine that Richard's older brother Henry The Young King died, while being supported by his brother Geoffrey of Brittany, Aimar of Limoges and the Lusignan brothers. Much later, King Richard was to meet his end fighting against Aimar's successor his son Guy, when buried treasure on Limoges land was in dispute and claimed by Richard (J. Gillingham "Richard I"). The Duke was besieging the Château de Chalus-Chabrol, a small and scantily garrisoned castle in Limousin, France under the control of Aimar, when he was shot by a crossbow, possibly fired by a certain Pierre Basile. Richard was hit in the shoulder and died days later on April 6, 1199.

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