Aldéarde was probably the first owner of the old Airvault castle. In 950, while walking along the Thouet, she fell into it and, not knowing how to swim, she implored heaven to help her. A cow which was grazing nearby then approached Aldéarde who clung to her and so the bovid saved her from certain death. To thank heaven for this miracle, Aldéarde began in 980 the construction of the Airvault church. In 972, she married the Vicomte de Thouars, Herbert 2 and died in 1010. Aldéarde said that she "liked to take refuge in Airvault to rest from the vicissitudes of power"

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