Elias VIII of Périgord

Hélie VIII (c. 1210/1215–1247/1251) succeeded his father Archambaud II as count of Périgord in 1239. In 1245 he confirmed his father’s grant of Grignols to Boson Talleyrand, founder of the Talleyrand-Périgord line.

The long quarrel over Périgueux ended in 1246, when the king enfranchised the townsmen and freed them from payments to the counts. By his wife Gaillarde he left a son, Archambaud III, who succeeded him.