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William IX, Count of Poitiers. British Library Royal MS 14 B VI. William (17 August 1153 – 1156) was the first son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. [1] He was born in Normandy on the same day that his father's rival, Eustace IV of Boulogne, died. William is reported to have died either at the age of 2 in April ...
William IX (Occitan: Guilhèm de Peitieus or Guilhem de Poitou, French: Guillaume de Poitiers; 22 October 1071 – 10 February 1126), called the Troubadour, was the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou (as William VII) between 1086 and his death.
Apr 16, 2024 · Role In: Crusades. William IX (born Oct. 22, 1071—died Feb. 10, 1127, Poitiers, Fr.) was a medieval troubadour, count of Poitiers and duke of Aquitaine and of Gascony (1086–1127), son of William VIII and grandfather of the famous Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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Oct 10, 2022 · William IX, Count of Poitiers was the firstborn child of the future Henry II, King of England and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine and Countess of Poitiers in her own right. He would have been King of England had he survived his father. William was born on August 17, 1153, in the County of Poitiers, now part of France, and was styled Count of ...
The first known troubadour is Guilhem de Peiteu, in translation: William IX (as duke of Aquitaine) or VII (as count of Poitiers), or William IX of Poitiers. Born in 1071, he died in 1127, lord of a larger, richer and more populated land than the king of France, Louis VI.
William is reported to have died either at the age of 2 in April 1156, or at the age of 3 on 2 December 1156, after suffering a seizure at Wallingford Castle. He was buried in Reading Abbey at the feet of his great-grandfather Henry I. At the time of his death, William was reigning as Count of Poitiers, as his mother had ceded the county to him.
Feb 22, 2023 · William IX was the first son of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, born in Normandy in 1153. He died at either 2 or 3 years old due to a seizure at Wallingford Castle and was buried in Reading Abbey. At the time of his death, he was Count of Poitiers, a title given to him by his mother.
