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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.
A NOTE ON WILLIAM IX William, Ninth Duke of Aquitaine, Seventh Count of Poitiers ( 1071-1127) was one of the most powerful feudal lords of his day. Several times excommunicated, defiantly adulterous, greedy, profane, and violent, he also possessed a generous wit ranging from the broadly obscene to the gently ironic. Magnificently proud of his ...
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.
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.
He died in April 1156, aged two. This was due to a seizure at Wallingford Castle, and he was buried in Reading Abbey at the feet of his great-grandfather Henry I. At the time of his death, he was reigning as Count of Poitiers, as his mother had ceded the county to him.
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Feb 22, 2023 · William IX, Count of Poitiers. by Keith Feb 22, 2023. The story of William IX, Count of Poitiers, is a tragic tale of a life cut short before it could even begin. Born on August 17, 1153, he was the first son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.
