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William III (913 – 3 April 963), called Towhead (French: Tête d'étoupe, Latin: Caput Stupe) from the colour of his hair, was the "Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine" from 959 and Duke of Aquitaine from 962 to his death.
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When William III Duke of Aquitaine was born on 22 October 0915, in Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, his father, Ebles Manzer duc d'Aquitaine, was 39 and his mother, Emilienne, was 19. He married Gerloc-Adèle de Normandie duchesse d'Aquitaine in 0935.
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In 942, he was appointed lay abbot of Saint-Hilaire-de-Poitiers1. He later succeeded his father as Count of Poitiers1 but I don’t know when this happened1. Poitiers, at the time, was sparsely populated due to recent wars, and the Viking invasions2. In 955 he became Count of Auvergne and Limoges1. King Lothair extended William’s authority over the w...
In 935, he married Adele, or Adela (also known as Gerloc), daughter of Rollo the Viking1 3 4. By marrying Adele, William married the daughter of the person his father had gone to war with at the Battle of Chartres. They had two children1: 1. William, who became William IV. 2. Adelais
William appointed two Viscounts to help protect his eastern borders. His viscount at Châtellerault protected the frontier towards Touraine in the north2. The viscount at Brosse served as a check on the counts of La Marche2in the East. In 941 or 942, William donated land to Saint-Hilaire-de-Poitiers. Records describe it as the “vicarage of Poitou in...
William III died in Aquitaine, France, on 3 April 963. I don’t know how he died but they buried him in Saint-Cyprien-de-Poitiers1.
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William III of Aquitaine (915 April 3, 963), nicknamed Tête d'Étoupe (Towhead) was William II of Poitou Count of Poitiers and Duke of Aquitaine from 935 to his death. William was son of Ebalus of Aquitaine and Emiliene. He married Gerloc of Normandy (renamed Adele), daughter of Rollo of Normandy.
Oct 18, 2022 · William III (915–3 April 963), called Towhead (French: Tête d'étoupe, Latin: Caput Stupe) from the colour of his hair, was the "Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine" from 959 and Duke of Aquitaine from 962 to his death.
William III (913 – 3 April 963), called Towhead (French: Tête d'étoupe, Latin: Caput Stupe) from the colour of his hair, was the "Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine" from 959 and Duke of Aquitaine from 962 to his death. He was also the Count of Poitou (as William I) from 935 and Count of Auvergne from 950.
