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William III, Duke of Aquitaine. 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.
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.
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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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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The title of duke of Aquitaine, which had already been used by various little-known persons in the 7th century, was assumed at the end of the 9th century by William I (the Pious), count of Auvergne and the founder of the abbey of Cluny.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
William III of Aquitaine (c. 915 – April 3, 963) became the Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers in 935. He was the son of Ebalus of Aquitaine . William's nickname was Towhead . William was married to Adela of Normandy.
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William III, born in 913 and known as Towhead for his hair color, served as the Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine from 959 and as Duke of Aquitaine from 962 until his death. He also held the titles of Count of Poitou from 935 and Count of Auvergne from 950.
