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With Gerloc, William had at least one child whose filiation is clearly attested: William, his successor in Aquitaine. [3] . He abdicated to the abbey of Saint-Cyprien in Poitiers and left the government to his son. Adelaide, who married Hugh Capet [a] See also. Dukes of Aquitaine family tree. Notes.
- Emilienne
- Ebalus, Duke of Aquitaine
- 959 - 3 April 963
- William IV, Duke of Aquitaine
Spouse and Children. William III Duke of Aquitaine. 0915–0963 • Male. Gerloc-Adèle de Normandie duchesse d'Aquitaine. 0912–0962 • Female. Marriage. 0935. Children (2) Adelaide d'Aquitaine Reine des Francs. 0945–1006 • Female. Guillaume IV, duc d'Aquitaine.
Jun 29, 2010 · Duke Guillaume V (III) "The Grand" of Aquitaine - was born in 0975, lived in Poitiers, Aquitaine, France and died on 31 Jan 1030 in France . He was the son of Guillaume IV Aquitaine and Countess Emma of Champagne. Duke Guillaume married Countess Agnaes de Bourgogne before Mar 1018.
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William was son of Ebalus of Aquitaine and Emiliene. He married Gerloc of Normandy (renamed Adele), daughter of Rollo of Normandy. They had at least two children: Adelaide, who married King Hugh I of France (Hugh Capet) and William, the heir.
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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.
He is my 27 x great-grandfather. 1. Medieval Lands; Charles Crawley; “Aquitaine, Dukes”[↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩] 2. Castellans of the Plain of Poitou in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries; Sidney Painter; Speculum Vol 31, No 2; 1956-04; USA[↩][↩][↩] 3. History of Normandy and England, The; Volume I; Sir Francis Palgrave; 1851-01[↩] 4. Ro...
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. The primary sources for his reign are Ademar of Chabannes, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and ...
Children: William IV, Duke of Aquitaine; Adelaide of Aquitaine. Marriages: Spouse: Gerloc (also known as Adèle) Parents: Father: Ebalus, Duke of Aquitaine; Mother: Emilienne
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