William X, Duke of Aquitaine

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also William VIII, Count of Poitou and a crusader.
• Title(s): 1126

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Title(s):
He became the Comte de Poitou where he was known as William VIII.

Died:
He died while on a pilgrimage to St. Iago de Compostela.

William married Éléonore de Châtellerault in late 1121. Éléonore (daughter of Almeric I, Vicscount of Châtellerault and Dangerose) was born about 1105; died after Mar 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine was born in 1123 in probably Bordeaux, France; died on 31 Mar 1204 in Palace of Poitiers, Poitiers, Poitou, France; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France.

William married Emma de Limoges on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also the Duke of Aquitaine and a crusader.
• Title(s): 1086

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Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth date as 1061.

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Title(s):
He was created the Count of Poitou.

William married Philippa (Mathilde) of Toulouse, Regent of Toulouse in 1094, and was divorced in 1115. Philippa (daughter of William IV of Toulouse, Count of Toulouse and Emma de Mortain) was born about 1073; died on 28 Nov 1117. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was also known as Philippa.

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also William VIII Duke of Aquitaine. He was also called Gui Geoffrey.
• Title(s): 1058; In 1058, he became the Count of Poitou.

William married Hildegarde of Burgundy, Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine in 1068/69. Hildegarde (daughter of Robert III "the Old", Duke of Burgundy, Prince of France and Eleanor of Semur-en-Auxois) was born about 1056; died in 1104. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: She was, and by marriage, Duchess of Gascony and Aquitaine.
• Last Full Review: 19 May 2020

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Birth: Stuart (2002) gives her birth date as about 1033.

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He was a crusader and a poet.

William married Emma de Mortain in 1080. Emma (daughter of Robert de Burgo, Count of Mortain, Earl of Cornwall and Maud de Montgomery) was born about 1058 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: He was also William V, Duke of Aquitaine.
• Religion: say 1025; In later life he became a monk.

William married Agnes of Burgundy, Princess of Lombardy in 1019. Agnes (daughter of Otto William, King of Lombardy and Ermentrude de Roucy, Queen of Lombardy, Countess of Mâcon) was born about 995; died on 10 Nov 1068. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Weis (1982) gives his death date as 1075.

Robert married Eleanor of Semur-en-Auxois about 1033. Eleanor (daughter of Damas, Sire de Semur and Aremburga) was born in 1016; died on 22 Apr 1055. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her name was also spelt Helie de Semur.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): 1037; In 1037 he became the Count of Toulouse.
• Last Full Review: 7 Aug 2020

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Pons married Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges in 1040, and was divorced in 1053. Almodis (daughter of Bernard I, Count de la Haute Marche and Perigord and Amelia, Countess of Aubnay) was born about 1020; died on 16 Oct 1071; was buried in Barcelona Cathedral, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: She was famed for her marriage career, in particularly for her third marriage to Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, with whom she committed double bigamy, for which the Pope had them excommunicated. William of Malmesbury reflected that she was, "sad, [of] unbridled lewdness". Her name was also spelt Arlette or Almode.
• Religion: 1054; In 1054 Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056.
• Travel: 1066/67, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France; In 1066/67 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding.
• Last Full Review: 7 Aug 2020

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Died:
Peter Raymundi resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons, his consanguinous nephews, both who had claims through their father, Count La Marche. He murdered her.

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Divorced:
Pons repudiated her owing to her bigamy.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1066

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Birth: Stuart (2002) gives his birth as after 1040

Military:
He was a companion of William the Conqueror, his half-brother, at the Battle of Hastings.

Robert married Maud de Montgomery before 1066. Maud (daughter of Roger II de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Talvas de Alençon, Dame d'Alencon and Sees) died about 1085; was buried in Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]