 William of "IX Duke of Aquitaine; aka 'the Troubador', William" Aquitaine, Count of Poitou, son of William of Aquitaine and Aldegarde Hildegarde of Burgundy.Born Oct 22, 1071 at Aquitaine, France, died Feb 10, 1126/27 at Jerusalem, Palestine, approximately 54 years, buried at Abbey of Montierneuf, France. Occupation: at IX-of-Aquitaine; Name: William IX or VII of AQUITAINE Duke of Aquitaine Surname: Aquitaine Given Name: William IX or VII of NSFX: Duke of Aquitaine Sex: M Birth: 22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine,France Death: 10 Feb 1126 Burial: Abbey of Montierneuf,France Reference Number: 1188 _UID: 03269B413343E2459D0330150BF375B8B2E4 Note: !An ardent lover of women, he indulged his appetites with a lusty, pagan delight. He was also intelligent, sensitive, and possessed a genius for writing poetry. In 1088, when William was 16, he married the dau. of his northern neighbor, Fulk, Count of Anjou. Her name was Ermengarde. [Eleanor of Aquitaine, p. 7] FOSTER LINE !M.2. Philippa of Toulouse, widow of King Sancho Ramirez of Aragon. Mortgaged her inheritance to support his Crusade in 1101. His expedition turned out to be anything but romantic. On Sep 5, 1101, near the town of Heraclea in Asia Minor, the Turks swept down and annihilated his entire army. William, standing on a nearby hill and weeping bitterly, watched his forces slaughtered before he fled with a few survivors, leaving behind corpses and rusting armor. At home again after his 18-month adventure, William began writing what became know as the first troubadour poetry -- love poems. His poetry sings the praises of women, but include no Virgin Marys. His view of women is wholly and undisguisedly carnal, the outcome of the lover's quest physical rather than platonic. [Eleanor of Aquitaine, p. 13] !In 1115 William brought the beautiful Viscountess Dangereuse, wife of Viscount Aimery of Chatellerault, to share his new keep in Poitou known as Maubergeonne Tower. They practiced no discretion, therefore when Philippa returned from Toulouse (where she was once again in control), her patience was sorely tried. By 1116, Philippa could stand no more of the ridiculous and demeaning position she was in and therefore retired to the Abbey of Fontevrault. William did nothing to stop her. [Eleanor, pp. 15-16] !In 1122 he lost Toulouse for the final time to 22-year-old Alphonse-Jourdain, youngest son of the Crusader Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Philippa's uncle. This time he was too weary to further pursue hie dead wife's bothersome inheritance. As the year 1126 began, William's vitality began to ebb, and after an illness, he died on Feb 10. [Eleanor of Aquitaine, p. 21] Duke of Aquitaine 1086-1126; m. Philippa of Toulouse and was a noted troubadour with very much a southern outlook. [Plantagenet Chronicles, p. 45] William VII, Count of Poitou & Duke of Aquitaine; b.c. 22 Oct 1071, son of Gui Geoffrey William VI, Count of Poitou, and Hildegarde of Burgundy; m.2 1094, Philippa/Matilda, regent of Toulouse; father of William VIII the Pious, Count of Poitou/Duke of Aquitaine. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 2901] 1 2 3 Change Date: 19 Mar 2003 at 17:13:03 Father: William VIII, Duke of AQUITAINE Count of Poitou b: ABT 1024/1026 in of Aquitaine, France Mother: Aldeardis Hildegarde Aldegarde BURGUNDY Princess France b: ABT 1037/1045 in of Burgundy,,Bourgogne,France Marriage 1 Ermengarde de ANJOU b: 1072 in of Anjou,France Divorced: Y Married: 1088 in ,,,France Marriage 2 Philippa Matilda Maud TOULOUSE Countess b: ABT 1073/1074 in of Toulouse,Gascony,France Divorced: Y Married: 1094 Children William X of Guienne William VIII AQUITAINE Duke b: 1099 in Toulouse,Gascony,France Agnes, Abbess of AQUITAINE b: ABT 1097/1101 in Aquitaine,France Raymond OF AQUITAINE Lord of Antioch b: ABT 1114 in Toulouse,Gascony,Aquitaine Sources: Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Eleanor of Aquitaine Author: Meade, Marion Publication: Penguin Books, New York, 1997 Page: p. 7-21 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: The Plantagenet Chronicles Author: Hallam, Elizabeth Publication: Weidenfield & Nicolson, New York, 1986 Page: p. 45 Repository: Name: Denver Public Library Title: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors Author: Mitchell, James T. Publication: 1991 Page: Chart 2901 From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com Married 1089 (57 or 58 years married) to:  Ermengarde of Anjou, daughter of Fulk IV of "Foulques Rechin" Anjou, Count of Anjou and Hildegard of Beaugency.Born ± ABT. 1072 at Anjou/Pays-de-la-Loire, France, died Jun 1, 1147, approximately 75 years, 1st marriage to: William of "IX Duke of Aquitaine; aka 'the Troubador', William" Aquitaine, Count of Poitou, 2nd marriage to: Alan "'le Roux Rufus'" Fergant, Duke of Brittany Name: Ermengarde de ANJOU Surname: Anjou Given Name: Ermengarde de Sex: F Birth: 1072 in of Anjou,France Death: 1 Jun 1147 Reference Number: 1285 _UID: F9987FFCC52DD24C8EED10BFB6104B39B01E Note: !Dau. of Fulk, count of Anjou; m. William IX of Aquitaine. Ermengard had wide mood swings between vivacity and sullenness; it's probable that William's great weakness for chasing women contributed to her fits of bad temper. She also had a tendency to nag, and after their worst quarrels she would retire to a cloister and sever all communication with the outside world, especially her husband. After a period of solitary retreat, she would suddenly reappear at court, magnificently dressed and smothered in jewels, behaving with a merriment that enchanted the courtiers and belied the fact that she had ever shown a sulky face. Since she had failed to concieve, William sent her back to Anjou and divorced her in 1091. In 1092 she married the duke of Brittany. [Eleanor of Aquitaine, pp. 7-8] MANIC DEPRESSIVE??? NEWLIN LINE !In 1119 after the death of her friend and fellow ex-wife of William IX of Aquitaine, she took it upon herself to avenge her unhappy friend. After 28 years of separation, it is highly unlikely that Ermengarde actually wished to resume living with William, but nevertheless she started a campaign that she did. More than likely it was to harrass William and Viscountess Chatellerault. In October 1119 she made an unannounced appearance before Pope Calixtus II at Reims, petitioning the pope to personally excommunicate William and oust Dangereuse so that she, Ermengarde, might resume her rightful place. Although the pope declined to accommodate her, the reappearance of this alarming specter must have made William nervous, and at that juncture Moorish Spain must have seemed an infinitely more desirable place than Aquitaine, thus he joined King Alfonso I of Aragon in a Crusade against the Almoravide Moors. [Eleanor of Aquitaine, p. 20] Dau. of Fulk Rechin and a dau. of Lancelin of Beaugency; became the countess of Brittany; led the life of a nun after her husband died at Jerusalem. [Chronicles of the Plantagenets, p. 36] Dau. of Fulk IV, Count of Anjou, and Hildegarde de Baugency; d. 1 Jun 1147; m. 2 Alan IV "Fergent", Duke of Brittany; mother of Hawise Fergent. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 2998] After Alain IV Fergant returned from the Crusades, marital relations ceased between the two. Ermengard had fallen under the influence of Robert of Arbrissel. She later became a nun at Fontevrault in 1112 when Alain became a monk at Redon. [Urania 1 2 3 Change Date: 19 Mar 2003 at 17:13:03 Father: Fulk IV Rechin the Rude ANJOU Count of Anjou b: 1043 in of Anjou,France Mother: Hildegarde of Beaugency LANCELOTE b: ABT 1045/1050 in Beaugency,France Marriage 1 William IX or VII of AQUITAINE Duke of Aquitaine b: 22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine,France Divorced: Y Married: 1088 in ,,,France Marriage 2 Alan IV le Roux Rufus FERGANT Duc de Bretagne b: ABT 1045 in of Brittany,France Married: 1092/1093 Children Conan III le Gros CRAFNY Duke Bretagne b: 1095 in Brittany Hawise de BRETEGNE b: 1110 in Bretagne,Indre,France Sources: Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Eleanor of Aquitaine Author: Meade, Marion Publication: Penguin Books, New York, 1997 Page: p. 7-8, 20 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Chronicle of the Royal Family Author: Mercer, Derrik, ed. Publication: Jacques Legrand, London, 1991 Page: p. 36 Repository: Name: Denver Public Library Title: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors Author: Mitchell, James T. Publication: 1991 Page: Chart 2998 From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com | |||
| 2nd marriage William of "IX Duke of Aquitaine; aka 'the Troubador', William" Aquitaine, Count of Poitou, son of William of Aquitaine and Aldegarde Hildegarde of Burgundy.Married 1094 at France; 2nd wife; divorced 1115/6 (23 or 24 years married) to: Phillippa Matilda Maud "Philippa Matilda Maud of Toulouse" Toulouse, Countess of Toulouse, daughter of William of Toulouse, Count of Toulouse and Emma of Mortaigne.Born between 1073 BET., - and at Toulouse, Gascony, France; 3, died Nov 28, 1118 at Fontevrault Abbey, Poitou, France; 3 ID: I21781 Name: Philippa Matilda Maud TOULOUSE Countess Surname: Toulouse Given Name: Philippa Matilda Maud NSFX: Countess Sex: F Birth: ABT 1073/1074 in of Toulouse,Gascony,France Death: 28 Nov 1118 in Fontevrault Abbey,Poitou,France Reference Number: 1189 _UID: 9D78889C0566AC429131856B0D1421D05672 Note: !Dau. of Count William IV of Toulouse; m.1. King Sancho Ramirez of Aragon; m.2. William IX of Aquitaine. Serious-minded, politically astute, she was not only a formidable woman but a great heiress who as 20-year-old widow of King Sancho had many suitors. Infuriated by the seizure of her patrimony by her uncle, she determined to remarry as quickly as possible with the object of allying herself to a man who would help her regain her inheritance. William was a handsome man who knew how to woo a woman and who could offer a position worthy of her station in life. [Eleanor of Aquitaine, p. 8-9] FOSTER LINE !Despite her disenchantment with William and his failure to permanently restore Toulouse to her, she fulfilled her medieval role of womanhood by producing 5 daughters and 2 sons for him. For years she overlooked her husband's philandering, but the longer it went on, the more religious she became. Finally, near their castle of Niort, William erected what he called an abbey of prostitutes to house his amours. Philippa was a staunch supporter of Robert d'Arbrissel who established the abbey at Fontevrault which housed both monks and nuns, but under the authority of an abbess because he felt women were better administrators. [Eleanor of Aquitaine, p. 14] !Ironically, when she retired to the Abbey of Fontevrault, one of the other inhabitants was Ermengarde, William's first wife. They became close friends. [Eleanor, p. 16] Regent of Toulouse; dau. of William IV, Count of Toulouse and Emma of Mortain; m.2 William VII, Count of Poitou; mother of William VIII, div. 1115/16; d. 1117. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 2901] 1 2 3 Change Date: 19 Mar 2003 at 17:13:03 Father: William IV of TOULOUSE Count Toulouse b: ABT 1040 in Huesca Mother: Emma de MORTAIGNE b: ABT 1058 in Mortaigne,S-Mnch,France,France Marriage 1 Sancho I RAMIREZ King of the Pamplonese & Aragonese b: 1045 in of Aragon and Navarre,Spain Married: 1086 Marriage 2 William IX or VII of AQUITAINE Duke of Aquitaine b: 22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine,France Divorced: Y Married: 1094 Children William X of Guienne William VIII AQUITAINE Duke b: 1099 in Toulouse,Gascony,France Agnes, Abbess of AQUITAINE b: ABT 1097/1101 in Aquitaine,France Raymond OF AQUITAINE Lord of Antioch b: ABT 1114 in Toulouse,Gascony,Aquitaine Sources: Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Eleanor of Aquitaine Author: Meade, Marion Publication: Penguin Books, New York, 1997 Page: p. 8-9, 14, 16 Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa Author: Moriarity, George Andrew Publication: Morman Pioneer Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, 1985 Page: pp. 441-45 Repository: Name: Denver Public Library Title: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors Author: Mitchell, James T. Publication: 1991 Page: Chart 2901 From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.comName: Philippa Matilda Maud TOULOUSE Countess Surname: Toulouse Given Name: Philippa Matilda Maud NSFX: Countess Sex: F Birth: ABT 1073/1074 in of Toulouse,Gascony,France Death: 28 Nov 1118 in Fontevrault Abbey,Poitou,France Reference Number: 1189 _UID: 9D78889C0566AC429131856B0D1421D05672 Note: !Dau. of Count William IV of Toulouse; m.1. King Sancho Ramirez of Aragon; m.2. William IX of Aquitaine. Serious-minded, politically astute, she was not only a formidable woman but a great heiress who as 20-year-old widow of King Sancho had many suitors. Infuriated by the seizure of her patrimony by her uncle, she determined to remarry as quickly as possible with the object of allying herself to a man who would help her regain her inheritance. William was a handsome man who knew how to woo a woman and who could offer a position worthy of her station in life. [Eleanor of Aquitaine, p. 8-9] FOSTER LINE !Despite her disenchantment with William and his failure to permanently restore Toulouse to her, she fulfilled her medieval role of womanhood by producing 5 daughters and 2 sons for him. For years she overlooked her husband's philandering, but the longer it went on, the more religious she became. Finally, near their castle of Niort, William erected what he called an abbey of prostitutes to house his amours. Philippa was a staunch supporter of Robert d'Arbrissel who established the abbey at Fontevrault which housed both monks and nuns, but under the authority of an abbess because he felt women were better administrators. [Eleanor of Aquitaine, p. 14] !Ironically, when she retired to the Abbey of Fontevrault, one of the other inhabitants was Ermengarde, William's first wife. They became close friends. [Eleanor, p. 16] Regent of Toulouse; dau. of William IV, Count of Toulouse and Emma of Mortain; m.2 William VII, Count of Poitou; mother of William VIII, div. 1115/16; d. 1117. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 2901] 1 2 3 Change Date: 19 Mar 2003 at 17:13:03 Father: William IV of TOULOUSE Count Toulouse b: ABT 1040 in Huesca Mother: Emma de MORTAIGNE b: ABT 1058 in Mortaigne,S-Mnch,France,France Marriage 1 Sancho I RAMIREZ King of the Pamplonese & Aragonese b: 1045 in of Aragon and Navarre,Spain Married: 1086 Marriage 2 William IX or VII of AQUITAINE Duke of Aquitaine b: 22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine,France Divorced: Y Married: 1094 Children William X of Guienne William VIII AQUITAINE Duke b: 1099 in Toulouse,Gascony,France Agnes, Abbess of AQUITAINE b: ABT 1097/1101 in Aquitaine,France Raymond OF AQUITAINE Lord of Antioch b: ABT 1114 in Toulouse,Gascony,Aquitaine Sources: Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Eleanor of Aquitaine Author: Meade, Marion Publication: Penguin Books, New York, 1997 Page: p. 8-9, 14, 16 Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa Author: Moriarity, George Andrew Publication: Morman Pioneer Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, 1985 Page: pp. 441-45 Repository: Name: Denver Public Library Title: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors Author: Mitchell, James T. Publication: 1991 Page: Chart 2901 From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com Children: 1. Agnes of Aquitaine, Abbess of AquitaineBorn between 1097 BET., - and at Aquitaine, France, died Aug 10, 1157 Name: Agnes, Abbess of AQUITAINE Surname: Aquitaine Given Name: Agnes, Abbess of Sex: F Birth: ABT 1097/1101 in Aquitaine,France Death: 10 Aug 1157 Reference Number: Foster _UID: AD779D5B152F9544A4F2B0AED978B78BC03E Note: !Eleanor of Aquitaine's aunt who was an abbess. [Eleanor of Aquitaine, p. 54] FOSTER, NEWLIN LINE b.c. 1097 [Mayflower PAF] Dau. of Wm. VII, Count Poitou/Duke Aguitaine, and Philippa/Matilda of Toulouse; m.1 Sauri de Thouare; m.2 Ramiro II, king of Aragon; mother of Petronella. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 2903] Dau. of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Maud of Toulouse; m. Aimery V de Thouars and was mother of Geoffrey; m. Ramiro II, king of Aragon, and was mother of Petronilla. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD1, CD00 Author: Automated Archives, Inc. Publication: Genealogical Research System, 1994 From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com 2. William of "Duke of Aquitaine" Guienne, of Aquitaine, Count of PoitouBorn 1099 at Aquitaine, France, died Apr 9, 1137 at Galatia, Asia Minor, 37 or 38 years, buried at Compostela Cathedral, Santiago, Spain. Occupation: at (X-of-Aquitaine); Name: William X of Guienne William VIII AQUITAINE Duke Surname: Aquitaine Given Name: William X of Guienne William VIII NSFX: Duke Sex: M Birth: 1099 in Toulouse,Gascony,France Death: 9 Apr 1137 in Spain Burial: Compostela Cathedral,Santiago,Spain Reference Number: 594 _UID: 315193C58E9F6742885467F4403A1865DEAC Note: FOSTER LINE !8th Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine. [Desc. of Charlemagne] !From their palaces in Poitiers and Bordeaux, the dukes of Aquitaine ruled a domain "abounding in riches of many kinds, excels other parts of the western world in such wise that it is reckoned by historians as one of the happiest and most fertile among the provinces of Gaul." The duchy enclosed Poitou and Gascony and spread over 1/4 of present day France. [Eleanor of Aquitaine, pp. 3-6] !Ate tainted fish while on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint James at Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He died some 24 hours later and was buried at the foot of the high altar, by the side of the Galilean fisherman whom Christ turned into a fisher of men. [Eleanor, p. 32] William VIII the Pious, Count of Poitou/Duke of Aquitaine; b. 1099, son of William VII, Count of Poitou/Duke of Aquitaine, and Philippa/Matilda, Regent of Toulouse; m. by 1121, Eleanor de Chatellerault; father of Eleanor of Aquitaine; d. 9 Apr 1137 in Spain while on a pilgrimage to St. Sago de Compostella. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 2901] Father of Eleanor of Aquitaine. [WFT Vol 2 Ped 976] 1 2 3 4 5 Change Date: 19 Mar 2003 at 17:13:00 Father: William IX or VII of AQUITAINE Duke of Aquitaine b: 22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine,France Mother: Philippa Matilda Maud TOULOUSE Countess b: ABT 1073/1074 in of Toulouse,Gascony,France Marriage 1 Aenor de CHATELLERAULT Duchess b: ABT 1103/1108 in Chatellerault,Aquitaine,Poitou,France Married: 1121 Children Eleanor of AQUITAINE Duchess of Aquitaine b: 1121/1122 in Belin Castle,, Guinne, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France Aelith Petronilla of Aquitaine b: ABT 1124 in ,,Aquitaine,France William of Aquitaine AIGRET b: ABT 1126 in ,,Aquitaine,France Marriage 2 Emma of Limoges b: ABT 1110 in of Limoges,,,France Married: AFT 1130 in ,,,France Children William b: 1110/1130 in ,,,France Joscelin b: 1110/1130 in ,,,France Sources: Title: Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania Author: Jordan, John W. Page: p. 537 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III Author: Buck, J. Orton; Beard, Timothy Field Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1988 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Eleanor of Aquitaine Author: Meade, Marion Publication: Penguin Books, New York, 1997 Page: p. 3-6, 32 Repository: Name: Denver Public Library Title: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors Author: Mitchell, James T. Publication: 1991 Page: Chart 2901 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: World Family Tree Volume 2, pre-1600 to present Author: Family Tree Maker Publication: Broderbund Software, Inc., 1995 Page: Ped 976 From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com | |||