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Persoonlijke gegevens Duke William III of Aquitaine 

• Hij is geboren rond 3 april 915 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.
• Beroep: Comte de Poitou (934-962), Comte d'Auvergne et de Limoges (955-962), Duc d'Aquitaine (962), DEscent also through his son, William IV, Duke of Aquitaine. Died 990., Count of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine, (dit souvant à tort, Duc d'Aquitaine, Greve Av poitier.
• Hij is overleden op 3 april 963 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. Hij was ongeveer 48 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Ebalus of Aquitaine en Emilienne Aremburgis

Gezin van Duke William III of Aquitaine

Hij is getrouwd met Geirlaug (Adela) of Normandy.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 935 te Aquitaine, France.

Echtgeno(o)t(e): Geirlaug (Gerloc) Hrólfsdóttir (geboren Normandy), of Normandy

Kind(eren):

1. William IV of Aquitaine  937-994 
2. Adelais of Poitiers  > 950-1004 

Notities over Duke William III of Aquitaine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III,_Duke_of_Aquitaine

 

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. 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 William of Jumièges.

William was son of Ebalus Manzer and Emilienne. He was born in Poitiers. He claimed the Duchy of Aquitaine from his father's death, but the royal chancery did not recognise his ducal title until the year before his own death.

Shortly after the death of King Rudolph in 936, he was constrained to forfeit some land to Hugh the Great by Louis IV. He did it with grace, but his relationship with Hugh thenceforward deteriorated. In 950, Hugh was reconciled with Louis and granted the duchies of Burgundy and Aquitaine. He tried to conquer Aquitaine with Louis's assistance, but William defeated them. Lothair, Louis's successor, feared the power of William. In August 955 he joined Hugh to besiege Poitiers, which resisted successfully. William, however, gave battle and was routed.

After the death of Hugh, his son Hugh Capet was named duke of Aquitaine, but he never tried to take up his fief, as William reconciled with Lothair.

He was given the abbey of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, which remained in his house after his death. He also built a library in the palace of Poitiers.

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