William V the Great of Aquitaine 1 2 3
- Born: Cir 969
- Marriage (1): Agnes of Gévaudan circa 997
- Marriage (2): Prisca of Gascony in 1011
- Marriage (3): Agnes of Burgundy in 1018-1019
- Died: 31 Jan 1030, Abbey of St Cyprian aged 61
General Notes:
William V of Aquitaine (969 - January 30, 1030), nicknamed le Grand (the Great), was Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers as William II of Poitiers.
William was the son of William IV of Aquitaine by his wife Emma of Blois. He seems to have taken after his formidable mother, who ruled Aquitaine until 1004. He was a friend to Fulbert of Chartres and founded a cathedral school at Poitiers. He himself was very well educated, a collector of books, and turned the prosperous court of Aquitaine into the learning center of Southern France.
He had three marriages.
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Vilhelm "den Store" var greve av Poitou som Vilhelm III og hertug av Aquitania som Vilhelm V fra 990 til 1029.
Etter at hans fiende, Robert den Fromme som var konge av Frankrike, døde, giftet han seg i 1006 med hans enke og oppnådde herredømme over La Marche og Perigord. Han beskyttet kunst og literatur.
Vilhelm var gift
1. gang i 1006 med Almodis av La Marche,
2. gang ca. 1011 med Brisca av Gasgogne.
I 1029 trakk han seg tilbake, som også hans to forgjengere hadde gjort, og endte sin dager i klosteret Moillezais.
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Some sources say he resigned the Dukedom for his son in 1021, but this is not indicated in Stammtafeln. Some sources also say he died in 1025, but Stammtafeln indicates 1030.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: Duke of Aquitaine, 993.
William married Agnes of Gévaudan circa 997. (Agnes of Gévaudan died after 1005.)
William next married Prisca of Gascony in 1011. (Prisca of Gascony died circa 1018.)
Marriage Notes:
The children of William V and Prisca were:
- Eudes of Aquitaine;
- Adalais of Aquitaine, married Count Guiraut I Trancaleon of Armagnac;
- Thibault, died young.
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William next married Agnes of Burgundy, daughter of Othon-Guillaume de Macon and Ermentrude de Roucy, in 1018-1019. (Agnes of Burgundy was born circa 995 and died on 9 Nov 1068.)
Marriage Notes:
His children with Agnes of Burgundy, daughter of Otto-William, Duke of Burgundy:
- Pierre-Guillaume (William VII);
- Guy-Geoffroy (William VIII);
- Agnes de Poitou, married Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor.
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