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Encyclopedia > William IV of Toulouse

William IV of Toulouse (c. 1040-1094). Count of Toulouse from 1061-1094. Also Marquess of Provence and Duke of Narbonne. He succeeded his father Pons of Toulouse upon his death in 1061. His mother was Almodis de la Marche, but she was kidnapped by and subsequently married to Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona when William was a boy. He was married to Emma of Montain, who gave him one daughter. He also had an illegitimate son, William-Jordan, with his half sister Adelaide. Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... Events May - the siege of Valencia ends Duncan III of Scotland succeeds Duncan II of Scotland as King of Scotland The first mention of the city of Zagreb, Croatia, as it became a bishopric see. ... After the Visigothic Kings of Aquitaine (409 - 508), the Merovingian kings were kings and dukes in Aquitaine and dukes of Toulouse. ... Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here--217. ... Events May - the siege of Valencia ends Duncan III of Scotland succeeds Duncan II of Scotland as King of Scotland The first mention of the city of Zagreb, Croatia, as it became a bishopric see. ... Provence is a former Roman province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Frances border with Italy. ... Cathedral in Narbonne. ... Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here--217. ... Almodis de la Marche (c. ... Ramon Berenguer I el Vell (the Old) was Count of Barcelona in 1035-1076. ... William-Jordan (died 1109) was Count of Cerdagne and nominal count of Tripoli. ...


He went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1088, shortly before the First Crusade, leaving his brother Raymond as regent. He was killed six years later in Spain at the Battle of Huesca. The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to regain control of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Christian Holy Land from Muslims. ... Raymond IV of Toulouse (c. ...


His daughter by Emma of Montain, Philippa, was married to William IX of Aquitaine. It was his intention that she take his lands and title upon his death, but in her absence Raymond usurped the county. William IX of Aquitaine (October 22, 1071 - February 10, 1126, also Guillaume dAquitaine), nicknamed the Troubador was Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitiers as William VII of Poitiers between 1086 and 1126. ... Raymond IV of Toulouse (c. ...


He was the great grandfather of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor of Aquitaine Eleanor of Aquitaine (Bordeaux, France, c. ...

Preceded by:
Pons of Toulouse
Count of Toulouse Succeeded by:
Raymond IV

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He was succeeded by his nephew William, who in 1109, with the aid of Baldwin I, captured the town and definitely established the county of Tripoli.
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William IX the Troubador of Aquitaine, son of William VIII of Aquitaine and Hildegard of Burgundy, was born on 22 Oct 1071 in France and died on 10 Feb 1127 in Poitiers.
Mathilde-Philippa of Toulouse, daughter of William IV of Toulouse and Emma of Mortain, was born in 1068 and died on 28 Nov 1117 in Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou, France.
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