Individual Details

William VIII of Montpellier

( - 1202)

According to Wikipedia:

William VIII of Montpellier (in Occitan: Guilhem VIII; died 1202) was Lord of Montpellier, the son of William VII and Matilda of Burgundy. His maternal grandfather was Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy.

He married Eudokia Komnene, grand-niece of the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos.[1]

They had one daughter:

Marie of Montpellier
Lacking a male heir William separated from Eudokia, sending her to a monastery in Ariane.[2]
He married Agnes of Castille and they had:

William IX of Montpellier[3]
Aymard, d.1199[4]
Bergunyo[3]
Bernat William[3]
Tortoseta[3]
The Pope ruled William's marriage to Agnes as illegitimate and Marie was given the throne.[5]

William VIII was a patron of troubadours. Arnaut de Mareuil came to his court after fleeing from the entourage of Azalais of Toulouse, and at least one of Arnaut's poems is addressed to him.

References
Paul Magdalino, The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143-1180, (Cambridge University Press, 1993), 102.
Nicole M. Schulman, Where Troubadours Were Bishops: The Occitania of Folc of Marseille (1150-1231), (Routledge, 2001), 25 note46.
The Book of Deeds of James I of Aragon, ed. Damian J. Smith and Helena Buffery, (Ashgate Publishing, 2010), 19.
William M. Reddy, The Making of Romantic Love, (University of Chicago Press, 2012), 126.
E. Jenkins (6 August 2012). The Mediterranean World of Alfonso II and Peter II of Aragon (1162-1213). Springer. pp. 113-. ISBN 978-1-137-07826-1.


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According to Wikipedia:

William VIII of Montpellier (in Occitan: Guilhem VIII; died 1202) was Lord of Montpellier, the son of William VII and Matilda of Burgundy. His maternal grandfather was Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy.

He married Eudokia Komnene, grand-niece of the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos.[1]

They had one daughter:

Marie of Montpellier
Lacking a male heir William separated from Eudokia, sending her to a monastery in Ariane.[2]
He married Agnes of Castille and they had:

William IX of Montpellier[3]
Aymard, d.1199[4]
Bergunyo[3]
Bernat William[3]
Tortoseta[3]
The Pope ruled William's marriage to Agnes as illegitimate and Marie was given the throne.[5]

William VIII was a patron of troubadours. Arnaut de Mareuil came to his court after fleeing from the entourage of Azalais of Toulouse, and at least one of Arnaut's poems is addressed to him.

References
Paul Magdalino, The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143-1180, (Cambridge University Press, 1993), 102.
Nicole M. Schulman, Where Troubadours Were Bishops: The Occitania of Folc of Marseille (1150-1231), (Routledge, 2001), 25 note46.
The Book of Deeds of James I of Aragon, ed. Damian J. Smith and Helena Buffery, (Ashgate Publishing, 2010), 19.
William M. Reddy, The Making of Romantic Love, (University of Chicago Press, 2012), 126.
E. Jenkins (6 August 2012). The Mediterranean World of Alfonso II and Peter II of Aragon (1162-1213). Springer. pp. 113-. ISBN 978-1-137-07826-1.

Events

Marriage1180Eudokia Komnene of Byzantium
Death1202

Families

SpouseEudokia Komnene of Byzantium (1160 - 1203)
ChildMaria of Montpellier (1178 - 1213)
SpouseLiving
FatherWilliam VII of Montpellier (1131 - 1172)
MotherMatilda of Burgundy ( - )