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William VIII
(Ca 1025 - 25 Sep 1086)
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Guillaume VIII, Duc d'Aquitaine1
M, #113315, b. circa 1026, d. 24 May 1086
Last Edited=13 Jul 2005
Guillaume VIII, Duc d'Aquitaine was born circa 1026. He was the son of Guillaume V, Duc d'Aquitaine and Agnes de Bourgogne. He married Hildegarde de Bourgogne, daughter of Robert I de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne and Ermengarde d'Anjou, circa 1068. He died on 24 May 1086.
Guillaume VIII, Duc d'Aquitaine also went by the nick-name of Guillaume 'le Gros' (or in English, 'the Fat').2 He was a member of the House of Poitiers.2 He succeeded to the title of Duc d'Aquitaine in 1058.1
Child of Guillaume VIII, Duc d'Aquitaine
Agnes d'Aquitaine+1 b. 1052
Child of Guillaume VIII, Duc d'Aquitaine and Hildegarde de Bourgogne
Guillaume IX, Duc d'Aquitaine+ b. 22 Oct 1071, d. bt 10 Feb 1126 - 1127
Citations
[S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 45. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 81. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
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William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
Spouse(s) Garsende of Périgord
Matilda
Hildegarde of Burgundy
Noble family House of Poitiers
Father William V of Aquitaine
Mother Agnes of Burgundy
Born c. 1025
Died 25 September 1086
Chizé
William VIII (c. 1025 – 25 September 1086), born Guy-Geoffrey (Gui-Geoffroi), was duke of Gascony (1052–1086), and then duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitiers (as William VI) between 1058 and 1086, succeeding his brother William VII (Pierre-Guillaume).
Guy-Geoffroy was the youngest son of William V of Aquitaine by his third wife Agnes of Burgundy. He was the brother-in-law of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor who had married his sister, Agnes de Poitou.
He became Duke of Gascony in 1052 during his older brother William VII's rule. Gascony had come to Aquitanian rule through William V's marriage to Prisca (a.k.a. Brisce) of Gascony, the sister of Duke Sans VI Guilhem of Gascony.
William VIII was one of the leaders of the allied army called to help Ramiro I of Aragon in the Siege of Barbastro (1064). This expedition was the first campaign organized by the papacy, namely Pope Alexander II, against a Muslim city, and the precursor of the later Crusades movement. Aragon and its allies conquered the city, killed its inhabitants and collected an important booty.
However, Aragon lost the city again in the following years. During William VIII's rule, the alliance with the southern kingdoms of modern Spain was a political priority as shown by the marriage of all his daughters to Iberian kings.
He married three times and had at least five children. After he divorced his second wife due to infertility, he remarried to a much younger woman who was also his cousin. This marriage produced a son, but William VIII had to visit Rome in the early 1070s to persuade the pope to recognize his children from his third marriage as legitimate.
First wife: Garsende of Périgord, daughter of Count Aldabert II of Périgord (divorced November 1058), no children. She became a nun at Saintes.
Second wife: Matoeda (divorced May 1068)
Agnes (1052–1078), married Alfonso VI of Castile
Third wife: Hildegarde of Burgundy (daughter of duke Robert I of Burgundy)
Agnes (died 1097), married Peter I of Aragon
William IX of Aquitaine, his heir
Sources
Owen, D. D. R. Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen and Legend.
Nouvelle Biographie Générale. Paris, 1859.
Guillaume VIII, Duc d'Aquitaine1
M, #113315, b. circa 1026, d. 24 May 1086
Last Edited=13 Jul 2005
Guillaume VIII, Duc d'Aquitaine was born circa 1026. He was the son of Guillaume V, Duc d'Aquitaine and Agnes de Bourgogne. He married Hildegarde de Bourgogne, daughter of Robert I de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne and Ermengarde d'Anjou, circa 1068. He died on 24 May 1086.
Guillaume VIII, Duc d'Aquitaine also went by the nick-name of Guillaume 'le Gros' (or in English, 'the Fat').2 He was a member of the House of Poitiers.2 He succeeded to the title of Duc d'Aquitaine in 1058.1
Child of Guillaume VIII, Duc d'Aquitaine
Agnes d'Aquitaine+1 b. 1052
Child of Guillaume VIII, Duc d'Aquitaine and Hildegarde de Bourgogne
Guillaume IX, Duc d'Aquitaine+ b. 22 Oct 1071, d. bt 10 Feb 1126 - 1127
Citations
[S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 45. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 81. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
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William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
Spouse(s) Garsende of Périgord
Matilda
Hildegarde of Burgundy
Noble family House of Poitiers
Father William V of Aquitaine
Mother Agnes of Burgundy
Born c. 1025
Died 25 September 1086
Chizé
William VIII (c. 1025 – 25 September 1086), born Guy-Geoffrey (Gui-Geoffroi), was duke of Gascony (1052–1086), and then duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitiers (as William VI) between 1058 and 1086, succeeding his brother William VII (Pierre-Guillaume).
Guy-Geoffroy was the youngest son of William V of Aquitaine by his third wife Agnes of Burgundy. He was the brother-in-law of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor who had married his sister, Agnes de Poitou.
He became Duke of Gascony in 1052 during his older brother William VII's rule. Gascony had come to Aquitanian rule through William V's marriage to Prisca (a.k.a. Brisce) of Gascony, the sister of Duke Sans VI Guilhem of Gascony.
William VIII was one of the leaders of the allied army called to help Ramiro I of Aragon in the Siege of Barbastro (1064). This expedition was the first campaign organized by the papacy, namely Pope Alexander II, against a Muslim city, and the precursor of the later Crusades movement. Aragon and its allies conquered the city, killed its inhabitants and collected an important booty.
However, Aragon lost the city again in the following years. During William VIII's rule, the alliance with the southern kingdoms of modern Spain was a political priority as shown by the marriage of all his daughters to Iberian kings.
He married three times and had at least five children. After he divorced his second wife due to infertility, he remarried to a much younger woman who was also his cousin. This marriage produced a son, but William VIII had to visit Rome in the early 1070s to persuade the pope to recognize his children from his third marriage as legitimate.
First wife: Garsende of Périgord, daughter of Count Aldabert II of Périgord (divorced November 1058), no children. She became a nun at Saintes.
Second wife: Matoeda (divorced May 1068)
Agnes (1052–1078), married Alfonso VI of Castile
Third wife: Hildegarde of Burgundy (daughter of duke Robert I of Burgundy)
Agnes (died 1097), married Peter I of Aragon
William IX of Aquitaine, his heir
Sources
Owen, D. D. R. Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen and Legend.
Nouvelle Biographie Générale. Paris, 1859.
Events
| Birth | Ca 1025 | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | 1052 - 1086 | Duke of Gascony | |||
| Title (Nobility) | 1052 | Duke of Aquitaine | |||
| Death | 25 Sep 1086 | ||||
| Alt name | Gui-Geoffroi | ||||
| Alt name | Guillaume VIII | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | Count of Poitiers |
Families
| Spouse | Hildegarde of Burgundy (1056 - 1104) |
| Child | William IX (1071 - 1127) |
| Child | Agnes d'Aquitaine (1052 - ) |
| Father | William V "William the Great" (969 - 1030) |
| Mother | Agnes of Burgundy ( - 1068) |