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William X (Occitan: Guillém X; c. 1099 – 9 April 1137), called the Saint, was Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, and Count of Poitou (as William VIII) from 1126 to 1137. Early life [ edit ]
William IX (Occitan: Guilhèm de Peitieus or Guilhem de Poitou, French: Guillaume de Poitiers; 22 October 1071 – 10 February 1126), called the Troubadour, was the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou (as William VII) between 1086 and his death. He was also one of the leaders of the Crusade of 1101.
William X the Saint (1127–1137), son of William IX, also Count of Poitiers and Duke of Gascony. Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137–1204), daughter of William X, also Countess of Poitiers and Duchess of Gascony, married the kings of France and England in succession. Louis the Younger (1137–1152), also King of France, duke in right of his wife.
Aénor of Châtellerault (also known as Aénor de Rochefoucauld; c. 1103 – March 1130) was Duchess of Aquitaine as the wife of Duke William X and the mother of the powerful Eleanor of Aquitaine. Aénor was a daughter of Aimery I, Viscount of Châtellerault, and his wife, Dangereuse of L'Île-Bouchard (d. 1151). Most likely named after her ...
William the Great (French: Guillaume le Grand; 969 – 31 January 1030) was duke of Aquitaine (as William V) and count of Poitou (as William II or III) from 990 until his death. [1] Upon the death of the emperor Henry II , he was offered the kingdom of Italy but declined to contest the title against Conrad II .
William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 1127), who succeeded to the dukedom in 1087, gained fame as a crusader and a troubadour. His granddaughter, Eleanor of Aquitaine, succeeded to the duchy at the age of 15 as the eldest daughter and heir of William X (d. 1137), as his son did not live past childhood.
William (17 August 1153 – 1156) was the first son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. [2] He was born in Normandy on the same day that his father's rival, Eustace IV of Boulogne , died.
William X, Duke of Aquitaine 1122 18 May 1152 6 July 1189 husband's death: 1 April 1204 Henry I: Margaret of France: Louis VII of France November 1157 2 November 1160 June 1170 husband's accession: 11 June 1183 husband's death: August/September 1197 Henry II: Berengaria of Navarre: Sancho VI of Navarre between 1165 and 1170 12 May 1191