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William of Poitiers (Latin: Guillelmus Pictaviensis, French: Guillaume de Poitiers; c. 1020 – 1090) was a Norman priest who served as the chaplain of Duke William II of Normandy (William the Conqueror), [1] for whom he chronicled the Norman conquest of England in his Gesta Willelmi ducis Normannorum et regis Anglorum ("The Deeds of William, Duke of the Normans and King of the English"). [2]
Gesta Guillelmi II Ducis Normannorum ("The Deeds of William II, Duke of the Normans"), by William of Poitiers, written between 1071 and 1077. The author was born in about 1020 in Les Préaux , near Pont-Audemer , and belonged to an influential Norman family.
Hesilia was the second cousin of William the Conqueror and possibly the widow of Balderic Teutonicus (Balderic de Courcy; Balderic de Bacqueville). William and Hesilia had two sons and at least one daughter: [5] [6] Robert Malet (c. 1050 – by 1130) Gilbert Malet, founder of the Malets of Shepton Mallet in Somerset. Beatrice, wife of William ...
Before 1067 these are chiefly derived from two extant sources: William of Jumieges' Gesta Normannorum Ducum and William of Poitiers' Gesta Guillelmi. For the years 1067–1071 Orderic follows the lost portion of the Gesta Guillelmi, and is therefore of the first importance. From 1071, he begins to be an independent authority.
William of Jumièges offering his Gesta Normannorum Ducum to William the Conqueror. Gesta Normannorum Ducum (Deeds of the Norman Dukes) is a chronicle originally created by the monk William of Jumièges just before 1060. In 1070 William I had William of Jumièges extend the work to detail his rights to the throne of England.
1 William I (1066–1087 ... Gesta Herwardi (1070–1071) Guy of ... Roman de Rou (–1106) William of Jumièges (–1137) William of Poitiers (–1068) Florence of ...
Gesta Normannorum Ducum; De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum by Dudo of Saint-Quentin; Gesta Guillelmi by William of Poitiers; Gesta regum Anglorum by William of Malmesbury; Brevis relatio de Guillelmo nobilissimo comtie Normannorum; oral tradition, including information from his father, and his own eyewitness
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.