William I (Béarn)
Wilhelm von Montcada ( Catalan: Guillem de Montcada , French: Guillaume de Moncade ; † 1172 ) was iure uxoris a vice count of Béarn (Wilhelm I) from the Catalan house of Montcada . He was the eldest son of the important Catalan Seneschal Guillem Ramon II. De Montcada ( el Gran Senecal ; † 1173) and Beatriu de Montcada.
Wilhelm is mentioned for the first time in a document issued on June 10, 1164 as the husband of Maria von Béarn , the sister of Vice Count Gaston V. von Béarn . This marriage was apparently arranged by Count Raimund Berengar IV of Barcelona († 1162), under whose tutelage the Béarn siblings had stood. After Gaston V had died childless in 1170, Maria and Wilhelm could succeed him in the vice-county. In 1171 William made the feudal oath for the Béarn to King Alfonso II of Aragon . Just a year later he died before his father.
From his marriage to Maria von Béarn there were two sons:
- Gaston VI. († 1214), Vice Count of Béarn
- Wilhelm Raimund († 1224), Lord of Montcada and Vic , Vice Count of Béarn
literature
- Joaquim Miret y Sans: La casa de Montcada en el vizcondado de Béarn , In: Boletín de la Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona , Vol. 1 (1901), pp. 49-55, 130-142, 186-199, 230 -245, 280-303.
- John C. Shideler: A Medieval Catalan Family: The Montcadas, 1000-1230 (1983).
Remarks
- ↑ Cartulario de "Sant Cugat" del Vallés , Vol. 3, ed. by José Rius Serra (1947), pp. 214–215. See Shideler, p. 109, note 98.
- ↑ Arxiu de la Corona d'Aragó, No. 103.
- ↑ Shideler, p. 119.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gaston V. |
Vice Count of Béarn 1170–1172 |
Gaston VI. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilhelm I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | William of Montcada; Guillem de Montcada; Guillaume de Moncade |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vice-Count of Béarn |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1172 |