William III. (Toulouse)

William III. Taillefer († September 1037 ) from the House of Toulouse was Count of Toulouse , Albi and Quercy . He was the son of Raymond III. Pons († after 961) and Gersende.

He and his vassals were known for confiscating church property. What he took from Lézat Abbey he gave back between 1015 and 1025. Pope John XIX. (1024-1032) ordered him to stop the land grab in Moissac - a problem that was only solved by his son and successor Pons , who gave Moissac to Cluny Abbey .

Around 975 he married Arsinde von Anjou , daughter of Count Fulko II the Good ; with her he had two sons who both died young. In 1019 he married Emma von Provence , the daughter of Redbald III. , Count of Provence ; through her - after the death of her brother Wilhelm V - her eldest son Pons inherited the margraviate of Provence in addition to the county of Toulouse .

Wilhelm became the most powerful prince in western Languedoc . He held the title of marchio prefatus in pago Tholosano (margrave prefect in the country of Toulouse), and through the possession of his second wife, he expanded his influence to the Narbonensis and Provence . On the other hand, he had to accept a loss of power in his hometown of Toulouse , where he was forced by local nobles and clergy to forego taxes that he had imposed on the local market.

Children of Wilhelm III. were:

From the marriage with Arsinde von Anjou:

1. Raimund, † young
2. Heinrich, † young

From the marriage to Emma von Provence :

1. Pons II. Wilhelm , † probably 1061, 1037 Count of Toulouse , buried in Saint-Sernin in Toulouse ; ⚭ I before 1037 Marjorie; ⚭ II before June 29, 1053 Almodis de la Marche , attested in 1066, † before 1077/78, daughter of Bernhard I , Count of La Marche , repudiated by Hugo V. von Lusignan , who was Raimund Berengar I , Count from Barcelona , married.
2. Bertrand, attested in 1030;
3. Daughter ; ⚭ Fulko Bertrand I , 1018 Count of Provence , † probably April 27, 1051
4. Rangarde (Rengause), testified in 1054/97; ⚭ Pedro Ramón , Count of Carcassonne , Vice-Count of Béziers , and Vice-Count of Agde , attested in 1043/54, † probably 1060

He also had an illegitimate daughter:

1. Emma; ⚭ Othon Raymond, Lord of L'Isle-Jourdain

literature

• Archibald R. Lewis: The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050 . University of Texas Press, Austin 1965. Online at libro.uca.edu

Footnotes

1. ^ The Foundation of Medieval Genealogy gives another filiation between Raimund III. and Wilhelm III. on, mainly inserts two Raimund generations, with which the problem of the 113 years between the first mention of Raimund III. and the death of Wilhelm III. is addressed; The main source for this is Christian Settipani : La Noblesse du Midi Carolingien (Prosopographica et Genealogica, Volume 5), 2004; ISBN 1-900934-04-3 .
   1. Raimund III. Pons (* (900), † after 944), ⚭ Gersende von Gascogne, daughter of Garcia Sanchez
      1. Raimund (* (920/25) † before 972) ⚭ NN (Gundinildis)
         1. Raimund (* 940/950; † 972/79) ⚭ 975 Adelais von Anjou, widow of Etienne de Brioude, daughter of Fulko II of Anjou
            1. William III. (* (975), † 1037) ⚭ I Arsende, ⚭ II Emma of Provence
         2. Hugo († before 992 on the hunt)
         3. Ledgarde (* (before 957), † after 977) ⚭ Borel II. Count of Barcelona

predecessor	Office	successor
Raimund III.	Count of Toulouse 960-1037	Pons