William V (Angoulême)

Wilhelm V. Taillefer (French: Guillaume Taillefer ; † 1120 in Deutz ) was a Count of Angoulême from the House of Taillefer . He was a son of Count Fulk of Angoulême and the Condoha of Eu.

He was in conflict with Count Boson III. of La Marche , who attacked his castle at Confolens in 1091 , but was killed in the process. Wilhelm tried to strengthen his influence on the Marche by supporting Odo against the sister of the fallen count. With this, however, he came into conflict with Hugo VI. von Lusignan , who also raised hereditary claims to the Marche. However , Wilhelm was able to successfully repel an attack by Lusignan on Charroux Abbey .

Wilhelm undertook an "armed pilgrimage" ( crusade ) to the holy land . On his return trip he died in Deutz Abbey near Cologne and was buried there.

He was married to Vitapoi, a daughter of Count Wilhelm Amanieu II of Bénauges ( House of Albret ). Your children were:

• Vulgrin II († 1140), Count of Angoulême
• Raimund, Lord of Fronsac
• Fulko, Lord of Montausier
• ? Daughter , ∞ with Vice Count Adémar III. from Limoges

literature

• Sidney Painter: The Lords of Lusignan in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries , in: Speculum 32 (1957), p. 37

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Like all members of the Count's House with the name Wilhelm, he also had the nickname "Taillefer" ( Guillermus ..., dictus Sector-ferri ; see note 3) in memory of his ancestor, Count Wilhelm II. Taillefer .
2. ↑ Chronicon sancti Maxentii Picravensis, Chroniques des Eglises d'Anjou , ed. by P. Marchegay and E. Mabille (1869), p. 410
3. ↑ Ex Historia pontificum et comitum engolismensium , in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 12 (1877), p. 393
4. ↑ Ex Historia pontificum et comitum engolismensium , in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 12 (1877), p. 394

predecessor	Office	successor
Fulko	Count of Angoulême 1087–1120	Vulgrin II.