William VII (Angoulême)
Wilhelm VII Taillefer (French: Guillaume Taillefer ; † before 1186) was a Count of Angoulême from the House of Taillefer . He was the second son of Count Wilhelm VI. and Margaret, a daughter of Vice Count Raimund I of Turenne .
After the death of his older brother Vulgrin III. in 1181 William claimed the succession in Angoulême, disregarding the inheritance rights of his niece Mathilde . Richard the Lionheart , Duke of Aquitaine, who moved into Angoulême and forced Wilhelm and his younger brother Aymar to flee to Limoges , appointed himself as their guardian .
When William died is not known, but it was before 1186, when Aymar made a donation to the Abbey of Saint-Amant-de-Boixe in memory of his two brothers.
literature
- Dieter Berg : Richard the Lionheart. Knowledge Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2007, ISBN 978-3-534-14511-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Like all members of the Count's House with the name Wilhelm, he was also nicknamed “Taillefer” in memory of his ancestor, Count Wilhelm II. Taillefer .
- ^ Ex Chronico Gaufredi Vosiensis. §72, In: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France . 11 (1867), p. 448; see mountain: Richard the Lionheart. 2007, p. 99.
- ↑ A. Debord (ed.): Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Amant-de-Boixe. Paris 1982, No. 253, p. 237.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Vulgrin III. |
Count of Angoulême 1181 – before 1186 |
Aymar |
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SURNAME | William VII |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | William VII Taillefer of Angoulême; Guillaume Taillefer (French) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Angoulême |
DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
DATE OF DEATH | before 1186 |