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Guillaume de Taillefer VI Comte d'Angouleme



Preferred Parents:
Father: Vulgrin Taillefer II, b. ABT 1108   d. 16 NOV 1140
Mother: Ponce Sire, b. 1091   

Family 1: Marguerite de Turenne Comtesse d'Angoulême,    b. 1120 in Turenne, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France    d. 1201 in Châtellerault-Sud, Châtellerault, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
  1. Adelmodis d'Angouleme, b. environ 1151     d. 1191
  2. Aymar Taillefer , b. 23 AUG 1160 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France     d. 16 JUN 1202 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France
Family 2: Emma de Limoges,    b. 12 SEP 1138 in Limoges, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France    d. 16 JUN 1162 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
  1. Mathilde Taillefer, b. ABT 1158     d. BET 1233 AND 1239
  2. Aymar Taillefer , b. 23 AUG 1160 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France     d. 16 JUN 1202 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France
Sources:
  1. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: GUILLAUME [VI] TALAFER d'Angoulême
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#GuillaumeVIdied1179B;
    Note: GUILLAUME [VI] TALAFER d'Angoulême, son of VULGRIN [II] Comte d'Angoulême & his first wife Pontia de la Marche (-Messina 7 Aug 1179). The "Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensis" names "Guillelmum primogenitum" as son of Comte Vulgrin [II] and his wife "Pontia filia Comitis de Marcha." "Willelmus Talafars comes Engolismensæ filius Vulgrini comitis" donated property to Saint-Pierre d'Angoulême by charter dated to [1089/1101] which refers to donations by "Willelmi Talafer avi mei et Vulgrini patris mei." He succeeded his father in 1140 as Comte d'Angoulême. "Guillelmus Talaferii comes Engolismensis" exempted Notre-Dame de Dalon from taxes on its lands by charter dated 1146. He joined the crusade in 1147. An exchange of territories with Saint-Amant-de-Boixe recorded in a charter dated to [1146/59] recites prior donations by "Vulgrinus comes Engolismæ" and after his death by "filius suus domnus Vuillelmus Talafer." "Wmus Talafer, comes Engolismensis, filius Wlgrini comitis…et Arnaldus Bocardi" issued a charter dated 1163 concerning the forest of Marange, which names "filii mei Wlgrinus et W Talafer." The "Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis" records that "Guillermus filius Wlgrimi Comes Engolismensis, Ademarus Vicecomes Lemovicensis, Oliverius filius Gulpherii senioris de Turribus" were among those who left for Jerusalem in 1178, stating that "Engolismensis Comes Guillermus Sector-ferri" died "VII Id Aug apud Messinam Siciliæ." m firstly (after 1137) as her third husband, EMMA de Limoges, widow firstly of BARDON de Cognac and secondly of GUILLAUME X Duke of Aquitaine [GUILLAUME VIII Comte de Poitou], daughter of ADEMAR [II] Vicomte de Limoges & his [second wife Marie des Cars]. The "Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis" names "aliam filiam [Ademari]…Ennoa (seu Emma)" stating that she married "Guillermus Dux, frater Raymundi Antiochiæ principis" after the death of her earlier husband "Bardoni de Coniaco," before being abducted by "Willelmus Sector-ferri, filius Wlgrini Comitis Engolismensis." "Emma comitissa, uxor comitis Engolismensis, filia Ademari vicecomitis Lemovicensis" donated property "ripas stagni de Chalamans" to Notre-Dame de Dalon by undated charter. m secondly ([1150/51]) as her third husband, MARGUERITE de Turenne, widow of ADEMAR [IV] Vicomte de Limoges and divorced wife of EBLES [III] Vicomte de Ventadour, daughter of RAYMOND [I] Vicomte de Turenne & his wife Mathilde du Perche (-21 Oct [1186/1202]). The "Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis" records that "Ademaro vicecomite Lemovicensi, sponsam illius Margaretam, sororem Bosonis de Torenna" married thirdly "Guillermus Sector-ferri Comes Engolismensis, multorum pater liberorum." Her parentage and first marriage are confirmed by the cartulary of Tulle St Martin which records a donation by "Ademarus vicecomes Lemovicensis et Aimericus de Gordo mariti duarum sororum Bosonis, Mangnæ et Margaritæ" dated 21 Dec 1143 made "pro anima Bosonis vicecomitis de Torenna qui gladio corruit" on the day of his burial, authorised by "Ebolus vicecomes de Ventedorn et Archambaldus vicecomes de Comborn," and made "in manu domni Ebali abbatis Tutellensis patrui ipsius Bosonis." The "Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis" records that "Ademaro vicecomite Lemovicensi, sponsam illius Margaretam, sororem Bosonis de Torenna" married "Ebolus Ventadorensis, filius Eboli Cantatoria" after her first husband died, but that the marriage ended after two years because of their consanguinity. "Vuillelmus Talafers comes Engolismensis Vulgrini filius et Margarita uxor mea et filii nostri Vulgrinus scilicet primogenitus noster, Vuillelmus Talafers, Ademarus, Grisetus, Fulco et Almodis filia nostra uxor Amanei de Lebret" transferred rights to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe by charter dated 1171. The necrology of Saint-Martial records the death "XII Kal Nov" of "Margarita Engolismensis comitissa, mater Ademari vicecomitis" and her donation. Comte Guillaume [VI] & his second wife had six children:
  2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ct de Guillaume III Taillefer de Angoulãeme Angoulãeme - death: 6 April 1118; France
    Author: Lineage & Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Gerald Paget, Skilton, Edinburgh 1977, Page number: Vol I p 65
    Note: death: 6 April 1118; France birth: 1065;
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2030202771
  3. Title: William de Taillefer IV, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-Q1RP : 15 December 2020), William de Taillefer, ; Burial, La Couronne, Departement de la Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France, Abbaye Notre-Dame de La Couronne; citing record ID 111264720, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-Q1RP;
    Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111264720/william-de_taillefer William de Taillefer IV BIRTH 20 Aug 1125 Angouleme, Departement de la Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France DEATH 7 Aug 1179 (aged 53) Messina, Città Metropolitana di Messina, Sicilia, Italy BURIAL Abbaye Notre-Dame de La Couronne La Couronne, Departement de la Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France PLOT Taillefer tombs MEMORIAL ID 111264720 Count of Angouleme. Died while on crusade in Messina, Sicily
  4. Title: Millennium File
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7249/records/10154160;
  5. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/6800037;
  6. Title: Wikiwand: William VI of Angoulême
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/William_VI_of_Angoul%C3%AAme;
    Note: William VI of Angoulême (died 1179) was also known as William Taillefer IV. The eldest son of Count Wulgrin II of Angoulême and his first wife, Poncia, daughter of Roger the Poitevin and Almodis, he succeeded his father at the head of the county of Angoulême in 1140. William married Emma of Limoges(d?).[He married a second time to Marguerite of Turenne, daughter of viscount Raymond I of Turenne. It is from him, that the territory was passed down through sons of William VI: Wulgrin III of Angoulême who was the eldest, William VII of Angoulême and Aymer of Angoulême. After the death of Aymer, the territory did not pass to Aymer's daughter, Isabella of Angoulême, Queen consort to John of England, but rather to the daughter of Wulgrim III, Mathilde of Angoulême, who had married Hugh IX of Lusignan, father of Hugh X of Lusignan.
  7. Title: William IV Taillefer, Count Angouleme in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
    Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p171.htm#i5117
    Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p171.htm#i5117;
    Note: William IV Taillefer, Count Angouleme [1,2,3] Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #5117, b. circa 1134, d. 7 August 1178 Father Wulgrin II Taillefer, Count Angouleme b. 1089, d. 16 Nov 1140 Mother Ponce de Montgomerie b. c 1109 Charts Some Descendants of Charlemagne William IV Taillefer, Count Angouleme was born circa 1134 at of Angouleme, Aquitaine, France. He married Emma de Limoges, daughter of Ademar III "le Barbu", Vicomte de Limoges and Marie des Cars, after 1137. [4,2] William IV Taillefer, Count Angouleme married Marguerite of Turenne, daughter of Raimond I, Vicomte de Turenne and Matilda of Perche, in 1147. [3] William IV Taillefer, Count Angouleme died on 7 August 1178 at Messina, Sicily, Italy. Family 1:Emma de Limoges Family 2: Marguerite of Turenne b. c 1120, d. a 1201 Children: Adelmodis d' Angouleme+ d. a 1191 Wulgrin III, Comte d'Angouleme+ d. b 29 Jun 1181 Aimar III Taillefer, Count of Angoulême+ [3] b. bt 1157 - 1165, d. 16 Jun 1202 Citations: 1. [S944] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Gerald Paget, Vol. I, p. 65. 2. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 128. 3. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 223. 4. [S11569] Europaische Stammtafeln, by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Vol. III, Tafel 773.
    Page: Relationships and sources
  8. Title: William VI of Angoulême - Wikipedia
    Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_VI,_Count_of_Angoul%C3%AAme
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_VI,_Count_of_Angoul%C3%AAme;
    Note: William VI of Angoulême (died 1179) was also known as William Taillefer IV. The eldest son of Count Wulgrin II of Angoulême and his first wife, Poncia, daughter of Roger the Poitevin and Almodis, he succeeded his father at the head of the county of Angoulême in 1140. William married Emma of Limoges(d?). He married a second time to Marguerite of Turenne,daughter of viscount Raymond I of Turenne. It is from him, that the territory was passed down through sons of William VI: Wulgrin III of Angoulême who was the eldest, William VII of Angoulême and Aymer of Angoulême.
  9. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
  10. Title: Wikiwand: Counts and Dukes of Angoulême
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Counts_and_Dukes_of_Angoul%C3%AAme;
    Note: Angoulême ("L'Angoumois") in western France was part of the Carolingian Empire as the kingdom of Aquitaine. Under Charlemagne's successors, the local Count of Angoulême was independent and was not united with the French crown until 1308. By the terms of the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) the Angoumois, then ruled by the Counts of Angoulême, was ceded as English territory to Edward III. In 1371 it became a fief of the Duke of Berry, before passing to Louis I, Duke of Orleans, both of whom were cadets of the French royal family. From then on it was held by cadets of the Valois House of Orleans, until Francis, Count of Angoulême, became King of France in 1515. Angoumois was definitively incorporated into the French crown lands, as a duchy. House of Guilhelmides (Williami) . Turpio (839–863) . Emenon of Poitiers (863–866), brother of Turpio . Aymer of Poitiers (Aymer I of Angoulême) (916-926), son of Emenon House of Taillefer . Wulgrin I (866–886), first hereditary count, appointed by Charles the Bald . Alduin I (886–916), son of Wulgrin I . William II ("Taillefer" I) (926–c.945), son of Alduin I . Aymer II (after 945–before 952), son of William II (Taillefer I) . Bernard (after 945–before 952), son of William I (William I is the son of Wulgrin I and brother to Alduin I) . Arnald I "Voratio" (after 950–before 952), son of Alduin I . William III "Talleyrand" (952/964–before 973/975), son of Bernard . Rannulf "Bompar" (973/975–975), son of Bernard . Richard the Simple (975?), son of Bernard . Arnald II "Manzer" (975–988), son of William II (Taillefer I) . William IV (Taillefer II) (988–1028), son of Arnald II . Alduin (II) (1028–1031), son of William IV (Taillefer II) . Geoffrey (1031–1047), son of William IV (Taillefer II) . Fulk (1047–1087), son of Geoffrey . William V (Taillefer III) (1087–1120), son of Fulk . Wulgrin II (1120–1140), son of William V (Taillefer III) . William VI (Taillefer IV) (1140–1179), son of Wulgrin II . Wulgrin III (1179–1181), son of William VI (Taillefer IV) . William VII (Taillefer V) (1181–1186), son of William VI (Taillefer IV) . Aymer III (1186–1202), son of William VI (Taillefer IV) . Isabella (1202–1246), daughter of Aymer II . John of England (House of Plantagenet) (1202–1216), first husband of Isabella . Hugh X of Lusignan (House of Lusignan, see below) (1220–1249), second husband of Isabella House of Lusignan . Hugh X of Lusignan (Hugh I of Angoulême) (1219–1249).[25] His father, Hugh IX of Lusignan, was married to Mathilde of Angoulême, daughter of Wulgrin III Taillefer (see above) . Hugh XI of Lusignan (II of Angoulême) (1246–1250) . Hugh XII of Lusignan (III of Angoulême) (1250–1270) . Hugh XIII of Lusignan (IV of Angoulême) (1270–1303) . Guy (1303–1308) . "Part of Aquitaine" (1308–1317) . "Royal Domain" (1317–1328) Royal Grantees . Joan (1328–1349) House of Capet, with her husband, Philip III of Navarre. House of Évreux . Philip (1328–1343) House of Évreux . Charles de La Cerda (1350–1354) House of La Cerda . John I (1356–1374) House of Valois . Louis I (1404–1407), Duke of Orléans. House of Valois-Orléans . John II (1407–1467) House of Valois-Orléans-Angoulême . Charles (1459–1496) House of Valois-Orléans-Angoulême . Francis (1496–1515) House of Valois-Orléans-Angoulême Dukes of Angoulême . Louise (1515–1531) . "Royal domain" . Charles (1540–1545) . "Royal domain" . Charles (1550) . Henry (1551–1574) . Henry (1574–1582) . Diane (1582–1619) . Charles (1619–1650) . Louis Emmanuel (1650–1653) . Frances Marie (1653–1696) . Louis II (1653–1654) . Royal domain . Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans (1675–1696) . "Royal domain" . Charles de France (1710–1714) . "Royal domain" . Charles Philippe de France (1773–1836) . Louis Antoine d'Artois (1836–1844) . "Royal domain" Duchesses of Angoulême . Louise of Savoy (1476–1531) - wife of Charles, Count of Angoulême from 1488. . Marie Thérèse of France (1778–1851) - wife of Louis Antoine from 1799.
  11. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/3599/records/1866205;
  12. Title: International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/60541/records/970048;

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