Guillaume d'Aquitaine IV

• Preferred Name: Guillaume d'Aquitaine IV^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
  
• Alternate Name: de Poitiers
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Duke
  
• Birth: 7 MAR 937 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France at LATI: N4.9167 LONG: E0.5
  
• Burial: FEB 996 in Saint-Maixent-L'école, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France at LATI: N6.4105 LONG: E0.2051
  
• FSID: LDW2-7WW
  
• Death: 8 FEB 996 in Abbaye de Saint-Maixent l'Ecole, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
  
• Christening: 949 in Francicot, Gironde, Aquitaine, France at LATI: N5.0667 LONG: E0.5944
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  William IV (937-3 February 994), called Fierebras or Fierebrace (meaning "Proud Arm", from the French Fier-à-bras or Fièrebrace, in turn from the Latin Ferox brachium), was the Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou from 963 to his retirement in 990.
  
  William's father, William III, abdicated to the abbey of Saint-Cyprien in Poitiers and left the government to Fierebras. His mother was Gerloc, the daughter of Duke Rollo of Normandy. His sister was Adelaide, wife of Hugh Capet, the king against whom William later battled for his duchy. His early reign was characterised by many wars. He fought frequently against the counts of Anjou, the first time against Geoffrey Greymantle, who had taken Loudun.
  
  In 988, he went to war with the newly elected king of France, Hugh Capet, whom he refused to recognise. Capet had been granted Aquitaine by King Lothair before the latter had been reconciled to William's father. Capet renewed his claim on the great duchy and invaded it that year. A royal army was defeated on the plain of the Loire Valley. William sheltered the young Louis, the son of Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, the last legitimate Carolingian heir. He opened the palace of Poitiers to him and treated him as royalty, regarding him as the true heir to the French throne.
  
  In 968, he married Emma or Emmeline, daughter of Theobald I of Blois and Luitgarde of Vermandois. Their marriage was stormy, in part because of William's indulgence in the pursuit of women and, a hunting aficionado, wild animals. She banished his paramours, they separated twice for long periods, and finally he retired to a monastery, as his father had done, leaving Emma to rule Aquitaine in the name of their son William until 1004. Their second son, Ebles, died sometime after 997.
  
  === Fier-a-Bras ===
  Iron Arm, William, Vilhelm
  Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
  Died 3 Feb 995 St Maixent-l'Ecole
  
  Father Guillaume
  Tete d'etoupe d'Aquitaine (toe head)
  Duc d'Aquitaine, I comte Poitou
  
  Mother Adele of Normandy
  
  Sister Adelaide d'Aquitaine
  
  Wife Emma de Blois
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV,_Duke_of_Aquitaine
  
  https://www.persee.fr/doc/ccmed_0007-9731_2000_num_43_172_2787
  
  Histoire genealogique de la maison de Chabot by L. Sandret
  https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55646695/f26.item.texteImage

• m. 968 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France

1. Guillaume d'Aquitaine V, b. 969 in Poitou, France     d. 31 JAN 1030 in Maillezais, Vendée, Poitou, France

1. Title: [merged] Find a Grave
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHV-PDMX : 6 March 2021), GUILLAUME IV d' POITOU, Duke of Aquitaine, ; Burial, Poitiers, Departement de la Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France, Abbaye Saint-Cyprien; citing record ID 187689035, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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2. Title: Guillaume V, VI, VII and VIII, Dukes of Aquitaine, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AQUITAINE.htm#GuillaumeVAquitainedied1030A [See document in the Memories section]
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3. Title: Guillaume III, Guillaume IV and Guillaume V, Dukes of Aquitaine, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AQUITAINE.htm#GuillaumeIIPoitoudied995 [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AQUITAINE.htm#GuillaumeIIPoitoudied995;
   
4. Title: Wikipedia.org - William IV, Duke of Aquitaine
   Author: Sources Owen, D. D. R. Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen and Legend. 1993. Nouvelle Biographie Générale. Paris, 1859.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV,_Duke_of_Aquitaine;
   
5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Guillaume Bras defer dAquitaine - birth-name: Guillaume Bras defer dAquitaine
   Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, null, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
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6. Title: Guillaume II “Fierabras” de Poitou (937-996), Find a Grave
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   Note: Guillaume II “Fierabras” de Poitou BIRTH 937 DEATH 996 (aged 58–59) BURIAL Abbatiale Saint-Maixent Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole, Departement des Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France MEMORIAL ID 163748752 Born around 937 as the eldest son of Guillaume I and his wife Adelaide de Normandie. He died as a monk in late 995 or early 996. Spouse: Emma de Blois (953–1003)
   
7. Title: William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (937-994), Wikipedia
   Author: Sources Owen, D. D. R. Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen and Legend. 1993. Nouvelle Biographie Générale. Paris, 1859.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV,_Duke_of_Aquitaine;
   Note: William IV (937 – 3 February 994[1]), called Fierebras or Fierebrace (meaning "Proud Arm", from the French Fier-à-bras or Fièrebrace, in turn from the Latin Ferox brachium), was the Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou from 963 to his retirement in 990. William's father, William III, abdicated to the abbey of Saint-Cyprien in Poitiers and left the government to Fierebras. His mother was Gerloc, the daughter of Duke Rollo of Normandy. His sister was Adelaide, wife of Hugh Capet, the king against whom William later battled for his duchy. His early reign was characterised by many wars. He fought frequently against the counts of Anjou, the first time against Geoffrey Greymantle, who had taken Loudun. In 988, he went to war with the newly elected king of France, Hugh Capet, whom he refused to recognise. Capet had been granted Aquitaine by King Lothair before the latter had been reconciled to William's father. Capet renewed his claim on the great duchy and invaded it that year. A royal army was defeated on the plain of the Loire Valley. William sheltered the young Louis, the son of Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, the last legitimate Carolingian heir. He opened the palace of Poitiers to him and treated him as royalty, regarding him as the true heir to the French throne. In 968, he married Emma or Emmeline,[2] daughter of Theobald I of Blois and [[Luitgarde of Vermandois]]. Their marriage was stormy, in part because of William's indulgence in the pursuit of women and, as a hunting aficionado, wild animals. She banished his paramours, they separated twice for long periods, and finally he retired to a monastery, as his father had done, leaving Emma to rule Aquitaine in the name of their son William until 1004. Their second son, Ebles, died sometime after 997.
   
8. Title: -
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHV-PDMX : 6 March 2021), GUILLAUME IV d' POITOU, Duke of Aquitaine, ; Burial, Poitiers, Departement de la Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France, Abbaye Saint-Cypr
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHV-PDMX;
   
9. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
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10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Guillaume Bras defer dAquitaine - birth-name: Guillaume Bras defer dAquitaine
    Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, null, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
    Note: birth-name: Guillaume Bras defer dAquitaine This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
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