Philippa de Toulouse Countess

• Preferred Name: Philippa de Toulouse Countess^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Alternate Name: d'Aquitaine
  
• Alternate Name: Maude de Toulouse ( Philippe)
  
• Gender: F
  
• Noble Family: with note: Description: House of Rouergue
  
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• FSID: L8WB-MRM
  
• Christening: in Aquitaine (Guyenne), France. at LATI: N4.8 LONG: E0.5
  
• Death: 28 NOV 1118 in Fontevrault-l'Abbaye, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France at LATI: N7.182 LONG: E0.0502
  
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• Birth: 22 OCT 1073 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France at LATI: N3.604 LONG: E0.443 with note:
  
• Burial: 1118 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France at LATI: N7.182 LONG: E0.0502
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Philippa (c. 1073 - 28 November 1118) was the sovereign Countess of Toulouse, as well as the duchess consort of Aquitaine by marriage to Duke William IX of Aquitaine.
  
  «b»Life«/b»
  «b»Early life and marriage«/b»
  Philippa was born in approximately 1073 to Count William IV of Toulouse, and his wife Emma of Mortain. She was his only surviving child, and thus, by the laws of Toulouse, his heir. In 1088, William went on a pilgrimage to Palestine, leaving his brother Raymond of Saint-Gilles as regent. (Before he left, it is claimed, he also married his daughter to the King of Aragon in order to disinherit her; however, this marriage is apocryphal, as contemporary evidence shows that Sancho was still married to his previous wife at the time of his death in 1094.)
  
  Philippa's early life - if she was not married to Sancho Ramirez of Aragon - is something of a mystery. It is known that she did not marry William IX of Aquitaine until 1094, after the death of her father and the succession of her uncle; the circumstances in which she lived prior to her father's death, the manner of her disinheritance, and the arrangement of her marriage, are thus unknown. Those historians that argue her to have been married to Sancho Ramirez argue that her removal from Toulouse prevented her from effectively claiming her inheritance, and that with the death of Sancho, she was free to remarry based on her own choice. What is certain is that, upon the death of Count William, Philippa's claims were ignored, and Raymond became count.
  
  «b»Political life«/b»
  When Raymond IV of Toulouse set out on the First Crusade in the autumn of 1096, he left his son Bertrand to rule the County. However, in the Spring of 1098, William and Philippa marched into the city of Toulouse, and took control without a single life being lost. In the next year, she gave birth to her first child in the city: William the Toulousain.
  
  In 1099, her husband went on crusade and he left her as regent in Poitou.
  
  She was an admirer of Robert of Arbrissel and persuaded her husband to grant him land in Poitou to establish a religious community dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In 1100 he founded Fontevraud Abbey there.
  
  She was stunned in 1100 when her husband mortgaged Toulouse to her cousin Bertrand in exchange for a vast sum of money, which the Duke used to go on Crusade himself. Philippa, removed from her home, was sent to his capital of Poitiers, from where she ruled Aquitaine on behalf of her husband whilst he was absent.
  
  After William's return, he and Philippa for a time lived contentedly with each other, producing a further five daughters, and a son, Raymond. She also ignored the Duke's sexual boasting in song and talk, instead concentrating on religion (in particular the Abbey of Fontevrault, of which she remained a keen sponsor), especially the teachings of its founder, who preached the superiority of women over men. Her obsession with a doctrine considered offensive by many men of that time, combined with William's growing dissatisfaction with her, and his teasing of her (claiming to be founding an abbey of prostitutes), led to discord in the marriage.
  
  Toulouse had been won back by William for his wife in 1113, following the death of Bertrand in Syria in 1112: his heir being his half-brother, the 9 year old Alphonse-Jourdain, William had been unopposed. Thus, by 1114, Philippa was spending most of her time ruling there. Accordingly, she was less than pleased when, upon her return from Toulouse to Poitiers in 1114, she discovered her husband to have moved his mistress, Viscountess Dangereuse of Châtellerault, into her palace. Philippa appealed to friends and the church for assistance in ousting her husband's mistress, but to no avail - none could persuade the Duke to give up his mistress.
  
  «b»Later life«/b»
  In 1116, a humiliated Philippa, devastated by her husband's repayment of her service to him for so many years, left the Court, taking refuge at the Abbey of Fontevrault. There she became a close friend of her husband's first wife, Ermengarde of Anjou, and the two spent much time reflecting upon the shortcomings of William. However, for all Philippa's devotion to the Abbey and its ideals, she found little peace there, both angry and resentful that her husband had cast her off in favour of a mistress. She died of unknown causes there on 28 November 1118, survived by her husband, his mistress, and Ermengarde, who would shortly attempt to avenge Philippa by attempting to have Dangereuse banished from Aquitaine.
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TOULOUSE.htm#Ponsdied1060B as of 1/26/2016
  
  PHILIPPA [Mathilde] de Toulouse (-28 Nov 1117). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records the marriage of "Guillelm
  === Life Sketch ===
  Philippa (c. 1073 - 28 November 1118) was the sovereign Countess of Toulouse, as well as the duchess consort of Aquitaine by marriage to Duke William IX of Aquitaine.
  
  «b»Life«/b»
  «b»Early life and marriage«/b»
  Philippa was born in approximately 1073 to Count William IV of Toulouse, and his wife Emma of Mortain. She was his only surviving child, and thus, by the laws of Toulouse, his heir. In 1088, William went on a pilgrimage to Palestine, leaving his brother Raymond of Saint-Gilles as regent. (Before he left, it is claimed, he also married his daughter to the King of Aragon in order to disinherit her; however, this marriage is apocryphal, as contemporary evidence shows that Sancho was still married to his previous wife at the time of his death in 1094.)
  
  Philippa's early life - if she was not married to Sancho Ramirez of Aragon - is something of a mystery. It is known that she did not marry William IX of Aquitaine until 1094, after the death of her father and the succession of her uncle; the circumstances in which she lived prior to her father's death, the manner of her disinheritance, and the arrangement of her marriage, are thus unknown. Those historians that argue her to have been married to Sancho Ramirez argue that her removal from Toulouse prevented her from effectively claiming her inheritance, and that with the death of Sancho, she was free to remarry based on her own choice. What is certain is that, upon the death of Count William, Philippa's claims were ignored, and Raymond became count.
  
  «b»Political life«/b»
  When Raymond IV of Toulouse set out on the First Crusade in the autumn of 1096, he left his son Bertrand to rule the County. However, in the Spring of 1098, William and Philippa marched into the city of Toulouse, and took control without a single life being lost. In the next year, she gave birth to her first child in the city: William the Toulousain.
  
  In 1099, her husband went on crusade and he left her as regent in Poitou.
  
  She was an admirer of Robert of Arbrissel and persuaded her husband to grant him land in Poitou to establish a religious community dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In 1100 he founded Fontevraud Abbey there.
  
  She was stunned in 1100 when her husband mortgaged Toulouse to her cousin Bertrand in exchange for a vast sum of money, which the Duke used to go on Crusade himself. Philippa, removed from her home, was sent to his capital of Poitiers, from where she ruled Aquitaine on behalf of her husband whilst he was absent.
  
  After William's return, he and Philippa for a time lived contentedly with each other, producing a further five daughters, and a son, Raymond. She also ignored the Duke's sexual boasting in song and talk, instead concentrating on religion (in particular the Abbey of Fontevrault, of which she remained a keen sponsor), especially the teachings of its founder, who preached the superiority of women over men. Her obsession with a doctrine considered offensive by many men of that time, combined with William's growing dissatisfaction with her, and his teasing of her (claiming to be founding an abbey of prostitutes), led to discord in the marriage.
  
  Toulouse had been won back by William for his wife in 1113, following the death of Bertrand in Syria in 1112: his heir being his half-brother, the 9 year old Alphonse-Jourdain, William had been unopposed. Thus, by 1114, Philippa was spending most of her time ruling there. Accordingly, she was less than pleased when, upon her return from Toulouse to Poitiers in 1114, she discovered her husband to have moved his mistress, Viscountess Dangereuse of Châtellerault, into her palace. Philippa appealed to friends and the church for assistance in ousting her husband's mistress, but to no avail - none could persuade the Duke to give up his mistress.
  
  «b»Later life«/b»
  In 1116, a humiliated Philippa, devastated by her husband's repayment of her service to him for so many years, left the Court, taking refuge at the Abbey of Fontevrault. There she became a close friend of her husband's first wife, Ermengarde of Anjou, and the two spent much time reflecting upon the shortcomings of William. However, for all Philippa's devotion to the Abbey and its ideals, she found little peace there, both angry and resentful that her husband had cast her off in favour of a mistress. She died of unknown causes there on 28 November 1118, survived by her husband, his mistress, and Ermengarde, who would shortly attempt to avenge Philippa by attempting to have Dangereuse banished from Aquitaine.
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TOULOUSE.htm#Ponsdied1060B as of 1/26/2016
  
  PHILIPPA [Mathilde] de Toulouse (-28 Nov 1117). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records the marriage of "Guillelm

• m. 1094 in France

1. William Duke of Aquitaine X, b. 22 OCT 1099 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France     d. 19 MAR 1136/37
2. Inés d'Aquitania, b. 1100 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France     d. 8 MAR 1159 in Fontevrault-l'Abbaye, Anjou, France

1. Title: History of Royal Women: Philippa, Countess of Toulouse and the Founding of Fontevraud Abbey
   Author: William of Malmesbury, The Chronicles of the Kings of England Amy Kelley, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
   Publication: Name: https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/philippa-countess-of-toulouse/philippa-countess-toulouse-founding-fontevraud-abbey/;
   Note: This article was written by Carol. Philippa was born around 1073 to William IV, Count of Toulouse and Emma of Mortrain. Her mother was from the House of Normandy and a niece of William the Conqueror. As her father had no sons, Philippa was his heir, but there was no tradition in Toulouse for female governance. In 1088 her father left to go on Crusade and asked his brother Raymond of St. Gilles to govern Toulouse for him. When her father died, Raymond kept on governing and then passed it on to his son Bertrand. Philippa looked around for a powerful noble who could help her regain her inheritance. She chose a neighbouring Duke, William IX of Aquitaine, as her husband. William and Philippa married in 1094, and in 1098 rode into Toulouse and retook it with no bloodshed. They had a son, also called William. Another son and five daughters followed. But they were probably an ill-matched pair. William has gone down in history as the Troubadour Duke who created lusty poetry. William of Malmesbury calls him “ a giddy, unstable man.” Philippa, on the other hand, became fascinated by Robert of Arbrissel who was an ascetic preacher. She persuaded William to grant him some land in order for him to build an Abbey. Thus was born the Abbey of Fontevraud. Robert’s abbey housed both men and women, but Robert decreed that a woman should rule over it all. Robert was known to solicit followers from all walks of life, and the witty William would tease her that her Abbey was a home for prostitutes. Then William left to go on crusade and Philippa discovered that William had mortgaged Toulouse back to Raymond’s son Bertrand in order to finance his trip. She was furious. William’s crusade was a disaster. He lost more than 60 thousand men and all his property. Impoverished on his return, he was unable to buy back Toulouse. It was not until 1113 upon the death of Bertrand that William was able to again reclaim Toulouse for Philippa. Philippa then went to Toulouse to govern her territories. When she returned to Poitou, she was shocked to discover that William had installed his mistress at the castle in a new tower he had built especially for her. William had met the Viscountess Chatterault and become enamoured. The Viscountess was nicknamed Dangerosa (dangerous) due to her charms. Dangerosa left her husband and went to live with William. Philippa appealed to the church who excommunicated him. William is said to have said to the balding Bishop of Angouleme who remonstrated with him: “You shall curl with a comb the hair that has forsaken your forehead, ere I repudiate the Viscountess.” Philippa was probably also annoyed when William married their son William to Dangerosa’s daughter, Aenor Chatterault. Young William and Aenor had a daughter who they named Alia Aenor (the other Aenor). In English, the name translates to Eleanor and she became the famous Eleanor of Aquitaine. Unable to dislodge Dangerosa, Philippa had no choice but to retire to the Abbey of Fontevraud. There she met Ermengarde of Anjou who some scholars believe may have once been married to William of Aquitaine herself. When Philippa died in 1118, Ermengarde made a nuisance of herself for years by haranguing William about Dangerosa on behalf of Philippa. Following Philippa’s death, the Abbey of Fontevraud became an important sanctuary for noble ladies who sought solace or protection. One of the most famous of these is Philippa’s granddaughter Eleanor. Philippa would probably have been pleased. Eleanor, her husband and sons, are all buried at Fontevraud. Dangerosa’s daughter from her first marriage retired there. Matilda of Anjou, whose hopes of being Queen of England died along with her husband William on the White Ship, was one of the many royal women to serve as Abbess. Isabella of Angouleme, the widow of King John of England, fled there when she was accused of trying to poison the French King. The abbey was ransacked during the French revolution and then became a prison. Today it is a World Heritage site and open to visitors.
   
2. Title: Wikiwand: Fontevraud Abbey
   Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Fontevraud_Abbey;
   Note: The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: abbaye de Fontevraud) was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French duchy of Anjou. It was founded in 1101 by the itinerant preacher Robert of Arbrissel. The foundation flourished and became the center of a new monastic Order, the Order of Fontevrault. This order was composed of double monasteries, in which the community consisted of both men and women—in separate quarters of the abbey—all of which were subject to the authority of the Abbess of Fontevraud. The Abbey of Fontevraud itself consisted of four separate communities, all completely managed by the same abbess. The first permanent structures were built between 1110 and 1119. The area where the Abbey is located was then part of what is sometimes referred to as the Angevin Empire. The King of England, Henry II, his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and son, King Richard the Lionheart were all buried here at the end of the 12th century. It was disestablished as a monastery during the French Revolution. The Abbey is situated in the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, between Chalonnes-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire within the Loire-Anjou-Touraine French regional natural park (Parc naturel régional Loire-Anjou-Touraine). The complex of monastic buildings served as a prison from 1804 to 1963. Since 1975, it has hosted a cultural centre, the Centre Culturel de l'Ouest. History Founder Main article: Robert of Arbrissel Robert of Arbrissel had served as the Archpriest of the Diocese of Rennes, carrying out the reformist agenda of its bishop. When the bishop died in 1095, Robert was driven out of the diocese due to the hostility of the local clergy. He then became a hermit in the forest of Craon, where he practiced a life of severe penance, together with a number of other men who went on to found major monastic institutions. His eloquence and asceticism attracted many followers, for whom in 1096 he founded a monastery of canons regular at La Roë, of which he was the first abbot. In that same year Pope Urban II summoned him to Angers and appointed him an apostolic missionary, authorizing him to preach anywhere. His preaching drew large crowds of devoted followers, both men and women, even lepers. As a result, many men wished to embrace the religious life, whom he sent to his abbey. When the canons of that house objected to the influx of candidates of lower social states, he resigned his office and left the community. Fontevraud Around 1100 Robert and his followers settled in a valley called Fons Ebraldi where he established a monastic community. Initially the men and women lived together in the same house, in an ancient ascetic practice called Syneisaktism. This practice had been widely condemned by Church authorities, however, and under pressure the community soon segregated according to gender, with the monks living in small priories where they lived in community in service to the nuns and under their rule. They were recognized as a religious community in 1106, both by the Bishop of Angers and by Pope Paschal II. Robert, who soon resumed his life of itinerant preaching, appointed Hersende of Champagné to lead the community. Later her assistant, Petronilla of Chemillé, was elected as the first abbess in 1115. Robert wrote a brief Rule of Life for the community, based upon the Rule of St. Benedict. Unlike the other monastic orders characterized by double monasteries, the monks and nuns of the Order of Fontevrault followed the same Rule. In his Rule, Robert dealt with four principal points: silence, good works, food and clothing, encouraging the utmost in simplicity of life and dress. He directed that the abbess should never be chosen from among those who had been brought up at Fontevrault, but that she should be someone who had had experience of the world (de conversis sororibus). This latter injunction was observed only in the case of the first two abbesses and was canceled by Pope Innocent III in 1201. At the time of Robert's death in 1117, there were about 3,000 nuns in the community. In the early years the Plantagenets were great benefactors of the abbey and while Isabella d'Anjou was the abbess, King Henry II's widow, Eleanor of Aquitaine, made the abbey her place of residence. Abbess Louise de Bourbon left her crest on many of the alterations to the abbey building which she made during her term of office. Decline With the passing of the Plantagenet dynasty Fontevrault and her dependencies began to fall upon hard times. At the end of the 12th century, the Abbess of Fontevrault, Matilda of Flanders (1189-1194), complained about the extreme poverty which the abbey was suffering. As a result, in 1247 the nuns were permitted to receive inheritances to provide income for their needs, contrary to monastic custom. The fragile economic basis of the Order was exacerbated by the devastation of the Hundred Years War, which lasted throughout the 14th century. A canonical visitation of fifty of the priories of the Order in 1460 showed most of them to be barely occupied, if not abandoned. Suppression and later history The Order was dispersed during the French Revolution. In November 1789, all property of the Catholic Church was declared to be the property of the nation. On 17 August 1792, a Revolutionary decree ordered evacuation of all monasteries, to be completed by 1 October 1792. At that time, there were still some 200 nuns and a small community of monks in residence at Fontevraud. The last abbess, Julie Sophie Charlotte de Pardaillan d'Antin, is said to have died in poverty in Paris in 1797. The abbey became a prison in 1804. The prison was planned to hold 1,000 prisoners, and the former abbey required major changes, including new barracks in addition to the transformation of monastic buildings into dormitories, workshops, and common areas. Prisoners–-men, women and children-–began arriving in 1814. Eventually, it held some 2,000 prisoners, earning the prison the reputation of being the "toughest in France after Clairvaux". Political prisoners experienced the harshest conditions: some French Resistance prisoners were shot there under the Vichy Government. In 1963 it was given to the French Ministry of Culture, and a major restoration was undertaken. In 1975 the Centre culturel de l'Ouest was formed to preserve the abbey and promote it as a cultural venue. The complex was opened to the public in 1985. Restoration of the abbey church according to the earlier restoration under the architect Lucien Magne was completed in 2006. The order was revived by Mme Rose in 1806 as one for women only and following a modified rule. List of abbesses Petronille de Chemillé (1115-1149) Matilda of Anjou (1149-1155) Audeburge of Hautes-Bruyères (1155-1180) She founded Amesbury Abbey, near Stonehenge in England, in 1177 Gilles or Gillette (1180-1189) Adélaide (1189) Matilda of Flanders (1189-1194) Matilda of Bohemia (1194-1207) Marie of Burgundy (1207-1208) widow of Odo II, Duke of Burgundy Alice of Bourbon (1208-1209) daughter of the previous abbess Adele (or Alice) of Brittany (1209-1218) daughter of Bertha, Duchess of Brittany, and her son second husband Odo, Viscount of Porhoet[6] Bertha (1218-1228) Alice of Blois (1228-1244) daughter of Theobald V, Count of Blois, and his second wife Alix of France.[7] Mabile of La Ferté (1244-1265) Jeanne de Dreux (1265-1276) Isabeau Davoir (1276-1284) Marguerite de Pocey (1284-1304) Eleanor of Brittany (1304-1342) Isabel of Valois (1342-?) Marie of Brittany (1457-1477) Anne of Orléans (1477-1491) Renée de Bourbon (1491-1534) Louise de Bourbon (1534-1575) Éléonore de Bourbon (1575-1611) Louise de Bourbon de Lavedan (1611-1637) Jeanne-Baptiste de Bourbon (1637-1670) Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1670-1704) Louise-Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1704-1742), niece of the previous abbess Marie-Louise de Timbrone (1753-1765) Julie-Gillette de Pardaillan d'Antin (1765-1792) Architecture Features The abbey was originally the site of the graves of King Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their son King Richard I of England, their daughter Joan, their grandson Raymond VII of Toulouse, and Isabella of Angoulême, wife of Henry and Eleanor's son King John. However, there is no remaining corporal presence of Henry, Eleanor, Richard, or the others on the site. Their remains were possibly destroyed during the French Revolution. The bodies of the French monarchs were likewise removed from the Basilica of St Denis in 1793 by order of the French government. Henriette Louise de Bourbon, granddaughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, grew up here. Princess Thérèse of France, daughter of Louis XV, is also buried there. Cultural references Jean Genet described the experiences of a thirty-year-old prisoner at Fontevrault in his semi-autobiographical novel, "Miracle de la rose," although there is no evidence that Genet was ever imprisoned there himself. "La Cage aux Rossignols (A Cage of Nightingales)," a French film released in 1945, was filmed at the abbey.
   
3. Title: Epistolae > Medieval Women's Letters: Philippa of Toulouse
   Publication: Name: https://epistolae.ctl.columbia.edu/woman/25734.html;
   Note: Philippa of Toulouse Title social-status: Countess of Toulouse and Poitiers, Duchess of Aquitaine Biography: Philippa was the daughter and only surviving child of Emma of Mortain and William IV, count of Toulouse. Emma’s father and uncle, Odo of Bayeux, a bishop who is portrayed in (and may have commissioned) the Bayeux tapestry, were uterine half-brothers of William the Conqueror; William IV of Toulouse was a son of Almodis of La Marche and Pons of Toulouse. When Philippa’s father went on pilgrimage to Palestine in 1088, he left Toulouse in the care of his brother, Raymond of Saint-Gilles (IV of Toulouse) and when William died in 1094 Raymond asserted control over the county of Toulouse, although Philippa was her father’s heir. In or about the same year, Philippa married William IX of Aquitaine, presumably to help her reclaim her heritage.* Raymond went on the first crusade in 1096 leaving his son Bertrand in charge, but two years later William and Philippa invaded and took control of Toulouse without a battle. But when William decided to go on crusade in 1099, he mortgaged Toulouse to Bertrand for the money to underwrite the unsuccessful expedition. Philippa left Toulouse but served as William’s regent in Poitou while he was gone. He won Toulouse back by 1113, after the death of Bertrand. Bernard-Ato, viscount of Nîmes, swore fidelity to countess Philippa for the domains which her father had possessed (HGL 5. 845, #451) and for fiefs in Rouergue which he had never possessed, according to to HGL (3.623); that is, he abandoned the interests of Bertrand’s son Alphonse in her favor in 1114, as he had those of Raymond of Saint Gilles in 1098 (3.624). Philippa lived there until she retired to Fontevrault. She had been a supporter of Robert of Arbrissel, who championed the role of women and founded Fontevrault in 1100. Philippa gave him the land for one of his houses in the forest of Espinasse in 1114. A document from the bishop of Toulouse, Amelia, notes that Robert had "acquired from the countess of Poitiers, by name Philippa, that wood which is in the vulgate is called Espeses (Espinasse), with the whole land in which the wood lies and certain uncultivated lands adjacent to that wood" (a comitissa Pictavensi nomine Philippa nemus illud,quod Espezez vulgo nominatur, cum tota terra in qua nemus ipsum consistit & quasdam garrigas eidem nemori adjacentes acquisivit), HGL 5.846, #452, CCCLXVII, c.1114. Philippa and William had several children: William X , Raymond, prince of Antioch, Agnes, briefly queen of Aragon (married to Ramiro I), and perhaps other daughters. William was a poet, the first known composer of poetry in Provençal/Occitan, and a womanizer. He had a scandalous affair with Dangereuse of L’Isle Bouchard (still married to Aimery of Châtellerault), whom he installed in a tower of the ducal palace at Poitiers. Dangereuse would arrange a marriage between William’s son, William X, and her daughter, Aenor of Châtellerault, the parents of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Biographical notes: * There are tales of an earlier marriage between Philippa and Sancho Ramirez of Aragon but there is no evidence for it. The twelfth-century Chronicon of Gaufridus Vosiensis (Geoffrey of Vigeois) is cited by the HGL, 3.453, as the source of this story, which has been repeated by modern biographers of Philippa’s granddaughter, Eleanor, but is discredited by historians of Spain and by Ruth Harvey who states unequivocally that “Contrary to previous assumptions, he [William] was certainly her [Philippa’s] only husband” ("The wives of the first troubadour Duke William IX of Aquitaine," in Journal of Medieval History, vol 19, 1993, p 314-15).
   
4. Title: Philippa of Toulouse (1073-1118), Find a Grave
   Author: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85222420
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85222420;
   Note: Philippa of Toulouse BIRTH 1073 Toulouse, Departement de la Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France DEATH 28 Nov 1118 (aged 44–45) Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France BURIAL Fontevraud Abbey Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France MEMORIAL ID 85222420 Family Members Spouse: Guillaume IX de Aquitaine (1071–1126) Children Photo Guillaume X of Aquitaine 1099–1137 Photo Agnes of Aquitaine 1105–1147
   
5. Title: Foundation for Medieval Geneaology: PHILIPPA [Mathilde] de Toulouse (-28 Nov 1117)
   Author: fmg.ac
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TOULOUSE.htm#Philippadied1117;
   Note: PHILIPPA [Mathilde] de Toulouse (-28 Nov 1117). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records the marriage of "Guillelmus" and "Philippam…filiam Willelmi comitis Tolosani et neptem Raimundi de Sancto Egidio." Robert of Torigny refers to, but does not name, "filiam unam" of "comes Tolosanus frater Raimundi comitis Sancti Ægidii" & his wife, who married "Guillermus comes Pictavensis et dux Aquitanorum." "Guillelmus…Aquitainie similiter et Vasconie dux et comes" confirmed donations to Sainte-Croix, Bordeaux by "genitor noster Guillelmus qui et Gaufridus vocatus est" with the consent of "Mathildis uxor…" by charter dated 23 Mar 1096. It is assumed that Mathilde and Philippa refer to the same person. "Willelmus comes et uxor mea Philippia, filia Willelmi comitis Tolosæ" donated property to Toulouse Saint-Sernin by charter dated Jul 1098. She is also named in an undated donation by Bertrand Comte de Toulouse which names her father but not her husband. “Philippæ comitissæ…Emmæ filia” reached agreement with “Bernardus-Atonis filius Ermengardis” by charter dated 1114. Orderic Vitalis recounts that "Hildegarde Ctss de Poitou" complained to the synod of Reims, held in Oct 1119 by Pope Calixtus II, that her husband had abandoned her for "Malberge wife of the vicomte de Châtellerault." This is inconsistent with the date of death of Philippa, shown above, not to mention the difference of first name. She became a nun. The necrology of the Prieuré de Fontaines records the death "28 Nov" of "Philippa monacha, Pictavensis comitissa.". m (1094, divorced 1115) as his second wife, GUILLAUME IX Duke of Aquitaine, GUILLAUME VII Comte de Poitou, son of GUILLAUME VIII Duke of Aquitaine [GUILLAUME VI Comte de Poitou] & his third wife Hildegarde de Bourgogne [Capet] ([22 Oct 1071]-10 Feb 1127).