Count William IV of Toulouse

1040 - 1094  (54 years)

• Name	William IV of Toulouse
  Title	Count
  Born	1040	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	1094	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
  Notes	Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV,_Count_of_Toulouse William was Count of Toulouse, Margrave of Provence, and Duke of Narbonne from 1061 to 1094. He succeeded his father Pons of Toulouse upon his death in 1061. His mother was Almodis de la Marche, but she was kidnapped by and subsequently married to Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona when William was a boy. He was married to Emma of Mortain (daughter of Robert, Count of Mortain and a niece of William of Normandy), who gave him one daughter, Philippa. He also had an illegitimate son, William-Jordan, with his half-sister Adelaide. He married twice, and produced two legitimate sons; neither, however, survived infancy, leaving daughter Philippa as his heiress. As Toulouse had no tradition of female inheritance, this raised a question with regard to succession. In 1088, when William departed for the Holy Land, he left his brother, Raymond of Saint-Gilles, to govern in his stead (and, it was later claimed, to succeed him). Within five years, William was dead, and Raymond in a perfect position to take power, although, after Philippa married William IX of Aquitaine, they laid claim to Toulouse and fought, off and on, for years to try to reclaim it from Raymond and his children. He was the great-grandfather of Eleanor of Aquitaine, by his daughter's marriage to William IX of Aquitaine, and Eleanor's descendants would continue to lay nominal claim to Toulouse based on descent from William IV.
  Person ID	I35267	Master File
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2016

  
  

  Family	Emma of Mortain
  Children	1. Philippa of Toulouse, Countess,   b. ca 1073, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France ,   d. 28 Nov 1118, Fontevraud Abbey, France  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2016
  Family ID	F14562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart