William X of Aquitaine

1099 - 1137  (38 years)

• Name	William X of Aquitaine
  Born	1099	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	09 Apr 1137	on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  Buried	Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela Provincia da La Coruña Galicia, Spain
  	Grave location, portrait, and cathedral photo: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92622584
  Notes	Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_X,_Duke_of_Aquitaine Called the Saint, he was Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, and Count of Poitou (as William VIII) from 1126 to 1137. He was the son of William IX by his second wife, Philippa of Toulouse. William was born in Toulouse during the brief period when his parents ruled the capital. His birth is recorded in the Chronicle of Saint-Maixent for the year 1099: Willelmo comiti natus est filius, equivoce Guillelmus vocatus ("a son was born to Count William, named William like himself"). Later that same year, much to Philippa's ire, Duke William IX mortgaged Toulouse to Philippa's cousin, Bertrand of Toulouse, and then left on Crusade. Philippa and her infant son William X were left in Poitiers. When Duke William IX returned from his unsuccessful crusade, he took up with Dangerose, the wife of a vassal, and set aside his rightful wife, Philippa. This caused strain between father and son, until 1121 when William X married Aenor de Châtellerault, a daughter of his father's mistress Dangerose by her first husband, Aimery. William had three children with Aenor: Eleanor, who later became heiress to the Duchy; Petronilla, who married Raoul I of Vermandois; William Aigret, who died at age 4 in 1130, about the time their mother Aenor de Châtellerault died. William administered his Aquitaine duchy as both a lover of the arts and a warrior. He became involved in conflicts with Normandy (which he raided in 1136, in alliance with Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou who claimed it in his wife's name) and for France. Even inside his borders, William faced an alliance of the Lusignans and the Parthenays against him, an issue resolved with total destruction of the enemies. In 1137 William joined the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, but died during the trip.[1] On his deathbed, he expressed his wish to see king Louis VI of France as protector of his fifteen-year-old daughter Eleanor, and to find her a suitable husband. Louis VI naturally accepted this guardianship and married the heiress of Aquitaine to his own son, Louis VII.
  Person ID	I35260	Master File
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	William IX Duke of Aquitaine,   b. 22 Oct 1071, Aquitaine ,   d. 11 Feb 1127, Poitiers Departement de la Vienne Poitou-Charentes, France  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Philippa of Toulouse, Countess,   b. ca 1073, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France ,   d. 28 Nov 1118, Fontevraud Abbey, France  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Family ID	F14561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aenor de Châtellerault,   b. 1103, Châtellerault, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France ,   d. Mar 1130, Talmont, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France  (Age 27 years)
  Children	+ 1. Eleanor of Aquitaine,   b. 1122, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France ,   d. 01 Apr 1204, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2016
  Family ID	F14559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart