NamePhilippa (Matihilde) , Countess de Toulouse
Birthabt 1073, France
Death28 Nov 1117, Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou, France
MotherMathilde (~1042-)
Spouses
Marriage1094, France
ChildrenGuillaume X (1099-1137)
Notes for Philippa (Matihilde) , Countess de Toulouse
Born: ABT 1073, France
Died: 28 NOV 1118, Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou, France
Notes for Guillaume IX “the Troubador” (Spouse 1)
Born: 22 OCT 1071, France
Acceded: 1086
Died: 10 FEB 1126
Notes:Assisted Philip I of France against William the Conqueror. He erected the Palace of Poictou, and, after confering large donations on the Church, died. The dates and name are unclear. Some label him as William VII.
aka: Guillaume VII d'Aquitaine

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William IX (French: Guillaume de Poitiers ; Occitan: Guilhèm de Peitieus) (22 October 1071 – 10 February 1126), called the Troubador, was the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou (as William VII) between 1086 and his death. He was also one of the leaders of the Crusade of 1101. Though his political and military achievements have certain historical importance, he's best known as the earliest troubadour[1] — a vernacular lyric poet in the Occitan language — whose work survived.

William was the son of William VIII of Aquitaine by his third wife, Hildegarde of Burgundy. His birth was a cause of great celebration at the Aquitanian court, but the Church at first considered him illegitimate because of his father's earlier divorces and his parents' consanguinity. This obliged his father to make a pilgrimage to Rome soon after his birth to seek Papal approval of his third marriage and the young William's legitimacy.
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