William III of Aquitaine
Encyclopedia : W : WI : WIL : William III of Aquitaine
William III of Aquitaine (915 – April 3 963), nicknamed Tête d'Étoupe (Towhead), was Count of Poitiers as "William I" and Duke of Aquitaine from 935 to his death. He was also Count of Auvergne from 950.
William was son of Ebalus of Aquitaine and Emiliene. He married Gerloc of Normandy (renamed Adele), daughter of Rollo of Normandy. They had at least two children: Adelaide, who married King Hugh I of France (Hugh Capet) and William the heir to Aquitaine.
Sources
See also
|- style="text-align: center;"
|- style="text-align: center;"
|width="30%" align="center" rowspan=""|Preceded by:
Ebalus
|width="30%" align="center" rowspan=""|Succeeded by:
William IV
|-
|-
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.