Guillaume II (or III), count of Provence

Events

Date of Birth: about 986 or 987.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 1018, before 30 May.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Place of Burial: Abbaye de Montmajour.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Guillaume “le Libérateur”, count of Arles, marquis of Provence.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 255), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Poly (p. 34).

Mother: Adélaïde alias Blanche.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 255), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Poly (p. 34).

Spouse: Gerberge de Mâcon.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 271), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Poly (p. 34).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Guillaume (IV), count of Provence.

Foulques Bertrand, count of Provence, married Ermengarde.

Geoffroy, marquis and count of Provence, married Étiennette.

References

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).

Cawley, Charles. GUILLAUME (III) de Provence in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Manteyer, Georges de. La Provence du premier au douzième siècle (Paris: 1908).

Poly, Jean-Pierre. La Provence et la société féodale 879-1166 (Paris:1976).