Guillaume III, duke of Aquitaine

Also known as “Tête d’Étoupe”.

Count of Poitou

Duke of Aquitaine

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 3 April 963.

Place of Death: Saint-Cyprien de Poitiers.

The date and Poitiers are given by Richard (p. 94). Dillange (p. 90) gives the same date and states that he died at the monastery of Saint-Cyprien, as does Auriaz (p. 508).

Relationships

Father: Eble Manzer, count of Poitou, duke of Aquitaine.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:513), by Richard (p. 74), by Dillange (p. 85), by Barthélemy (p. 611), and by Cursente.

Mother: Emillane.

This relationship is given by Richard (p. 74). Père Anselme (2:513) makes the mother a daughter of Edward the Elder named Adele. Richard argues that this stems from a confusion with the wife of Guillaume III, and that Guillaume III’s mother was presumably Emillane. Dillange (p. 82) states that she was Emillane.

Spouse: Adèle de Normandie. Married about 935.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:514) and by Richard (p. 76).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Guillaume IV d’Aquitaine married Emma de Blois.

(probably) Adelais de Poitou married Hugues Capet, king of France.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Auzias, Léonce. L’Aquitaine Carolingienne (778-987)  (1937). 

Baldwin, Stewart. “Rollo "of Normandy"” in The Henry Project.

Barthélemy, Dominique. L’an mil et la paix de dieu: la France chrétienne et féodale 980-1060, (Fayard, 1999).

Cursente, B. “Wilhelm III. Werghaupt” in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 9 (Stuttgart: 1998).

Dillange, Michel. Les comtes de Poitou: ducs d’Aquitaine (778-1204) (Mougon: Geste éditions, 1995).

Richard, Alfred. Histoire des Comtes de Poitou 778-1204. Tome Premier 778-1126 (Paris:1903).