Also known as “Fier-à-Bras” and Guillaume II de Poitou.
Count of Poitou
Duke of Aquitaine
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: the end of 995 or 996.
Place of Death: l’Abbaye de Saint-Maixent.
The date and place are given by Richard (p. 138). Père Anselme (2:515) gives the date 3 February 993.
Place of Burial: l’Abbaye de Saint-Maixent.
The place is given by Richard (p. 138).
Relationships
Father: Guillaume III, duke of Aquitaine.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:514), by Richard (p. 99), by Barthélemy (p. 611), and by Cursente.
Mother: Adèle de Normandie.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:514) and by Richard (p. 99).
Spouse: Emma de Blois. Married about 968.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:515), by Richard (p. 102), by Dillange (p. 105), by Barthélemy (p. 611), and by Cursente.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Guillaume V (about 969 - 31 January 1029/30), duke of Aquitaine, count of Poitou, married (1) Adalmode de Limoges; married (2) Sancha de Gascogne; married (3) Agnès de Mâcon.
Eblès d’Aquitaine.
other children.
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).
Barthélemy, Dominique. L’an mil et la paix de dieu: la France chrétienne et féodale 980-1060, (Fayard, 1999).
Cursente, B. “Wilhelm IV. Fierabras” 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).