Guillaume IV, count of Aquitaine

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).