Guillaume (VI) Taillefer, count of Angoulême

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 7 August 1179.

Place of Death: Messina.

The date and place are given by Cawley. Père Anselme (3:127) gives the year as 1177 and Cokayne (p. 88) as 1178.

Relationships

Father: Vulgrin (II) (died 1140), count of Angoulême.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (3:126), by Cokayne (p. 88), and by Cawley.

Mother: Pontia de la Marche.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (3:126), by Cokayne (p. 88), and by Cawley.

Spouse: Marguerite de Turenne.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (3:127), by Cokayne (p. 88), and by Cawley.

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.)

Vulgrin (III) (died 1181), count of Angoulême, married Elisabeth d’Amboise.

Guillaume (VII) Taillefer, count of Angoulême.

Adémar Taillefer, count of Angoulême, married Alix de Courtenay.

Griset.

Foulques.

Almodis married (1) Amanieu, lord of Albret; married (2) Bernard, vicomte of Brosse.

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).

Cawley, Charles. “GUILLAUME (VI) TALAFER d'Angoulêlme” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).