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Guillaume IX
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Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou
Key facts
- Reign
- 1086–1126
- Predecessor
- William VIII
- Successor
- William X
- Born
- ( 1071-10-22 ) 22 October 1071, Poitiers
- Died
- 10 February 1126 (1126-02-10) (aged 54), Poitiers
- Spouses
- Ermengarde of Anjou Philippa, Countess of Toulouse
- Issue
- William X, Duke of Aquitaine Raymond, Prince of Antioch Agnes, Queen of Aragon
- House
- Ramnulfids
- Father
- William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
- Mother
- Hildegarde of Burgundy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Aquitaine
- Place of birth
- France
- Place of death
- Poitiers
- Mother
- Hildegarde of Burgundy
- Occupation
- warrior
- Languages spoken
- Old Occitan
- Family
- Ramnulfids
- Movement
- medieval music
- Conflict
- Battle of Cutanda
- Image
- BnF ms. 12473 fol. 128 - Guillaume IX d'Aquitaine (1).jpg
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- Commons category
- William IX, Duke of Aquitaine
- date of birth
- 1071-10-22
- date of death
- 1127-02-11
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- name in native language
- Guilhem IX de Peiteus
- place of burial
- Church of Saint-Jean de Montierneuf
- unmarried partner
- Dangereuse de L'Isle Bouchard
- writing language
- Old Occitan
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Encyclopedic overview
William IX (Occitan: Guilhèm de Peitieus or Guilhem de Poitou, French: Guillaume de Poitiers; called the Troubadour; 22 October 1071 – 10 February 1126) was the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou (as William VII) between 1086 and his death. He was also one of the leaders of the Crusade of 1101.
Though his political and military achievements have a certain historical importance, he is best known as the earliest troubadour—a vernacular lyric poet in the Occitan language—by whom some work survives.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guillaume IX” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.