Pons, Count of Toulouse

Male Abt 991 - 1060  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name Pons , Count of Toulouse  [1
    Suffix Count of Toulouse 
    Born Abt 991  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 1060  Toulouse, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Saint-Sernin, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • He married Almodis de la Marche, daughter of Bernard I de la Marche, Comte de la Marche, after 1037. He succeeded to the title of Comte de Toulouse in 1037.

      Pons (II) William (991 - 1060) was the Count of Toulouse from 1037. He was the eldest son and successor of William III Taillefer and Emma of Provence. He thus inherited the title marchio Provincæ. He is known to have owned many allods and he relied on Roman, Salic, and Gothic law.

      Already in 1030, he possessed a lot of power in the Albigeois. In 1037, he gave many allodial churches and castles, including one half of that of Porta Spina, in the Albigeois, Nimois, and Provence as a bridal gift to his wife Majore.

      In 1038, he split the purchase of the Diocese of Albi with the Trencavel family. In 1040, he donated property in Diens to Cluny. In 1047, he first appears as count palatine in a charter donating Moissac to Cluny.

      Pons married first wife, Majore, in 1022. She died in 1044. In 1045, he married, Almodis de La Marche, former wife of Hugh V of Lusignan, but he too repudiated her in 1053. His only child by Majore, Pons the Younger, did not inherit his county and march. His eldest sons by Almodis, William IV and Raymond IV, originally just count of Saint-Gilles, succeeded him in turn. His son Hugh became abbot of Saint-Gilles. He had one daughter, Almodis, who married the Count of Melgueil.

      Pons died in Toulouse and was buried in Saint-Sernin, probably late in 1060 or early in 1061
    Person ID I2190  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father William, III Count of Toulouse,   b. Abt 947,   d. Sep 1037  (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Emma of Provence,   b. 1014,   d. 1062  (Age 48 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married Abt 990  [3
    Family ID F635  Group Sheet

    Family Almodis de la Marche,   b. Abt 1020,   d. 16 Oct 1071  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Married 1045  [1
    Children 
     1. William, IV Count of Toulouse,   b. Abt 1040,   d. 1094  (Age ~ 54 years)
    Family ID F2314  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons_of_Toulouse.

    2. [S189] Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook, John Morby, (Name: Oxford University Press; Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.; Date: 1989;).

    3. [S178] thePeerage.com, Darryl Lundy, (Location: Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand;).