Click to expand/collapse all notes Click to expand/collapse all other details

Male Duke William VIII deAquitaine Click to view Duke William VIII deAquitaine in the family tree

William VIII was born in 1099 in Toulouse, France.1   William VIII's father was Duke William VII deAquitaine and his mother was Maud Philippa Toulouse.  His paternal grandparents were William Geoffrey VI dePoitou and Hildegardeof Burgundy; his maternal grandparents were Duke William IV Toulouse and Emma de Mortaigne.  He was an only child.  He died at the age of 38 on April 9th, 1137 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.1 


William VIII's family with Eleanor de Chastellerault

‌William VIII and Eleanor de were married in a religious ceremony in 1121 in France.2   They had a daughter named Elbeonore.

1 Encyclopedia Britannica @ William X
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 110-25
3 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 1-25

Page last modified