William VIII De Poitou 
William VIII was born about October 22nd, 1071 in Aquitaine, France. William VIII's father was William VI De Poitou and his mother was Hildegarde De Burgundy Capet. His paternal grandparents were V William and Agnes of Burgundy; his maternal grandparents were Robert Capet and Hedwig De Semur. He was an only child. He died on April 9th, 1137 in Galicia, Spain.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> /Troubador/
William X., the Toulousan, born in 1099, was Duke of Aquitaine,1126-113
He was married, against his will according to some records, to the
daughter of his father's mistress. He married in 1121 Eleanor of
Chatellerault, daughter of Viscount Aimery of Chatellerault, and his
wife, Dangereuse de l'Isle Bouchard. Dangereuse was the paramour of
William IX for many years. She died after March 1130. William X died
April 9, 1137, while on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James at
Santiago de Compostela in Spain. At his deathbed he, willed his lands a
his daughter to the King of France, Louis VI.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0937 in Aquitaine, France d.3 APR 995 in France
- b.~ 0969 in Poitiers, Aquitaine, France d.31 Jan 1030 in France
- b.~ 0950 in Blois, France d.>27 Dec 1003
- b.1026 d.10 Feb 1127
- b.BET 900 AND 905 in of Lombardy, Italy d.6 AUG 966
- d.0972
- b.BET 920 AND 924 in of Tuscany, France
- b.~ 0958 d.21 Sep 1026
- b.BET 913 AND 914 in Nordhausen, Saxony (now Germany) d.5 MAY 984 in Rheims, Marne, France
- b.~ 0895 in Memleben, Westphalia, Saxony, Germany d.14 MAR 968 in Quedlinburg, Germany
- b.~ 0995 in Bourgogne, France d.10 Nov 1068
- b.0884 in Bohain-en-Vermandois, Aisne, Picardie, France d.23 FEB 942 in St. Quentin, Aisne, Picardie, France
- b.~ 0926 in Reims, Marne, France d.15 MAR 972 in Reims, Marne, France
- b.0887 in Vermandois, Neustria, France d.Mar 0931
- b.~ 0963 d.05 Mar 1005
- b.~ 0890 in Reims, Lorraine, Nuestria d.2 OCT 939 in Andemach, Rhineland, Prussia
- b.~ 0930 in Hainault, Lorraine, France d.15 MAR 973 in Reims, Marne, France
- b.BET 913 AND 914 in Nordhausen, Saxony (now Germany) d.5 MAY 984 in Rheims, Marne, France
- b.~22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Galicia, Spain
- b.0895 in Paris Seine, France d.16 JUN 956 in Dourden, France
- b.~ 0938 in of Paris, Seine, France d.24 OCT 996 in Les Juif, Near Chatres, France
- b.~ 0911 in Saxony, Germany d.14 MAR 965 in Aix-La-Chapelle, France
- b.WFT Est 958-987 d.WFT Est 1012-1072
- b.~ 0893 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.17 DEC 942 in Normandy, France
- b.BET 945 AND 952 d.1004
- b.~ 0897 in Normandy, France d.AFT 14 OCT 962
- b.1011 in France d.21 Mar 1076 in Fleury-Sur-Ouche, France
- b.0923 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France d.0960
- b.~ 0947 in of Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France d.Sep 1037
- b.0923
- b.0986 in Arles, Toulouse, France d.25 Jul 1032 in Meulun, France
- b.~ 0909 in Anjou, France d.11 NOV 958 in Tours, France
- b.~ 0945 in of Anjou, France d.WFT Est 958-1063
- b.0913 in Maine, France d.0952 in Tours, France
- b.~ 1049 in Bourgogne, France d.> 1104
- b.~ 0970 in Semur Cote-D'or, France d.> 1032
- b.1016 in Semur, Brionnaise, France d.22 Apr 1055
- b.~ 0980 in Vergy, France
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‌William VIII and Eleanor were married in a religious ceremony in 1121. They had a daughter named Eleanor.
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Children
Eleanor De Aquitaine
Eleanor was born in 1122 in Chateau De Belin, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. She died at the age of 80 on June 26th, 1202 in Poitiers, Poitou, France. She was buried in Fontevrault l'Ab, Maine-et-Loire, France.
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