Pons de Toulouse, Count of Toulouse
Pons (William) was the eldest son and successor of William III Taillefer and Emma of Provence. Grandson of Raimond III de Toulouse and Gersende of Gascony, Rotbold III of Provence and his wife Ermengarda. There is a dispute that if Emma was the mother of Pons, their dates are wrong. Pons is said to have been born in 991, and died in 1060.
Pons married a Majorie in 1022, who died in 1044. Their one child was Pons the Younger.
Secondly, he married Almodis de La Marche, the daughter of Bernard I Comte de Marche and previous wife of Hugh V Lusignan, divorced around 1038. They married in 1045 and had four children:
* Almode de Toulouse, wife of Pierre de Melgueil, Count of Melgueil
* Guillaume IV de Toulouse married Emma de Mortain
* Raymond St Giles IV married Elvira of Castile
* Hughes, Abbott of St Gilles
Pons was powerful in Albigeois (southern France) by 1030, enough to have given his first wife of his personal French churches and castles as a bridal gift. In 1037 he inherited the title of Count (or Marchio Provincæ) at his father's death. Pons appears as count palatine in a charter donating Moissac to Cluny in 1047. In 1053 he repudiated Almodis, who went on to marry Raimund I Berenger, who kidnapped her about that time. Almodis had more children by Raimund, and was murdered by her stepson, Pedro Ramon Berenger. Pons was known to have relied on three different laws: Roman, Salic, and Gothic law.
Pons died in Toulouse and was buried in Saint-Sernin. His eldest sons by Almodis, William IV and Raymond IV, originally just count of Saint-Gilles, succeeded him in turn.
Bio by Anne Shurtleff Stevens
Pons (William) was the eldest son and successor of William III Taillefer and Emma of Provence. Grandson of Raimond III de Toulouse and Gersende of Gascony, Rotbold III of Provence and his wife Ermengarda. There is a dispute that if Emma was the mother of Pons, their dates are wrong. Pons is said to have been born in 991, and died in 1060.
Pons married a Majorie in 1022, who died in 1044. Their one child was Pons the Younger.
Secondly, he married Almodis de La Marche, the daughter of Bernard I Comte de Marche and previous wife of Hugh V Lusignan, divorced around 1038. They married in 1045 and had four children:
* Almode de Toulouse, wife of Pierre de Melgueil, Count of Melgueil
* Guillaume IV de Toulouse married Emma de Mortain
* Raymond St Giles IV married Elvira of Castile
* Hughes, Abbott of St Gilles
Pons was powerful in Albigeois (southern France) by 1030, enough to have given his first wife of his personal French churches and castles as a bridal gift. In 1037 he inherited the title of Count (or Marchio Provincæ) at his father's death. Pons appears as count palatine in a charter donating Moissac to Cluny in 1047. In 1053 he repudiated Almodis, who went on to marry Raimund I Berenger, who kidnapped her about that time. Almodis had more children by Raimund, and was murdered by her stepson, Pedro Ramon Berenger. Pons was known to have relied on three different laws: Roman, Salic, and Gothic law.
Pons died in Toulouse and was buried in Saint-Sernin. His eldest sons by Almodis, William IV and Raymond IV, originally just count of Saint-Gilles, succeeded him in turn.
Bio by Anne Shurtleff Stevens
Pons de Toulouse, Count of Toulouse
Pons (William) was the eldest son and successor of William III Taillefer and Emma of Provence. Grandson of Raimond III de Toulouse and Gersende of Gascony, Rotbold III of Provence and his wife Ermengarda. There is a dispute that if Emma was the mother of Pons, their dates are wrong. Pons is said to have been born in 991, and died in 1060.
Pons married a Majorie in 1022, who died in 1044. Their one child was Pons the Younger.
Secondly, he married Almodis de La Marche, the daughter of Bernard I Comte de Marche and previous wife of Hugh V Lusignan, divorced around 1038. They married in 1045 and had four children:
* Almode de Toulouse, wife of Pierre de Melgueil, Count of Melgueil
* Guillaume IV de Toulouse married Emma de Mortain
* Raymond St Giles IV married Elvira of Castile
* Hughes, Abbott of St Gilles
Pons was powerful in Albigeois (southern France) by 1030, enough to have given his first wife of his personal French churches and castles as a bridal gift. In 1037 he inherited the title of Count (or Marchio Provincæ) at his father's death. Pons appears as count palatine in a charter donating Moissac to Cluny in 1047. In 1053 he repudiated Almodis, who went on to marry Raimund I Berenger, who kidnapped her about that time. Almodis had more children by Raimund, and was murdered by her stepson, Pedro Ramon Berenger. Pons was known to have relied on three different laws: Roman, Salic, and Gothic law.
Pons died in Toulouse and was buried in Saint-Sernin. His eldest sons by Almodis, William IV and Raymond IV, originally just count of Saint-Gilles, succeeded him in turn.
Bio by Anne Shurtleff Stevens
Pons (William) was the eldest son and successor of William III Taillefer and Emma of Provence. Grandson of Raimond III de Toulouse and Gersende of Gascony, Rotbold III of Provence and his wife Ermengarda. There is a dispute that if Emma was the mother of Pons, their dates are wrong. Pons is said to have been born in 991, and died in 1060.
Pons married a Majorie in 1022, who died in 1044. Their one child was Pons the Younger.
Secondly, he married Almodis de La Marche, the daughter of Bernard I Comte de Marche and previous wife of Hugh V Lusignan, divorced around 1038. They married in 1045 and had four children:
* Almode de Toulouse, wife of Pierre de Melgueil, Count of Melgueil
* Guillaume IV de Toulouse married Emma de Mortain
* Raymond St Giles IV married Elvira of Castile
* Hughes, Abbott of St Gilles
Pons was powerful in Albigeois (southern France) by 1030, enough to have given his first wife of his personal French churches and castles as a bridal gift. In 1037 he inherited the title of Count (or Marchio Provincæ) at his father's death. Pons appears as count palatine in a charter donating Moissac to Cluny in 1047. In 1053 he repudiated Almodis, who went on to marry Raimund I Berenger, who kidnapped her about that time. Almodis had more children by Raimund, and was murdered by her stepson, Pedro Ramon Berenger. Pons was known to have relied on three different laws: Roman, Salic, and Gothic law.
Pons died in Toulouse and was buried in Saint-Sernin. His eldest sons by Almodis, William IV and Raymond IV, originally just count of Saint-Gilles, succeeded him in turn.
Bio by Anne Shurtleff Stevens
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