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Source: William I, of Provence (950-993), Find a Grave

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Titre	William I, of Provence (950-993), Find a Grave

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GUILLAUME I Comte de Provence

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link from daughter Constance of Arles

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William I Taillefer BIRTH 950 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France DEATH Aug 993 (aged 42–43) France BURIAL Church Of Saint Croix Sarrians, Departement du Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Show Map MEMORIAL ID 61543673 William I of Provence, Marquis of and founder of Provence, Count of Arles. Nicknamed the Liberator. William was the son of Boso II, Count of Avignon and Arles, and Constance of Viennois. William married Arsenda, daughter of Arnold of Comminges. Secondly, he married Blanche of Alix of Anjou, the daughter of Foulques II d' Anjou m Gerberge du Maine. William was the Count of Provence since 968, took the title of Margrave around 975, became the Count of Arles in 980, and earned his nickname because of his victories against the Saracens by which he liberated Provence from their constant threat at the Battle of Tourtour in 973. William retired to become a monk, passing the margrave position to his brother, dying at Avignon, and buried in the church of Saint-Croix at Sarrians.

William I Taillefer
BIRTH 950 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
DEATH Aug 993 (aged 42–43) France
BURIAL Church Of Saint Croix
Sarrians, Departement du Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Show Map
MEMORIAL ID 61543673
William I of Provence, Marquis of and founder of Provence, Count of Arles. Nicknamed the Liberator. William was the son of Boso II, Count of Avignon and Arles, and Constance of Viennois. William married Arsenda, daughter of Arnold of Comminges. Secondly, he married Blanche of Alix of Anjou, the daughter of Foulques II d' Anjou m Gerberge du Maine. William was the Count of Provence since 968, took the title of Margrave around 975, became the Count of Arles in 980, and earned his nickname because of his victories against the Saracens by which he liberated Provence from their constant threat at the Battle of Tourtour in 973. William retired to become a monk, passing the margrave position to his brother, dying at Avignon, and buried in the church of Saint-Croix at Sarrians.