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Birth:          ABT  976 Toulouse, France
Death:          Sep 1037 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III,_Count_of_Toulouse
William III Taillefer (also spelled Tallefer or Tallifer; c.?970 – September 1037) was the 
Count of Toulouse, Albi, and Quercy from 972 or 978 to his death. He was the first of 
the Toulousain branch of his family to bear the title marchio, which he inherited 
(c.975) from Raymond II of Rouergue.

His parentage has been subject to reevaluation. He has traditionally been called son 
of Raymond III Pons and Garsinda.[1] However, recent research has revealed that 
William was instead son of Adelais of Anjou, known to have married a Raymond, 
"Prince of Gothia". This discovery has required a complete reevaluation of the 
succession to the County of Toulouse during this period, and no scholarly consensus 
has developed.[2]

He and his vassals were notorious usurpers of church property. He stole from the 
abbey of Lézat, but gave it back between 1015 and 1025. Pope John XIX ordered him 
to stop his vassals from taking the lands of Moissac, a problem later remedied by his 
successor, Pons, who gave Moissac to Cluny.

William became the most powerful prince in western Languedoc and he saw the rise of 
the House of Capet in France and a corresponding decrease in royal authority 
recognised in the south. He bore the title of marchio prefatus in pago Tholosano: 
"prefect margrave in the Toulousain country." His influence extended into the 
Narbonensis and even Provence, on behalf of his wife. His power did not remain 
undiminished in his own city of Toulouse, where he was forced by a council of local 
noblemen and clerics to give up dues imposed on the market there.

Before 992, William married Emma, daughter of Rotbold III of Provence. From her he 
gained titles and lands to Provence. From a prior marriage, he had two sons, Raymond 
and Hugh, who died young. His eldest son by Emma, Pons, inherited Toulouse and the 
title of Margrave of Provence. His second son Bertrand became Count of Forcalquier, 
a Provençal fief. He had an illegitimate daughter who married Otto Raymond of L'Isle-
Jourdain.

Parents
____ Raymond III (ABT  942 - )
D'ANJOU Adelaide (Blanche) (ABT  942 - 1026)

Siblings
TAILLEFER William (Guillaume) III (ABT  976 - Sep 1037)
____ Bertrand (ABT  977 - )

Marriage To VENAISSIN OF PROVENCE Emma (ABT  975 - 1062)
    m.  2d marr for him

Notes

Parents
VENAISSIN Rotbold (Rotbaud) (ABT  952 - BEF 22 Apr 1015)
____ Ermengarde (ABT  940 - 22 Aug 1027)

Children by VENAISSIN OF PROVENCE Emma ABT  975 - 1062
OF TOULOUSE Pons III ( 991 - 1060)

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