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Birth:          ABT 1065 
Death:          1121 

Notes
held Miguel in 1103
went on First Crusade with Raymonde de St. Giller
b c 1065/69
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_V_of_Montpellier
William V (or Guilhem V; died 1121) was the Lord of Montpellier from 1068 until his 
death.[1] He was the son of William IV.

Soon after his father's death, his mother, Ermengarde, quit Montpellier to marry the 
Lord of Anduze. William IV had confided the tutelage of his son to the child's 
grandmother, Beliarde, and to his nearest relatives: William Arnold, Raymond Stephen, 
and William Aymoin. After a short conflict with the bishop of Maguelonne, William V 
rendered homage to the bishop on 10 December 1090 and was recognised as lord of 
Montpellier.

At the call of Pope Urban II, William took up the cross of the First Crusade in the army 
of Raymond IV of Toulouse. He served notable at the capture of the small Syrian 
village of Ma'arrat al-Numan in 1098. After the fall of Jerusalem in 1099, William 
remained in the Holy Land for a while. He remained at the side of Godfrey de Bouillon 
and accompanied him to the siege of Antioch in December 1097. He did not return to 
Montpellier until 1103, bringing with him a relic of Saint Cleopas.

When William returned, he found that the Aimoin brothers to whom he had confided 
the administration of the lordship in his absence had usurped many seigniorial rights 
and that he was obligated to recognise much of their newfound authority, which 
diminished his own, in order to retain his position.

William participated in the army of Raymond Berengar III of Barcelona which captured 
Majorca from the Moors in 1114. The rest of his reign was marked by the important 
acquisition of nearby territories, which greatly recouped his power: Montarnaud, 
Cournonsec, Montferrier, Frontignan, Aumelas, Montbazin, Popian.

By his marriage to Ermensenda, daughter of Peter, Count of Mauguio, he had six 
children:
William VI
William of Aumelas
Bernard, Lord of Villeneuve
Guillelme, married Raymon Bernard, Count of Mauguio
Ermeniarde
Adelaide.

Upon his death, he was succeeded by his son William as Lord of Montpellier.

Parents
____ William (Guillaume) IV (ABT 1030 - 1068)
OF MELGUEIL Ermengarde (ABT 1040 - )

Siblings
____ William (Guillaume) V (ABT 1065 - 1121)

Marriage To DE MELGUEIL Ermensende (ABT 1065 - )
    m. ABT 1087 

Notes

Parents
OF MELGUEIL Pierre (Peter) (ABT 1039 - AFT 1085)
OF TOULOUSE Almodis (ABT 1045 - AFT 1132)

Children by DE MELGUEIL Ermensende ABT 1065 - 
____ William (Guillaume) VI (ABT 1100 - 1161)

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