William of Aumelas (or Omelas) was the second son of

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and of Ermessende, daughter of count Peter of Melgueil. The lordship of

Aumelas Aumelas (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Aumelaç'') is a communes of France, commune in the Hérault Departments of France, department in southern France. Geography The neighboring communes are La Boissière, Hérault, La Boissière ...

(the Aumeladez) was detached from the territories of

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to create a property for him. At some date after 1118 he married

Tiburge, Countess of Orange Tiburge of Orange (died 1150), was a suo jure ruling countess regnant of Orange from 1115 to 1150.Jacques de Font-Réaulx, Le testament de Tiburge d'Orange et la cristallisation de la principauté, p. 41-58, dans Provence historique, tome 6, Hors s� ...

, daughter and heiress of

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. He fell ill and made his will on 7 March 1155. He died before May 1156. William and Tiburge had three children: *

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(or Raimbaut d'Aurenja) who became lord of

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and Aumelas and was a major

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. He died childless. *Tiburge, who in 1147 married Adhemar (Adémar) de Murvieux, from Murviel near Montpellier. They had two daughters, Tiburge and Sibylle, who (after the death of their uncle Raimbaut) became joint possessors of Aumelas, eventually ceding it in 1199 to

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. * Tiburge (''autre Tiburge'', according to her father's will), who married **Firstly Geoffrey of Mornas, and **Secondly, after March 1155, Bertrand I des Baux (died 1181 or 1182; son of Raymond des Baux and Stephanie of Gévaudan). Tiburge and Bertrand had three sons and two daughters. Their second son, Hugh des Baux, married Barrale of Marseille (daughter of

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) and was the father of Barral des Baux. Their youngest son,

William I of Baux William I of Baux (, archaic ''Guillem'' or ''Guilhem dels Baus'', or ''du Baus'', ; c. 1155 – June 1218) was the Prince of Orange from 1182 until his death. He was an important Provençal nobleman in the Kingdom of Arles in the Holy Roman ...

, was the first

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References

* * A. Sakari, 'Azalais de Porcairagues, le "Joglar" de Raimbaut d'Orange' in ''Neuphilologische Mitteilungen'' vol. 50 (1949) pp. 23–43, 56–87, 174–198. Lords of Aumelas 1156 deaths Year of birth unknown Jure uxoris counts {{France-noble-stub