Guillaume III des Porcellets (1217–1288) was a French knight and lord.

Early life

Guillaume III des Porcellets was born in 1217.

Career

He was a knight. François-Alexandre de La Chenaye-Aubert, ''Dictionnaire de la noblesse'', Paris: Antoine Boudet, 1776, p. 43

/ref> He was the Lord of parts of

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, Fos, Martigues.

Claude-François Achard Claude-François Achard (1751–1809) was a French physician and author. He was the founder of the first public library in Marseille. He was the author of several books, including the first French- Provençal dictionary. Early life Claude-Françoi ...

, ''Dictionnaire de la Provence et du Comté-Venaissin'', J. Mossy, 1787, p. 19

/ref> He served as Conseiller d'Etat (France), Conseiller d'Etat and Chamberlain to King Charles I of Naples. He served as the Baron of

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and

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. He was the only Frenchman to survive the

Sicilian Vespers The Sicilian Vespers ( it, Vespri siciliani; scn, Vespiri siciliani) was a successful rebellion on the island of Sicily that broke out at Easter 1282 against the rule of the French-born king Charles I of Anjou, who had ruled the Kingdom of S ...

of 1282 when

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lost

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to the rebels.

Personal life

He married Raimonde de Falconis.

Death

He died in 1288.

References

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