William I of Sabran (between 1055 and 1105) was a Crusader from the

House of Sabran The House of Sabran was an illustrious Provençal family of knightly extraction extinguished in 1847Henri Jougla de Morenas "Grand Armorial de France" tome 6, page 110-111. in the person of , general, made a hereditary peer of France in 1815, com ...

who joined the

army of Raymond of Saint-Gilles The army of Raymond of Saint-Gilles was one of the first to be formed after Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade. Raymond formed a Provençal army and left his County of Toulouse in October 1096, traveling over the land route. He was the ...

in October 1095 during the

First Crusade The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic r ...

. William I was a nephew of Emenon or Amaujeu de Sabran, who was noted as the first person known in the House of Sabran who had a recorded signature in a historic document dating back to 1029. His descendants assumed the title of constables to the House of Tholouse.

First Crusade

During the Battle of Antioch,

Raymond IV of Toulouse Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse ( 1041 – 28 February 1105), sometimes called Raymond of Saint-Gilles or Raymond I of Tripoli, was a powerful noble in southern France and one of the leaders of the First Crusade (1096–1099). He was the Count o ...

decided to defend the fort of Mahomerie, then he chose his best captains to defend him: Pierre of Castillon,

Raymond I of Turenne Raymond I of Turenne ( – ) was the 7th Viscount of Turenne. He participated along with his vassals in the First Crusade as part of the Army of Raymond of Saint-Gilles. Family Raymond was born around 1074, in the viscounty of Turenne, in Limo ...

William V of Montpellier William V (or Guilhem V; died 1121) was the Lord of Montpellier from 1068 until his death.Archibald R. Lewis, "The Guillems of Montpellier: A Sociological Appraisal", ''Viator'', 2 (1971), 160. He was the son of William IV. Soon after his father's ...

, William I of Sabran and Gouffier of Lastours, in addition to 500 most valiant men of their troops. He was among the sixty crusaders who defended a bridge against

Kerbogha Qiwam al-Dawla Kerbogha ( tr, Kürboğa), known as Kerbogha or Karbughā, was atabeg of Mosul during the First Crusade and was renowned as a soldier. Early life Kerbogha was a Seljuk Turk who owed his success to his military talent. He supp ...

's army. He was one of the first to enter the city, and took as prisoner the sons of the governor of the place. During the siege of Jerusalem in July 1099, nine Genoese vessels arrived at the port of Jaffa to support the crusaders. Hence, the Count of Toulouse wanted to protect them, in which he sent

Raymond Pilet d'Alès Raymond Pilet (Raymond de Narbonnne-Pelet) (1075–1120), the only child of Bernard I Pilet of Narbonne and his wife, whose name is unknown. Seigneur of Alès. Bernard was the son of Raymond II, Viscounts of Narbonne, Viscount of Narbone from 1066 ...

, William I of Sabran, and Raymond of Turenne at the head of 50 horsemen. William I would marry his cousin Adalasie Amic, daughter of Pierre Amic and Agnès of Avignon, the descendant of Louis Boson the Blind,

King of Provence The land of Provence has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe. Its independent existence has its origins in the frontier nature of the dukedom in Merovingian Gaul. In this position, influenced and affected by ...

, and great-granddaughter of

Louis the Pious Louis the Pious (german: Ludwig der Fromme; french: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aqui ...

and of Anne of Constantinople. His son William of Châteauneuf, married Constance Amic, the granddaughter of Pierre Amic and Agnes of Avignon. France_Languedoc-Roussillon_Gard_Chartreuse_de_Valbonne_01

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William I was known for having built the “Charterhouse of Valbonne”, which was in a forest between La Roque and

Goudargues Goudargues (; oc, Godargues) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Known locally as the ''Venise Gardoise'', because of the canal that flows through it centre. This is lined with pavement cafés and shaded by a two rows of ma ...

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*{{cite book, last1=de Vic, first1=Claude, last2=Vaissète, first2=Joseph, last3=Du Mège, first3=Alexandre, title=Histoire générale de Languedoc, publisher=, year=1841, volume=3, language=fr 11th-century births 12th-century deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain Christians of the First Crusade