Pons (II) William (1019 – 1060) was the

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from 1037. He was the eldest son and successor of William III Taillefer and Emma of Provence. He thus inherited the title '' marchio Provincæ''. He is known to have owned many

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s and he relied on

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, Salic, and Gothic law. Already in 1030, he possessed a lot of power in the

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. In 1037, he gave many allodial churches and castles, including one half of that of Porta Spina, in the Albigeois, Nîmes, Nimois, and Provence as a bridal gift to his wife Majore. In 1038, he split the purchase of the Diocese of Albi with the Trencavel family. In 1040, he donated property in Diens to Cluny. In 1047, he first appears as count palatine in a charter donating Moissac to Cluny. Pons married his first wife, Marjorie (d.1044), in 1022. They had; *Pons the Younger, did not inherit his county or march. In 1040, he married, Almodis de La Marche, former wife of Hugh V of Lusignan, but he too repudiated her in 1053. They had: *William IV of Toulouse, William IV,

*Raymond IV of Toulouse, Raymond IV, Count Saint-Gilles, Gard, Saint-Gilles, succeeded his brother. *Hugh, abbot of Saint-Gilles *Almodis, married Pierre, Count of Melgueil Pons died in Toulouse and was buried in Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse, Saint-Sernin, probably late in 1060 or early in 1061.

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* * *Lewis, Archibald R. ''The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050''. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965. ---- {{Toulouse Counts Counts of Toulouse 991 births 1060 deaths Place of birth unknown House of Rouergue