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The House of Poitou
The earliest definite ancestor was one Cte Gérard I d'Auvergne, *800, +k.a.Fontenoy 25.6.841; m.819 Rotrude/Hildegarde of Franks (*802/804 +X.841); He had issue:

A1. Rainulf I, Ct of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine (852-866), *820, +Brissarthe X.866; m.845 Bilichilde de Maine, a dau.of Ct Rorico de Maine
- B1. Rainulf II, Ct of Poitou, King of Aquitaine 888, *850, +5.8.890; m.867 Irmingarde/Ada N
  - C2. [illegitimate] Ebles Mancer, Ct of Poitou and Auvergne (908-934), Duke of Aquitaine (927-934), *867/872, +934/935; 1m: after 10.10.891 Aremburga N; 2m: before II.911 Emilienne N
    - D1. [2m.] Guillaume I (III) "Tete d'Etoupes", Ct of Poitou =Guillaume I, Auvergne and Limoges, Duke of Aquitaine (934-963) =Guillaume III, *915, +St.Maixent 3.4.963; m.935 Adela=Gerloc of Normandy (*ca 917 +after 14.10.962); See note about the numbering confusion.
      - E1. Guillaume II (IV) "Iron Arm", Duke of Aquitaine (963-995), Ct of Poitou, *937, +St.Maixent 3.2.993/995; m.968 Emma de Blois (*950 +after 1003)
        F1. Guillaume III (V) "le Grand", Duke of Aquitaine (995-1030), Ct of Poitou, *ca 969, +Maillezais 31.1.1030; 1m: ca 997 Almodis de Gevaudun (+after 1005); 2m: 1011 Sancha de Gascogne (+ca 1018); 3m: 1019 Agnes de Bourgogne (*ca 995 +9.11.1068)
        G1. [1m.] Guillaume IV (VI) "le Gros", Duke of Aquitaine (1030-38), Ct of Poitou, Saintonge and Guyenne, *1004, +1038; m.before 1031 Eustachie de Montreuil (+after 1038)
        G2. [2m.] Eudes, Duke of Aquitaine (1038-39), Duc de Gascogne, Ct of Poitou and Guyenne, +k.a.1039
        G3. [2m.] Thibaut of Aquitaine, +young
        G4. [3m.] Pierre-Guillaume V (VII) "l'Aigret", Duke of Aquitaine (1039-58), Ct of Poitou, *1023, +Poitiers 1058; m.before 1041 Ermesinde de Longwy (+after 1058)
        H1. Clementia of Aquitaine, heiress of Longwy, Frau von Gleiberg, *1060, +4.1.1142; 1m: shortly before 1075 Ct Konrad of Luxemburg (+1086); 2m: Ct Gerhard of Geldern (+1134/37)
        H2. [exact parentage not proven] Agnes of Aquitaine, +after 13.6.1089; 1m: ca 1054 King Ramiro I of Aragon (+1064); 2m: 1064 Ct Pietro I of Savoy (+1078)
        
        G5. [3m.] Guy-Guillaume VI (VIII), Duke of Aquitaine (1058-86), Ct of Poitou, *Poitiers ca 1025, +Chize 25.6.1086; 1m: ca 1044 (repudiated 1058) Anne de Perigord; 2m: 1058/59 (repudiated 1068) Matilda de la Marche; 3m: 1068/9 Hildegard de Bourgogne (+ after 1104)
        H1. [2m.] Agnes of Aquitaine, *1052, +1078; m.1069 (div ca 1077) King Alfonso VI of Castile and Leon
        H2. [3m.] Guillaume VII (IX), Duke of Aquitaine (1086-1126), Ct of Poitou, *1071, +1126/27; 1m: 1089 (div 1090) Ermengarde d'Anjou (+1146); 2m: 1094 (div 1115) Philippa=Matilda of Toulouse (+28.11.1117)
        I1. [2m.] Guillaume VIII (X) "the Saint", Duke of Aquitaine (1126-37), Ct of Poitou, *1099, +on a pilgrimage to San Iago de Composterba in Galice 9.4.1137; 1m: 1121 Eleonore de Châtellerault (+1130); 2m: before 1137 Emma de Limoges, dau.of Aymar III, Vicomte de Limoges and Umberge N; all kids were by 1m.
        J1. Guillaume, +1130/37
        J2. Eleanor/Aliénor, Dss of Aquitaine (1137-1204), Css of Poitou, *Bordeaux 1122, +Chateau de Mirebelle, Poitiers 31.3.1204; 1m: Bordeaux 22.7.1137 (div 21.3.1152) King Louis VII of France (*1120 +18.9.1180); 2m: Cathedral de Saint-Pierre, Bordeaux 18.5.1152 King Henry II of England (+1189); See note
        J3. Aelis=Petronelle, *1123-28, +after 24.10.1153; m.1142 (div ca 1151) Cte Raoul I de Vermandois (+1152); See note
        *** [illegitimate kids of William VII (IX) by Maubergeron or Dangerosse, both of whom m.Vcte Amaury de Chatellerault]:
        I2. Raimund de Poitiers, Prince of Antioch, +k.a.1149; m.1136 Constance de Hauteville, Pss of Antioch (*1127 +1163); for their descendants see HERE
        I3. Henri de Poitiers, Abbot of Cluny
        I4. Guillaume de Poitiers, Cte de Valentinois, +1187/9; m.N de Beziers; For his descendants see HERE
        I5. Agnes=Matilda, Queen Consort of Aragon; 1m: before 1117 Vcte Aimery VI de Thouars (+1127); 2m: 1135 King Ramiro II of Aragon (+1157)
        I6. Adelaide; m.Raoul de Faye
        
        H3. [3m.] Hugues, +after 1126
        H4. [3m.] Agnes, +1097; m.Jaca, Huesca 1086 King Pedro I of Aragon (+1104)
        H5. [3m.] Beatrix, +1110; m.1108 King Alfonso VI of Castile and Leon (+1109)
        
        G6. [3m.] Beatrix, +ca 1109; m.Raimon de Melgueil
        G7. [3m.] Adelais; 1m: Cte Gerard d'Armagnac; 2m: N Vcte de Lomagne
        G8. [?] Agnés, *1024, +14.12.1077; m.21.11.1043 King Heinrich III of Germany (*1017 +1056)
        
        F2. Ebles, +after 997
      - E2. Alice/Adélaïde, *950/952, +15.6.1004/06; m.970 King Hughues of France (+24.10.996)
      - E3. a daughter, *ca 950; m.972 Ct Giselbert I of Roucy
    - D2. Ebles, Bp of Limoges, *after 925, +977
- B2. Gauzbert, +892
- B3. Ebles, an abbot, *857, +2.10.892
A2. Ct Gerard II de Limousin, +ca 879
- B1. Cte Geraud d'Aurillac, +ca 909
A3. a daughter; m.Foulques de Limoges

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