NameWilliam IX 'the Troubadour' Duke Of Aquitaine, 26G Grandfather
Web Notes notes for William IX 'the Troubadour' Duke Of Aquitaine
Assisted Philip I of France against William the Conqueror. He erected the Palace of Poictou, and, after conferring large donations on the Church, died.
Renowned troubadour. Brought up his granddaughter, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Weis' "Ancestral Roots . . ." (110:24), (111:24), (185:3). He was a crusader in 1101 and the first known singer-poet in the vernacular. As Count of Poitiers, William VII. (183:3) identifies Dangerose as his mistress.