Biography of Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine 1025-1086

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Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine succeeded VIII Duke Aquitaine.

Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine and Garsende Perigord Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine.

Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine and Mateoda Unknown Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine.

Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine and Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Robert I Duke Burgundy and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy. He the son of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine. They were second cousin once removed.

In or before 1004 [his father] William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 34) and Adalemode Limoges Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of [his grandfather] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine and [his grandmother] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.

In or before 1010 [his father] William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 40) and Sancha Gascony Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of [his grandfather] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine and [his grandmother] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.

In or before 1023 [his father] William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 53) and [his mother] Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy (age 62) and [his grandmother] Ermentrude Countess Burgundy. He the son of [his grandfather] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine and [his grandmother] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.

Around 1025 Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 56) and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 31st January 1030 [his father] William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 61) died. His son [his half-brother] William (age 26) succeeded VI Duke Aquitaine.

In 1032 [his step-father] Geoffrey "Martel aka Hammer" Ingelger II Count Anjou and [his mother] Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy and [his grandmother] Ermentrude Countess Burgundy. He the son of Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou (age 62) and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou.

In 1052 [his daughter] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Leon Queen Consort Castile was born to Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 27) and Mateoda Unknown Duchess Aquitaine.

In 1069 [his son-in-law] Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile (age 28) and [his daughter] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Leon Queen Consort Castile (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 44) and Mateoda Unknown Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Ferdinand "Great" I King Leon and Sancha Astur Leonese.