Family
 William II of Angoulême, Count of Angoulême 1) 2)Born ± 952 Died 6 Apr 1028, approximately 76 years 3) Notes: Also known as William Taillefer, he was Count of Angloueme from c987, William went to Jerusalem c 1026, on a pilgrimage - dying not long afterwards on his return to Angouleme. Married 1) to:  Gerberga d'Anjou 4) 1) 5)Notes: In the Angouleme charters and Ademar's Chronique, Gerberga is named several times as wife of William, and also as mother of Alduin, William's oldest son and successor. William's wife is never referred to as Ermengarde. Geberga is sometimes considered to be the same individual as Ermengarde d'Anjou, on the basis that the Saint Aubin genealogies only give William one daughter - Ermengarde. This is a very weak reason for conflating what would seem to be two entirely distinct daughters based on names, locations etc. Child: 1. Geoffrey of Angoulême, Count of Angoulême 2)Died 1048 2) Notes: Geoffrey's older brother, Alduin, first succeeded William II as Count in 1028, before Geoffrey then succeeded in 1032. | |||
Sources
1) Source: Ademari Chronicon "Comes denique Engolismae Willelmus, copulata sibi in conjugio Girberga, sorore comitis Fulconis, filios ex ea suscepit Hilduinum et Gosfridum.". Reference: 41 (no year) (Data from direct source)2) Source: Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium "Successit in consulatum Auduino Gaufridus seu Josfredus, frater ejus, cujus erat uxor Petronilla [18], filia Marnardi, dicti Divitis, domini Archiaci et Botavillae et sola ejus heres : pro qua totam hereditatem patris habuit et possedit ; quam duxerat ipse Gaufridus, vivente patre suo Willermo comite. Filius vero fratris Alduini, scilicet Willermus Chausardus, licet filius esset primogeniti et terram de comitatu debuisset habere, solummodo Mastacium et medietatem castri Fronciaci habuit. Hac de causa scilicet quia comes Willelmus ejus avus filios et filias exheredavit, idcirco quia uxor ejusdem Audoini toxicaverat eum [19], et propter hoc sententiam exheredationis in progeniem illius mulieris retorsit. Gaufridus vero comes de uxore sua praedicta filios genuit Fulconem, Gaufredum Rudelli, Arnaldum de Montosario, Willermum et Ademarum postea Engolismenses episcopos. Fulconi primogenito dedit comitatum Engolismae et terram quam ex parte uxoris suae habebat, Gaufredo Rudelli castrum Montosarii. Obiit autem Gaufredus comes MXLVIII anno ab incarnatione Domini.". Reference: Cap. XXX. De Gaufrido Comite Engolismensi. (Data from direct source)
3) Source: Ademari Chronicon "Hic jacet domnus et amabilis Willelmus, comes Egolismae, qui ipso anno, quo venit de Hierusalem, obiit in pace viii idus aprilis, vigilia osanna, mxxviii anno ab incarnatione, et tota sua progenies jacet in loco sancti Eparchii. Itaque post sepulturam ejus processerunt episcopi cum clero et populo ad sanctam processionem dominicam, et stationem peregerunt. Successit pro Willelmo Hilduinus filius ejus in principatu Egolismae, et praeclarum laeticiae signum in initio principatus ejus ostensum est, cum de dolore sepulturae transiit populus ad laetitiam, obviam domino exclamans". Reference: 6 April 1028 (Data from direct source)
4) Source: Cartulaire de l'église d'Angoulême "S. Hilduino comite, S. Giberga, matre ejus.". Reference: LIV (Data from direct source)
5) Source: Historia Pontificum et Comitum Engolismensium "Guillermus vero, comes Engolismensis, copulata sibi uxore Giberta (alias Girberga vel Gerberga), sorore comitis Guillermi Andegavensis (scribendum Fulconis), Alduinum et Gaufridum ex ea genuit.". Reference: Cap. XXIV. – De Rohone Episcopo Engolismensi. (Data from direct source)