MONTPELLIER, Count Guillaume VII

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• Name	MONTPELLIER, Guillaume
  Prefix	Count
  Suffix	VII
  Birth	1128	Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc, France
  Gender	Male
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  Death	Bef 29 Nov 1172	Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc, France
  Burial	Dec 1172
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  Person ID	I47494	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
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  Father	MONTFERRAT, Count Guillaume VI ,   b. Abt 1111, Klosterneuburg, Niederoesterreic, Austria Klosterneuburg, Niederoesterreic, Austriad. 8 Dec 1191, Montferrat, Alessandria, Itayl (Age 80 years)
  Mother	VASTO, Sybilla de ,   b. 1104, Vasto, Chieti, Italy Vasto, Chieti, Italyd. Aft 1172 (Age > 69 years)
  Marriage	Aug 1129
  Family ID	F24377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BURGUNDY, Mathilde de ,   b. 1132, Bourgogne, France Bourgogne, Franced. Bef 29 Nov 1172, France (Age < 40 years)
  Marriage	1157	England
  Children	+ 1. MONTPELLIER, Count Guillaume VIII ,   b. 1158, Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc, France Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc, Franced. Aft 4 Nov 1202, France (Age > 44 years)
  Family ID	F24461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  BIO: Seigneur de Montpellier ** from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TOULOUSE%20NOBILITY.htm#GuillaumeVIIMontpellierdied1172 GUILLAUME [VII] de Montpellier (-[29 Sep 1172/May 1173], bur Abbaye de Granselve). Under his testament dated 11 Dec 1146, "Guillelmus de Montispessulano, filius Ermesende" bequeathes the town of Montpellier and the castra of Montferrier [-sur-Lez] {Hérault} and the city of Tortosa {Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain} to "Guillelmo filio meo majori"[480]. Seigneur de Montpellier. Under his testament dated 29 Sep 1173, "Guillelmus dominus Montispessulani, filius quondam Sibilie" states that his wife Mathilde was already deceased and requests payment of her debts, requests burial at the abbaye de Grandselve (Cist.) {Bouillac, Tarn-et-Garonne}, adding that he gives "Raimundum filium meum" as a monk to the same monastery, names "Guillelmo filio meo majori" as his principal heir, commands "filius meus major Guillelmus" to take care of "Guillelmo fratri suo", recalls that "Guidonem filium meus" had been entrusted to the Knights Templars for six years and would himself become a Knight Templar six years later if his two older brothers were still alive, names "Sibiliam filia mea matrimonio collocavi Raimundo Gaucelmi", recalling her dowry, his daughters "Guillelme…Adelais…Marie", stating that they should each receive the same dowry, recalls that he gave "Clementiam filiam meam" to the monastery of Tarn, and names "Guido frater meus…Guillelma soror mea et filius ejus Bernardus Atho…Stephanus de Cerviano nepos meus…"[481]. m (contract Montpellier 25 Feb 1157) MATHILDE de Bourgogne, daughter of HUGUES II "Borel/le Pacifique" Duke of Burgundy & his wife Mathilde de Mayenne ([1135]-before 29 Sep 1173). The contract of marriage between "Guillelmus Montispessulani dominus" and "Mathildem sororem ducis Burgundie" is dated 25 Feb 1157[482]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines refers to, but does not name, one of the sisters (named first in the list of sisters) of "Lingones…episcopus Galterus [et] episcopum Eduensem Henricum" as "mater Guilelmi de Montepessulano domni"[483]. Under his testament dated 29 Sep 1173, "Guillelmus dominus Montispessulani, filius quondam Sibilie" states that his wife Mathilde was already deceased and requests payment of her debts[484]. ** from Wikipedia listing for William VII of Montpellier William VII of Montpellier was the eldest son of William VI and of his wife Sibylle. Aged around 15, he inherited the lordship of Montpellier from his father in 1146 under the tutelage of his grandmother, Ermessende of Melgueil. In 1156 he married Matilda of Burgundy, daughter of Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy. He fell ill in 1171 and made his will on St Michael's day (29 September 1171), appointing his brother Gui Guerrejat and John of Montlaur, bishop of Maguelonne, as joint guardians of his young sons. He probably died in 1172. He and Matilda had nine children: * Sibylle, who married Rayomond Gaucelm of Lunel * William VIII of Montpellier * another William, who died between 1171 and 1180 * Gui, named Gui Burgundion after his mother and to distinguish him from his uncle Gui Guerrejat. He married Azalais of Conas and had a daughter, Burgundione * Raymond, who became a Cistercian monk at Grandselve, then bishop of Lodève, then (by 1192) bishop of Agde * Guillemette, who married Raymond of Anduze, son of Bernard V of Anduze * Azalais or Adelaide * Marie * Clémence, who was for some time a nun, but in 1199 married Rostaing of Sabran, constable of the count of Toulouse WILL: dated 20 SEP 1172 Guilhem VII de Montpellier appartient à la dynastie des Guilhem, seigneurs de cette ville. Il est né vers 1130 au Château de Gallargues, vers Montpellier. Il était le fils aîné de Guilhem VI et de son épouse Sibylle. Biographie Il lutte au côté de son père Guilhem VI aux sièges d'Almeria et de Tortosa. Âgé d'environ 15 ans, il succéda à son père en 1146 comme Seigneur de Montpellier avec comme tutrice sa grand-mère, Ermessende de Melgueil. Entre 1153 et 1155, il a été prisonnier de Raymond V de Tortosa. Entre 1159 et 1160, il lutte contre le comte de Toulouse et prend la ville de Cahors. Il a accueilli le pape Alexandre III à Montpellier entre 1162 et 1165; ce dernier l'a soutenu contre les prétentions de la République de Gênes qui aspirait au monopole de la navigation hauturière en Méditerranée occidentale; poursuivant cette politique extérieure, il a favorisé l'alliance avec la République de Pise, rivale des génois. Guilhem VII tombe malade en 1171 et rédige son testament le jour de la Saint-Michel (29 septembre 1171), désignant son frère Gui Guerrejat et Jean de Montlaur, évêque de Maguelone, comme tuteurs de son jeune fils. Il est probablement décédé en 1172. Famille En 1156, Guilhem VII a épousé Mathilde de Bourgogne, fille de Hugues II, Duc de Bourgogne et de Mathilde de Mayenne. Il a eu de son épouse Mathilde neuf enfants: Sibylle, qui épousa Raymond Gaucelm de Lunel Guilhem VIII de Montpellier autre Guilhem, qui est mort entre 1171 et 1180 Gui de Montpellier, nommé Gui Burgundion à cause des origines de sa mère et qu'il ne faut pas confondre avec son oncle Gui Guerrejat. Refondateur de l'Ordre des Hospitaliers du Saint-Esprit, il épousa Azalais de Conas dont il a eu une fille, Burgundione Raimond, qui devint moine cistercien à l'Abbaye de Grand Selve, puis évêque de Lodève, et enfin (vers 1192) évêque d'Agde Guillemette de Montpellier, qui a épousé Raymond Ier de Roquefeuil-Anduze, fils de Bertrand Ier d'Anduze et d'Adélaïde de Roquefeuil. Azalais ou Adélaïde Marie, mariée à Aimeric de Clermont Clémence, destinée par son père à être religieuse, mais mariée en 1199 à Rostaing de Sabran, connétable du comte de Toulouse