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William I Duke of Toulouse1,2
b. circa 751, d. 28 May 812, #30218
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Father   Thierry (Theodoric) Duke of Toulouse1,2 b. circa 720, d. after 791
Mother   Alda of Austrasia1 b. circa 724, d. before 804

Name Variation William I Duke of Toulouse was also found as William Guillaume de Autun.3 
research* Find http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I00882. 
Name Variation William I Duke of Toulouse was also found as Saint William I de Toulouse Count of Toulouse. 
Name Variation William I Duke of Toulouse was also found as Guillaume I Count of Toulouse, Margrave of Septimania (Narbonne).2,3 
Name Variation William I Duke of Toulouse was also found as Saint William de Gellone Count of Toulouse.4 
Birth* circa 751 William I was born circa 751 at Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France.1,2,3 
!AInfoNew* ES III:731.
Per Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (329:40), he was Count of Toulouse & Margrave of Septamania (Narbonne).1 
Marriage William I Duke of Toulouse married Gilbour of Hornbach, daughter of Lambert Count of Hornbach.3  
Marriage* circa 796 William I Duke of Toulouse married Kunigunde (Auberge) circa 796 in France.3  
!AInfoNew He was Count of Toulouse, Margrave of Septimania (Narbonne).3 
!AInfoNew He married twice: Cunegunde and Witburga (Gilbour) of Hornbach. He may have had as many as 11 children. Sources do not agree on which child belonged to which mother. If our Bertha of Toulouse was born in 777 then William must have been born before 765............12 year old fathers are rare.5 
!AInfoNew He is sometimes referred to as Saint Guilhem le Desert.

Saint Guilhem was the man who gave his name to the beautiful monastery in the Gellone valley, 30 kilometres northwest of Montpellier. Born sometime in the late 8th century, Guilhem was the grandson of Charles Martel, the Duke of Aquitane, and one of the Emperor Charlemagne's chosen knights. He fought bravely against the Saracens of Spain and became famous as the hero of medieval ballads of knightly prowess and chivalry. A devout Christian who ended his days (died 812 AD) in the monastery at Gellone, he endowed the abbey with a relic of the True Cross, given to him by Charlemagne.3 
Death 28 May 812
William I died on 28 May 812 at Gellone. He founded this monastry.1,4 
Death* 28 May 812
William I died on 28 May 812 at Gellone Monastery, at Aniane, Herault, at Languedoc at France. He founded this monastery.3 
!AInfoNew 844 Turton says that he died in 844. Turton is often in error and this death date would make him VERY old.3 

Family 1   Gilbour of Hornbach b. circa 760, d. before 803
Children  1. Bertha of Toulouse+ b. c 7776
  2. Waldrada de Orleans+ b. 780

Family 2   Kunigunde (Auberge) b. circa 775, d. after 822
Children  1. Cunigunde Queen of Italy+ b. c 797, d. a 15 Jun 8353
  2. Bernard I Mgv of Septamania+ b. c 797, d. 8442

Citations
  1. Download, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/ .
  2. Download, http://www.gbso.net/actor/data/d0085/g0000015.html#I20324.
  3. Download, Jim Weber e-mail address 14Nov2003 http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I05046 .
  4. Download, http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ron_custer&id=I006192.
  5. Download, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/D0042/G0000008.html#I3178 .
  6. Download, http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a41512&id=I2720 e-mail address.
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