Pons, Count of Toulouse

Pons, Count of Toulouse
Spouse(s)	Majore Almodis de La Marche
Noble family	House of Rouergue
Father	William III of Toulouse
Mother	Emma of Provence
Born	991
Died	1060

Pons (II) William (991 – 1060) was the Count of Toulouse from 1037. He was the eldest son and successor of William III Taillefer and Emma of Provence. He thus inherited the title marchio Provincæ. He is known to have owned many allods and he relied on Roman, Salic, and Gothic law.

Already in 1030, he possessed a lot of power in the Albigeois. In 1037, he gave many allodial churches and castles, including one half of that of Porta Spina, in the Albigeois, Nimois, and Provence as a bridal gift to his wife Majore.

In 1038, he split the purchase of the Diocese of Albi with the Trencavel family. In 1040, he donated property in Diens to Cluny. In 1047, he first appears as count palatine in a charter donating Moissac to Cluny.

Pons married first wife, Majore(d.1044), in 1022. His only child by Majore;

In 1045, he married, Almodis de La Marche, former wife of Hugh V of Lusignan, but he too repudiated her in 1053. They had:

Pons died in Toulouse and was buried in Saint-Sernin, probably late in 1060 or early in 1061.

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