William II of Provence | |
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William II of Provence (1655 engraving)
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Spouse(s) | Gerberga of Burgundy |
Noble family | House of Arles |
Father | William I of Provence |
Mother | Arsende de Comminges |
Born | c. 981 |
Died | 1018 |
William II (or III) (c. 981 – 1018), called the Pious, was the Count of Provence.
William was the son of William I (or II) of Provence and Arsende de Comminges, daughter of Arnaldo, Count of Comminges and Arsende, Countess of Carcassonne. William succeeded his father; William I, on the latter's retirement to a monastery just before his death in late 994. He was a minor under his step-mother's regency until he came of age in 999. His regent was Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, his father's second wife. William did not succeed to the margravial title, which went to his uncle Rotbold I. Around 1002, he married Gerberga, daughter of Otto-William, Count of Burgundy and Ermentrude, Countess of Mâcon and Besançon. William died in 1018, about 30 May.
Together William and Gerberga had: