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William II of Provence

William II of Provence
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William II of Provence (1655 engraving)
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:


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