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    William of Gellone (c. 755 – 28 May 812 or 814), the medieval William of Orange, was the second Duke of Toulouse from 790 until 811. In 804, he founded...
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  • Gellone may refer to: Gellone Abbey, located in the village of the same name, now Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Hérault, France Gellone river, a river in...
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    department in the Occitania region in Southern France. Situated where the Gellone river's narrow valley meets the steep-sided gorge of the river Hérault...
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    Gellone Sacramentary is a late 8th century illuminated manuscript. It is now in the manuscripts department of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, shelfmark...
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  • designated his successor to be Bernard of Septimania, the son of William of Gellone, Count of Toulouse, and younger half-brother of Gaucelm, Count of Empúries...
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    Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Abbey or Gellone Abbey is a Benedictine abbey in Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Hérault in France. It was founded in 804 by an Aquitanian...
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    Among its oldest well-known carriers was Charlemagne's cousin William of Gellone. Albert Guillaume (1873–1942), French caricaturist Alfred Guillaume (1888–1966)...
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    honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is named after St. William of Gellone (755–814), the first Prince of Orange. Its motto is Voor Moed, Beleid en...
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  • Frankish nobleman Thierry IV, count of Autun and mother of Saint William of Gellone. She was married to Thierry IV, perhaps a nephew, grandson or grand-nephew...
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    first well-known bearer of the name was Charlemagne's cousin William of Gellone (755–812). This William is immortalized in the Chanson de Guillaume, and...
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  • including Rostany, Count of Girona; Ademar, Count of Narbonne; and William of Gellone, Count of Toulouse (cousin of Charlemagne). However, on arriving at Barcelona...
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  • Saint William may refer to: Saint William of Gellone (755 – 812 or 814), second Count of Toulouse Saint William of Volpiano (962 – 1031), monastic reformer...
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    appointing counts of Frankish or Burgundian stock, like his loyal William of Gellone, making Toulouse his base for expeditions against al-Andalus. Charlemagne...
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  • diet of Worms (790), replaced him with his Frankish cousin, William of Gellone. William in turn successfully subdued the Gascons. In the ninth century...
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  • the Dutch Republic William of Orange may also refer to: Saint William of Gellone (755 – c. 812), courtier of Charlemagne who defeated the Saracens at Orange...
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    between the Umayyads of Spain and the Frankish army led by William of Gellone, the Duke of Toulouse. The Umayyads defeated the Franks and returned with...
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    subdued in 790 by Charlemagne's new loyal strongman in Toulouse, William of Gellone). The first county to be established by the Franks from the territory taken...
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    Fastrada of Franconia (784–794) Luitgard of Sundgau (794–800) Bertha of Gellone (?) Cunigunda of Laon (?) Ermengarde of Tours (821–851) Engelberga of Parma (851–875)...
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  • Equatorial Guinea Guillem de Gellone (755 – 28 May (traditional) 812/4; Occitan spelling, Guilhèm de Gellone; anglicised William of Gellone) Second count of Toulouse...
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    Toulouse; in this second campaign he was defeated at Orange by William of Gellone, first cousin to Charlemagne. His successor Al-Hakam I came to power and...
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  • Bernard (or Bernat) of Septimania (795–844), son of William of Gellone and cousin of Charlemagne, was the Duke of Septimania and Count of Barcelona from...
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  • have been sons of Bello. Bera is also noted to be the son of William of Gellone, but that is also unlikely based on references detailing William's inheritance...
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  • representative of imperial authority in that region. He was the son of William of Gellone and his first wife, Gunegunde (Cunegonde), a Frankish lady. It was from...
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    Dalaguete, Cebu, Philippines. Dedicated to the French saint William of Gellone, also known as William of Aquitaine, it is under the jurisdiction of the...
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    (Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges) Former abbatial church (Saint-Gilles) Former abbey of Gellone (Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert) Former cathedral and cloister, cathedral of...
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    Fastrada of Franconia (784–794) Luitgard of Sundgau (794–800) Bertha of Gellone (?) Cunigunda of Laon (?) Ermengarde of Tours (821–851) Engelberga of Parma (851–875)...
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  • and followed his brother as Count of Paris in 813. In 806, William of Gellone abdicated and Charlemagne appointed Bego to take his place in Toulouse...
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    (approximate date) Waldo of Reichenau, Frankish abbot and bishop William of Gellone, Frankish nobleman (or 812) Wu Shaoyang, general of the Tang dynasty John...
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  • surviving manuscript to include human representations is the Sacramentary of Gellone. With portraits of evangelists found for the first time in the Gospel of...
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  • has been suggested that they were related to the family of William of Gellone and to the Counts of Autun, from which may have descended Ringard, the...
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