2nd Count of Toulouse Saint William de Gellone, I

755 - 812  (57 years)

• Name	Saint William de Gellone  [1]
  Title	2nd Count of Toulouse
  Suffix	I
  Birth	755	Toulouse, Jura, Franche-Comté, France   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	William's faithful service to Charlemagne is portrayed as an example of feudal loyalty. William's career battling Islamic Saracens is sung in epic poems in the 12th and 13th century cycle called La Geste de Garin de Monglane
  Ordained	St. William of Gellone was canonized in 1066, and his feast is May 28  [2]
  		_William of Gellene William of Gellone (c. 755 – 28 May 812) the medieval William of Orange, was the second Duke of Toulouse from 790 until 811. In 804, he founded the abbey of Gellone. He was canonized a saint in 1066 by Pope Alexander II.
  Religion	William founded a monastery at Gellone, near Aniane, and with Charlemagne's permission, entered the cornmunity as a monk
  		Church - Monastery of Gellone Romanesque apse of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, originally Gellone, the monastery William founded in 804 and entered in 806. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Gellone
  Death	28 May 812	Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
  Person ID	I11180	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Makir of the Franks Theodoric Autun, IV,   b. 675, Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France d. 22 Oct 741, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Auda 'Aldana' Martel,   b. 732, Saxony, Germany d. 804, France (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Guiboar von Hornbach,   b. 774, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany d. 15 Feb 824, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France   [1]
  Children	1. Queen Bertha de Toulouse de Gellone,   b. 777, Toulouse, Jura, Franche-Comté, France d. 870, Milano, Milano, Lombardia, Italy (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 755 - Toulouse, Jura, Franche-Comté, France Death - 28 May 812 - Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France Marriage - - Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  _William of Gellene William of Gellone (c. 755 – 28 May 812) the medieval William of Orange, was the second Duke of Toulouse from 790 until 811. In 804, he founded the abbey of Gellone. He was canonized a saint in 1066 by Pope Alexander II.

  
  

  Places

  Church - Monastery of Gellone Romanesque apse of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, originally Gellone, the monastery William founded in 804 and entered in 806. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Gellone

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S547] Saints, Saint William of Gellone. Knight and Benedictine monk, the son of Count Thierry of Toulouse. William was a member of the famed court of Charlemagne (r. 768-814). He was named duke of Aquitaine and chosen to lead a campaign against the Saracens in southern France. He defeated the Islamic Saracens in this campaign. Throughout his military career, he displayed exemplary chivalry and was honored as the ideal knight. However, he gave up the sword and became dedicated to the promotion of the faith. William founded a monastery at Gellone, near Aniane, and with Charlemagne's permission, entered the cornmunity as a monk. The abbey was later renamed SaintGuilhem-du-Desert in his honor. William was also the subject of several medieval romances, including La Prised Orange and Aliseans. He was canonized in 1066. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2134