Guillaume IV "Fier-ŕ-bras" Duc d'Aquitaine et II comté de Poitou
- Born: Abt 937, Poitou, Aquitaine 1002
- Marriage: Emma de Blois 180,1002
- Died: 995 or early 996, St. Maixent, Poitou, Aquitaine about age 58 1002
- Buried: 996, Abbaye de Saint-Maixent, Maixent, Poitou, Aquitaine 1002
Another name for Guillaume was William IV "Strongarm" Duke of Aquitaine and II Count of Poitou.
Noted events in his life were:
• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands Guillaume de Poitou was the son of Guillume III duc de Aquitaine andhis wife Adela de Nomandie. He married Emma de Blois, daughter of Thibaut I "le Tricheur" comté de Blois and his wife Luitgard de Vermandois. "The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes names "Willelmum" as son of "Willelmo Capite stupć" when recording that he succeeded his father [Adémar de Chabannes III, 30, p. 150]. The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence names "filiam Tetbaudi Campanensis…Emmam sive Emelinam" as the wife of "Willelmu duce…Caput Stupć…filium eius Willelmum" [Chronicon sancti Maxentii Pictavensis, Chroniques des Eglises d'Anjou, p. 380]."
Guillaume married Emma de Blois, daughter of Thibaud "le Tricheur" comté de Blois Seigneur de Montagu and Luitgarde de Vermandois 180.,1002 (Emma de Blois was born about 951 180 and died 1 Aug 1004 or later.)
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