Guillaume le Pieux

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Guillaume le Pieux, better known in English as William I, Duke of Aquitaine, was a powerful early 10th-century French noble renowned for his piety and for founding the influential Cluny Abbey.

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Guillaume le Pieux canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Count ⓘ
Duke ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval noble ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Guillaume Ier d’Aquitaine ⓘ
William I of Aquitaine ⓘ
William the Pious ⓘ
burialPlace Saint-Julien de Brioude (disputed) ⓘ
chronologicalPlacement Carolingian era ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship West Francia ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 875 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 918 ⓘ
donatedTo Cluny Abbey ⓘ
donationType immunity from lay control for Cluny ⓘ
lands in Burgundy ⓘ
era early 10th century ⓘ
father Bernard Plantevelue ⓘ
foundationDate 11 September 910 ⓘ
founded Abbey of Cluny ⓘ
linked to: Cluny Abbey

Cluny Abbey ⓘ
influenced Cluniac reform movement ⓘ
linked to: Cluniac reforms
knownFor founding Cluny Abbey ⓘ
piety ⓘ
languageOfUse Latin ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
mother Ermengarde of Auvergne ⓘ
nameInEnglish William I, Duke of Aquitaine ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Auvergne ⓘ
notableEvent issued charter of foundation for Cluny in 910 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Auvergne ⓘ
placeOfDeath Saint-Germain-d’Auvergne ⓘ
politicalRole major magnate of West Francia ⓘ
positionHeld Count of Auvergne ⓘ
Count of Bourges ⓘ
Count of Clermont ⓘ
Count of Limoges ⓘ
Count of Lyon ⓘ
Count of Mâcon ⓘ
Duke of Aquitaine ⓘ
Margrave of Aquitaine ⓘ
predecessor Bernard Plantevelue ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Engelberga ⓘ
successor William II of Aquitaine ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ
workLocation Aquitaine ⓘ
Auvergne ⓘ

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William I, Duke of Aquitaine → alsoKnownAs → Guillaume le Pieux ⓘ