Pons Count of Toulouse, Albi and Dijon ^{1 2}

   Another name for Pons was Pons William Count of Toulouse.

  Research Notes:

Second husband of Almodis (Almode) de la Marche.

From Wikipedia - Pons, Count of Toulouse :

Pons (II) William[1] (abt 1020 - 1060) was the Count of Toulouse from 1037. He was the eldest son and successor of William III Taillefer and Emma of Provence . He thus inherited the title marchio Provincæ . He is known to have owned many allods and he relied on Roman , Salic , and Gothic law .

Already in 1030, he possessed a lot of power in the Albigeois . In 1037, he gave many allodial churches and castles, including one half of that of Porta Spina , in the Albigeois, Nimois , and Provence as a bridal gift to his wife Majore .

In 1038, he split the purchase of the Diocese of Albi with the Trencavel family. In 1040, he donated property in Diens to Cluny . In 1047, he first appears as count palatine in a charter donating Moissac to Cluny.

Pons married first wife, Majore, in 1022. She died in 1044. In 1045, he married, Almodis de La Marche , former wife of Hugh V of Lusignan , but he too repudiated her in 1053. His only child by Majore, Pons the Younger , did not inherit his county and march. His eldest sons by Almodis, William IV and Raymond IV , originally just count of Saint-Gilles , succeeded him in turn. His son Hugh became abbot of Saint-Gilles. He had one daughter, Almodis, who married the Count of Melgueil .

Pons died in Toulouse and was buried in Saint-Sernin , probably late in 1060 or early in 1061.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Count of Toulouse, 1037-1060.

Pons married Almodis de la Marche Countess of Limoges, daughter of Bernard I Count of La Marche and Péregord and Amélie Countess of Aubnay, in 1045. (Almodis de la Marche Countess of Limoges was born about 1000 in Toulouse, (Haute-Garonne), France, died on 16 Nov 1071 and was buried in Cathedral of Barcelona, Spain.)