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William IX, Count of Poitiers

English prince (1153–1156)

William IX, Count of Poitiers

English prince (1153–1156)

FieldValue
nameWilliam
imageWilliam IX, Count of Poitiers.jpg
captionWilliam, from an early 14th century genealogical tree
British Library *Royal MS 14 B VI*.
housePlantagenet-Angevin
fatherHenry II, King of England
motherEleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine
birth_date17 August 1153
birth_placeNormandy or Poitiers, Aquitaine
death_date1156 (aged 2–3)
death_placeWallingford Castle, Berkshire
burial_placeReading Abbey, Berkshire

British Library Royal MS 14 B VI.

Henry I Beauclerc

William, Count of Poitiers (17 August 1153 – 1156) was the first son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.

William is reported to have died either at the age of 2 in April 1156, or at the age of 3 on 2 December 1156, after suffering a seizure at Wallingford Castle. He was buried in Reading Abbey at the feet of his great-grandfather Henry I.

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