Pons III, Count of Toulouse

991 - 1060  (69 years)

• Name	Pons III
  Birth	991  [1, 3]
  Title(s)	1037 (46 years)  [3]
  In 1037 he became the Count of Toulouse.
  Death	1060	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France   [1, 3]
  Burial	1060	Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, Occitanie, France   [1, 3]
  Half siblings	2 half brothers (family of William III and Arsinde d'Anjou )
  1. Raymond   2. Hugh
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Fulgaud, Count of Rouergue   (4 x Great Grandfather)  Ermengarde   d. 22 Aug 1057  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3379	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	William III, Count of Toulouse,   b. 947   d. 1037 (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Emma de Mortain
  Family ID	F4659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Majore   d. 1044
  Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [3]
  Information	Count Pons 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.  [3]
  Children	1. Pons  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F8584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2021

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges,   b. About 1020   d. 16 Oct 1071 (Age 51 years)  Other Partners: Hugh V of Lusignan  m. About 1038;   Raymond Berenger I, Count of Barcelona  m. 1053
  Marriage	1040  [1, 2, 4]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 49 years - She : ~ 20 years.
  Information	1040  [4]
  	She became Pons wife with the assistance of her first husband.
  Divorce	1053
  	Pons repudiated her owing to her bigamy. [3]
  Children	3 sons and 1 daughter
  +   1. William IV of Toulouse, Count of Toulouse,   b. Abt 1040   d. 1093, Spain (Age 53 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Emma de Mortain  m. 1080 >   2. Raymond IV of Toulouse  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ first wife  m. yes date unknown;   second wife  m. yes date unknown;   Elvira Alfónsez  m. yes date unknow     3. Hugh, Abbot of Saint-Gilles  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   4. Almodis of Toulouse  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Pierre, Count of Substantion Melgueil  m. About 1065
  Family ID	F2331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2022

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Pons III, Count of Toulouse(991 – 1060) 2William III, Count of Toulouse(947 – 1037) 4Raimond III, Count of Toulouse and Albi, Duke of Aquitaine, Marquis of Gothie 8Raimond II, Count of Toulouse and Albi, Marquis of Gothie 16Eudes, Count of Toulouse and Rouergue 17Garsinde de Albi 9Gunhilde 18Wilfred I, 1st Marquis of Barcelona( – 897) 19Guinidilda 5Gersende of Gascony 10Garcia Sanchez, Count of Gascony 20 21 11 22 23 3Emma de Mortain 6Rotbaud I, Count of Provence( – 1015) 12Boson II, Count of Provence at Arles and of Avignon( – 967) 24Rotbaude I d'Angelca, Seigneur d'Angelca( – Abt 949) 25daughter 13Constance of Provence 26Charles Constantine, Count of Vienne(Abt 901 – 962) 27Teutberge de Troyes( – 960) 7Ermengarde( – 1057) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 1060 - Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France Burial - 1060 - Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, Occitanie, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Pons, Count of Toulouse. [S304] Wikipedia, Almodis de la Marche.