X-Nico

2 unusual facts about William IX


William IX

William I, Elector of Hesse (or Hesse-Cassel), also known as William IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, (1743–1821)

William IX, Duke of Aquitaine

William was excommunicated a second time for "abducting" the Viscountess Dangerose (Dangerosa), the wife of his vassal Aimery I de Rochefoucauld, Viscount of Châtellerault.


Dangereuse de l'Isle Bouchard

She was also mistress to her granddaughters' paternal grandfather William IX, Duke of Aquitaine.

Martin Ernst von Schlieffen

Schlieffen became the most important adviser of Landgraves Frederick II and William IX.


see also

Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg

Ida joined the Crusade of 1101: alongside Thiemo of Salzburg and the dukes Welf IV of Bavaria and William IX of Bavaria, she raised and led her own army toward Jerusalem.