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William of Septimania
William of Septimania (29 November 826 – 850) was the son of Bernard and Dhuoda. He was the Count of Toulouse from 844 and Count of Barcelona from 848.
The sources for his life are primarily the "Annales Bertiniani" and the "Chronica Fontanellensis", while his mother wrote an educational instruction book called the "Liber Manualis" for him and his brother sometime before February 842.
William was initially sent to the court of his uncle, Theodoric of Autun, who died around
sent his first cousin William of Gellone to be the count of Toulouse and the duke of Septimania. After the conquest of Barcelona in 801, Bera was appointed Count of Barcelona by Louis of Aquitaine and Charlemagne. He delegated the two counties, Razès and Confluent, to his son Guillemundus in around 820. Guillemundus rebelled against Bernard of Septimania, who succeeded his father, William of Gellone, as count of Toulouse and Duke of Septimania. Gillemundus was defeated and went into exile in Córdoba. Razès and Conflent went to Bernard.