William III (or in
Occitan Occitan may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain.
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France.
* Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...
: Guilhem III) was the
Lord of Montpellier
The following is a list of lords of Montpellier:
* William I of Montpellier 26 November 986–1019
* William II of Montpellier 1019–1025
* William III of Montpellier 1025–1058
* William IV of Montpellier 1058–1068
* William V of Montpel ...
from 1025 until his death in 1058. He was the son of
William II and husband of Beliardis. His son and successor was
William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded h ...
. He is the last of the "shadowy" lords of Montpellier, none of whose charters are conserved in the family
cartulary
A cartulary or chartulary (; Latin: ''cartularium'' or ''chartularium''), also called ''pancarta'' or ''codex diplomaticus'', is a medieval manuscript volume or roll (''rotulus'') containing transcriptions of original documents relating to the fo ...
, the ''
Liber instrumentorum memorialium
The ''Liber instrumentorum memorialium'' is the surviving cartulary of the Lords of Montpellier, the Guilhems (Guillems), and an important source for their history. It was compiled in the early thirteenth century, under the patronage of William VI ...
''.
[Archibald R. Lewis, "The Guillems of Montpellier: A Sociological Appraisal", ''Viator'', 2 (1971), 159.]
Notes
Lords of Montpellier
Guilhem dynasty
1058 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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