Guillaume III des Porcellets

Guillaume III des Porcelets
Born1217
Died1288 (aged 71)
SpouseRaimonde de Falconis

Guillaume III des Porcellets (1217–1288) was a French knight and lord.

Coat of Arms with Boar Passant Charge of the Porcelet Family Provence The Cloister at Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert The Met Cloisters in Gallery 03

Early life

Guillaume III des Porcellets was born in 1217.

Career

He was a knight.[1]

He was the Lord of parts of Arles, Fos, Martigues.[1][2] He served as Conseiller d'Etat and Chamberlain to King Charles I of Naples.[1][2] He served as the Baron of Sicily and Provence.[1][2]

He was the only Frenchman to survive the Sicilian Vespers of 1282 when France lost Sicily to the rebels.[2]

Personal life

He married Raimonde de Falconis.[1]

Death

He died in 1288.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e François-Alexandre de La Chenaye-Aubert, Dictionnaire de la noblesse, Paris: Antoine Boudet, 1776, p. 435 [1]
  2. ^ a b c d Claude-François Achard, Dictionnaire de la Provence et du Comté-Venaissin, J. Mossy, 1787, p. 199 [2]