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Guillaume III des Porcellets

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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.

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

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

Personal life

He married Raimonde de Falconis.

Death

He died in 1288.

References

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