Under his testament dated 1121, "Guillelmi Montispessulani, filii Ermeniardis" bequeathed the town of Montpellier to "Guillelmo filio meo majori".
Seigneur de Montpellier. He was forced out of Montpellier by a revolt organised by his cousins the vicaires de Montpellier in 1141, remaining in exile at Latas for two years. Under his testament dated 11 Dec 1146, "Guillelmus de Montispessulano, filius Ermesende" mentions his mother as still alive ("pretera post obitum domine mee matris, infirmis"), bequeathes the town of Montpellier and the castra of Montferrier [-sur-Lez] {Hérault} and the city of Tortosa {Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain} to "Guillelmo filio meo majori", Castrum novum {probably Castelnau-le-Lez, Hérault, near Montpellier} and Salzetum to "Guillelmo filio meo minori", states that "Raimundus Guillelmi filius meus" has been entrusted as an oblate at Cluny, entrusts "Bernardum Guillelmum filium meum" to his oldest son until he is 18 years old, bequeathes the castra of Le Pouget and Paulhan {both Hérault} to "filio meo Guidoni", and names his daughters Guillemette, Adelais and Ermessende, with “Poncio de Mataplana consobrino mei” taking an eventual role in the guardianship of his children with the consent of “matris mee”.
In 1147, Guillaume [VI] became a monk at the abbey of Grandselve {Bouillac, Tarn-et-Garonne}. His date of death is set by the charter dated 1161 which records the settlement agreed between “Guillelmum Montispessulani et Guidonem fratrem suum”, naming “Guillelmo de Tortosa fratri suo...Guillelmus Montispessuli monachus pater eorum". 1
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