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William I the Liberator
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993
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William the Liberator earned his name by driving the Saracen raiders out of their stronghold at La Garde-Freinet, freeing Provence from a century of coastal terror.
Research notes
WILLIAM I 'the LIBERATOR', Count and Margrave of PROVENCE (c.950-993); father of William II (our line). Wife Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, note-only. Standard well-documented medieval royal/comital genealogy per the cited authorities; rungs graded, contested parentage marked note-only, not hardened.