Guillermo II de Montcada
William II of Montcada ( Catalan: Guillem de Montcada, French: Guillaume de Moncade; † September 12, 1229 in Mallorca ) was a viscount of Béarn from the Catalan House Montcada. He was a son of the Viscount William Raymond of Béarn and the Guillema de Castellvell.
William is the first time in Montpellier called in 1202 at the court of King Peter II, he was apparently came of age at this time, and from then on took over the interests of his family at the royal court for his exiled father was. With the Bishop of Vic, he was in the dispute over control of the city of Vic, who in his brief excommunication by the bishop and exile culminated by the Court in 1210. From 1212 he again took one of his influential position at the court, but did not at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in part. Also in the battle of Muret not fought with, but was in the run of Count Nuno Sanchez reinforcing troops, which could not reach in time at the beginning of the fight, the Catalan army. In April 1214 William belonged to that the Catalan squad in Narbonne forced the release of the underage King James I from the hands of Simon de Montfort.
In the subsequent reign of Count Sancho for the underage King William could participate together with his father, who had returned from exile. Within the Government Council he stood in September 1216 at the head of a claim against the reigning count opposition. Since July 1219 William is finally attested in the position of procurator, which corresponded to that of a regent of the kingdom. In 1221 he was responsible for the occurrence of the marriage of the king with Eleanor of Castile. An erupted in the summer of 1222 feud with Nuno Sanchez cost William his position at the court, as the young king went into the protection of his rival. After attacking Perpignan he was (now at Montcada i Reixac ) besieged in September 1223 by a royalist army in his castle Montcada three months, but he could defend himself successfully. Then he traveled to IV to unite there with Ramon Berenguer V. and Theobald of Champagne in the Provence. In June 1224 he was able to return to Catalonia to reconcile with James I and Nuno Sanchez.
About the same time William 's father had died, of whom he inherited the viscounty Béarn. In 1226 he was feuding family Cardona, whereas again the king had to intervene. In September 1228 he rejoined the royal entourage and took part in the defeat of the rebellious Guerau de Cabrera. The army of King James I. for the crusade to conquer the Balearic contributed Wilhelm at one hundred knights. In the battle of Portopí in the Serra de na Burguesa on September 12, 1229, he led the first battle line against the Moorish army, and was with his cousin Ramon de Montcada II killed in battle. He was buried in the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Santes Creus.
Since February 1223, Wilhelm II was married to Gersende, a daughter of Count Alfonso II of Provence. Their children were:
- Konstanze, ∞ with Diego Lópes, Lord of Soberano de Vizcaya
- Gaston VII (* 1225, † April 26, 1290 ), Viscount of Béarn