[1] He accompanied the French king, Louis VII, on the Second Crusade.
[1] The young count was able to maintain his status in part of his county, especially Beaumont, Chamalières, and Montferrand.
Still others, out of convenience, choose to call these successors the "counts-dauphins of Auvergne."
This meant that William VII's male descendants were usually given "Dauphin" as a second name.
He was married to Marquise d'Albon, a daughter of Count Guigues IV, the Dauphin of Albon, and had 3 or 4 children :