William VI, Count of Auvergne

William VI of Auvergne (c. 1095–1136) was a French count of the historically independent region of Auvergne, today in central France.

Life He was the son of Robert II of Auvergne and Judith of Melgueil .

He was married to Emma , daughter of Roger I of Sicily in 1086/1087.

Around 1095 he succeeded his father as Count of Auvergne In 1131, William resumed hostilities counting on the support of the Count of Poitiers (presumably William X), whose suzerainty he recognized. But Louis t returned to Auvergne. The Count of Poitiers and his vassal submitted and promised to submit to the judgment of an assembly of the kingdom's nobles .

Issue He and Emma had : Robert III (died 1145). William VIII (died 1182), who married Anne of Nevers. Judith, married to William, Count of Le Puy-en-Velay.