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William I "The Great" of Burgundy

Male - 1087


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William I "The Great" of Burgundy (son of Renaud I and Adélaïde of Normandy); died on 12 Nov 1087.

    Notes:

    Count of Burgundy and, from 1078, Count of Mâcon.

    Called "tête hardie", "the rash" or "the stubborn".

    William married Stephanie between 1049 and 1057. Stephanie died after 1092. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Ermentrude of Burgundy died on 8 Mar 1105.
    2. Raymond of Burgundy was born about 1060; died on 26 Mar 1107; was buried in Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
    3. Stephen I of Burgundy was born in 1065; died in 1102 in Anatolia.
    4. Sibylla of Burgundy was born in 1065; died in 1101.
    5. Pope Callixtus II was born about 1065 in Burgundy, France; died on 13 Dec 1124 in Rome.
    6. Gisela of Burgundy was born about 1070; died after 1133.
    7. Clementia of Burgundy was born about 1078; died about 1133.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Renaud I (son of Otto-William of Burgundy and Ermentrude de Roucy); died in 1057.

    Notes:

    Count of Burgundy.

    Renaud married Adélaïde of Normandy before 2 Nov 1023. Adélaïde (daughter of Richard II and Judith of Brittany) died after 1074. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Adélaïde of Normandy (daughter of Richard II and Judith of Brittany); died after 1074.

    Notes:

    Sometimes called Judith. "As for Judith being the same person as Adelais, there is no reason to doubt this: she was recorded as Renaud's wife named Adelais in 1023, well before occurring with her mother's name Judith in 1037 (perhaps the alternative was used to distinguish her from her step-mother-in-law Adelais), and she was still living nearly two decades after Renaud's death." [Peter Stewart, citation details below.]

    Children:
    1. 1. William I "The Great" of Burgundy died on 12 Nov 1087.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Otto-William of Burgundy was born before 962 (son of Adalberto, Joint King of Italy and Gerberge); died before 21 Sep 1026; was buried on 21 Sep 1026 in Dijon Cathedral, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Buried: 21 Sep 1027, Dijon Cathedral, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France

    Notes:

    Count of Burgundy.

    Also called Othon Guillaume.

    Otto-William married Ermentrude de Roucy. Ermentrude (daughter of Renaud I and Alberade de Lorraine) was born about 950; died on 5 Mar 1002. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ermentrude de Roucy was born about 950 (daughter of Renaud I and Alberade de Lorraine); died on 5 Mar 1002.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 5 Mar 1003
    • Alternate death: 5 Mar 1004
    • Alternate death: 1005

    Children:
    1. Matilda of Burgundy died on 13 Nov 1005; was buried in Cathedral of Saint-Etienne d'Auxerre, Auxerre, Yonne, France.
    2. 2. Renaud I died in 1057.
    3. Gerberga of Mâcon died between 1020 and 1023.
    4. Agnes of Burgundy was born about 995; died on 10 Nov 1068; was buried in Abbey of St. Nicolas de Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.

  3. 6.  Richard II (son of Richard I, Leader of the Normans of Rouen and Gunnor); died on 23 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 28 Aug 1026
    • Alternate death: 1027
    • Alternate death: 23 Aug 1027

    Notes:

    Duke of Normandy.

    Richard married Judith of Brittany about 1000. Judith (daughter of Conan I "Le Tort" and Ermengarde of Anjou) was born in 982; died on 28 Jun 1017; was buried in Bernay Abbey, Bernay, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Judith of Brittany was born in 982 (daughter of Conan I "Le Tort" and Ermengarde of Anjou); died on 28 Jun 1017; was buried in Bernay Abbey, Bernay, Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 16 Jun 1017

    Notes:

    Also called Judith de Rennes. Founded the abbey of Bernay, Normandy.

    Children:
    1. 3. Adélaïde of Normandy died after 1074.
    2. (Unknown daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy)
    3. Richard III was born in 1001; died on 5 Aug 1027.
    4. Robert I was born about 1004; died between 1 Jul 1035 and 3 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Asia Minor.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Adalberto, Joint King of Italy (son of Berengario II, King of Italy and Willa of Arles).

    Notes:

    Joint king with his father. They were both deposed.

    Adalberto married Gerberge. Gerberge (daughter of Lambert of Châlon and Adélaïde) died between 986 and 992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Gerberge (daughter of Lambert of Châlon and Adélaïde); died between 986 and 992.
    Children:
    1. 4. Otto-William of Burgundy was born before 962; died before 21 Sep 1026; was buried on 21 Sep 1026 in Dijon Cathedral, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France.

  3. 10.  Renaud I died on 10 May 967 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried in Abbey of St. Remi, Reims, France.

    Notes:

    Also called Ragebold. Count of Roucy 948-967. Count of Reims.

    Renaud married Alberade de Lorraine. Alberade (daughter of Giselbert I and Gerberga of Saxony) was born about 931; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Alberade de Lorraine was born about 931 (daughter of Giselbert I and Gerberga of Saxony); was buried in Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.
    Children:
    1. 5. Ermentrude de Roucy was born about 950; died on 5 Mar 1002.
    2. Giselbert was born before 956; died on 19 Apr 991.

  5. 12.  Richard I, Leader of the Normans of Rouen was born between 931 and 932 in Fécamp, Normandy, France (son of Guillaume "Longue Epee", Leader of the Normans of Rouen and Sprota); died on 21 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Normandy, France.

    Notes:

    Also known as Richard the Fearless; Richard Sans Peur. Called in retrospect "Duke of Normandy," a title he did not use.

    From The Henry Project: "Richard is described by such a wide range of words (comes, marchio, consul, princeps, dux) by various sources (sometimes of dubious authority) that it would be difficult to argue that there is a specific 'title' by which he should be called."

    Richard married Gunnor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Gunnor (daughter of (The Person Widely Known As "Unknown de Crepon")).
    Children:
    1. Hawise of Normandy died on 21 Feb 1034.
    2. Emma of Normandy, Queen Consort of England; Queen Consort of Denmark and Norway
    3. Robert II, Archbishop of Rouen died in 1037.
    4. 6. Richard II died on 23 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Normandy, France.

  7. 14.  Conan I "Le Tort" (son of Juhel alias Bérenger); died on 27 Jun 992 in Conquereuil, near Nantes, Brittany, France; was buried in Mont Saint-Michel Abbey, Brittany, France.

    Notes:

    Count of Rennes before 979. Duke of Brittany.

    "[S]lain at the 2nd Battle of Conquereuil near Nantes". [Royal Ancestry]

    Conan married Ermengarde of Anjou about 973. Ermengarde (daughter of Geoffroi I Grisegonelle and Adèle of Troyes) died after 992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Ermengarde of Anjou (daughter of Geoffroi I Grisegonelle and Adèle of Troyes); died after 992.

    Notes:

    Stewart Baldwin has pointed out that she was not the same individual as her sister Gerberge who married William IV of Angouleme, despite the contrary claim in several sources including Wikipedia, Ancestral Roots, and Leo van de Pas (the latter presumably deriving from Europa?ische Stammtafeln).

    Children:
    1. Geoffroi I of Brittany was born about 980; died on 20 Nov 1008.
    2. 7. Judith of Brittany was born in 982; died on 28 Jun 1017; was buried in Bernay Abbey, Bernay, Normandy, France.