William, I Count of Burgundy

Male 1020 - 1087  (67 years)


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  • Name William , I Count of Burgundy  [1
    Suffix I Count of Burgundy 
    Born 1020  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Nov 1087  Besançon, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Aft 12 Nov 1087  Besançon, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • William I (1020 - 12 November 1087), called the Great (le Grand or Tête Hardie, "the Rash"), was Count of Burgundy from 1057 to 1087 and Mâcon from 1078 to 1087. He was a son of Renaud I and Alice of Normandy, daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. William was the father of several notable children, including Pope Callixtus II.

      In 1057, he succeeded his father and reigned over a territory larger than that of the Franche-Comté itself. In 1087, he died in Besançon and was buried there in the cathedral of St John.

      William married a woman named Stephanie.

      They had many children:

      Renaud II, William's successor, died on First Crusade
      Stephen I, successor to Renaud II, Stephen died on the Crusade of 1101
      Raymond, married (1090) Urraca, the reigning queen of Castile
      Guy of Vienne, elected pope, in 1119 at the Abbey of Cluny. as Calixtus II
      Sybilla (or Maud), married (1080) Eudes I of Burgundy
      Gisela of Burgundy, married (1090) Humbert II of Savoy and then Renier I of Montferrat
      William
      Eudes
      Hugh III, Archbishop of Besançon
      Clementia married Robert II, Count of Flanders and was Regent, during his absence. She married secondly Godfrey I, Count of Leuven and was possibly the mother of Joscelin of Louvain.
      Stephanie married Lambert, Prince de Royans (died 1119)
      Ermentrude, married (1065) Theodoric I
      (perhaps) Bertha wife of Alphonso VI of Castile
      and maybe another daughter
    Person ID I5023  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father Reginald, I Count of Burgundy,   b. 986,   d. 1057  (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Alice of Normandy,   b. Abt 1002,   d. 27 Jul 1037  (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married Bef 01 Sep 1016  [2
    Family ID F611  Group Sheet

    Family Stephanie 
    Children 
     1. Sibylla of Burgundy, Duchess of Burgundy,   b. 1065,   d. 1103  (Age 38 years)
     2. Clementia of Burgundy,   b. Abt 1078,   d. Abt 1133  (Age ~ 55 years)
    Family ID F1913  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Count_of_Burgundy.

    2. [S188] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED).