William I, Count of Burgundy
Noble person
1020 – 1087
Who was William I, Count of Burgundy?
William I, called the Great, 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 before 1087.
Children of Stephanie:
Renaud II, William's successor, died on First Crusade
Stephen I, successor to Renaud II, Stephen died on the Crusade of 1101
Raymond of Burgundy who married Urraca of León and Castile and thus inherited the government of Galicia
Sybilla, married Eudes I of Burgundy
Gisela of Burgundy, married Humbert II of Savoy and then Renier I of Montferrat
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.
William married a woman named Etiennette de Longuy circa 1040
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- Born
- 1020
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- Died
- Nov 12, 1087
Besançon
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on July 23, 2013
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