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William I "The Great" de Burgundy 1017–1087 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1017

Birth Location: Bourgogne, France

Death Date: 11 Dec 1087

Death Location: Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Father: Renaud Palatine

Mother: Adelais Normandy

Spouse(s): Etiennette DeBourgogue

Children(s): Gisela Bourgogne

In 1017, William I "The Great" de Burgundy entered the world in Bourgogne, France, born to Renaud I De Burgundy Comte Palatine And Adelais Judith De Normandy. William I "The Great" de Burgundy married Etiennette Stephanie Delongwy Metz Debourgogue, and had children including Gisela Bourgogne. William I "The Great" de Burgundy passed away in 1087 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

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Biography

  • In 1017, William I "The Great" de Burgundy entered the world in Bourgogne, France, born to Renaud I De Burgundy Comte Palatine And Adelais Judith De Normandy.
  • William I "The Great" de Burgundy married Etiennette Stephanie Delongwy Metz Debourgogue, and had children including Gisela Bourgogne.
  • William I "The Great" de Burgundy passed away in 1087 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Renaud Palatine
–1057
Birth Location: Macon, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France
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Adelais Normandy
1000–1037
Birth Location: Normandy, France
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Spouses(s)

Etiennette DeBourgogue
1035–1088
Birth Location: Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
ED

Children(s)

Gisela Bourgogne
1075–1135
Birth Location: Bourgogne, France
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William Burgundy's Ancestors

Self
William Burgundy
1017–1087
Birth Place: Bourgogne, France
Parents
Renaud I De Burgundy, Comte Palatine
–1057
Macon, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France
Adelais (Judith de) Normandy
1000–1037
Normandy, France
Grandparents
Otto (Guillaume De) Burgundy
–1026
Bourgogne, France
Ermentrude (Adelaide de Roucy, Comtesse de) Rheims
–1003
Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Richard ("The Good") Normandy
–1027
France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France
Duchess (Judith De) Bretagne
–1017
Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Great-Grandparents
Adelbert Lombardy
Renaud Rheims"
Alberade Lorraine
Conan Brittany
–1027
Ermengarde Brittany
–1022
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Giselbert Lorraine
Gerberge France"
Geoffrey Anjou
Adelaide Vermandois

William Burgundy's Descendants

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William (I "The Great" de) Burgundy (1017–11 Dec 1087) m. Etiennette (Stephanie DeLongwy Metz) DeBourgogue (1035–19 Oct 1088)
  1. 1. Gisela Bourgogne 1075–1135 m. Humbert (II Marquis of Turin, Count of Maurienne and of) Savoy 1070–1103
    1. 1. Adelaide (De) Maurienne 1092–1154 m. Louis (VI "The Fat" De Capet, King of) France 1081–1137
      1. 1. Constance (De) Capet 1118–1176 m. Eustace (IV De) Boulogne 1118–1153
        1. 1. Eustache (De) Champagne 1137–1164 m. Anselme (Candavaine De) St.Pol 1130–1174

William Burgundy's Timeline

2 Records

1017
1017
Birth of William I "The Great" de Burgundy in Bourgogne, France
Bourgogne, France
1087
11 Dec 1087
Age 70
Death of William I "The Great" de Burgundy in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1017
    Event Place: Bourgogne, France

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Dec 1087
    Event Place: Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
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