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William I "the Great", Count of Burgundy 1020–1087 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1020

Birth Location: Bourgogne, France

Death Date: 12 Nov 1087

Death Location: Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

Father: Renaud Bourgogne

Mother: Adeliza Bourgogne

Spouse(s): Étiennette Longwy

Children(s): Clementia, Namur, Ermentrude Bourgogne

The story of William I "the Great", Count of Burgundy began in 1020 in Bourgogne, France. William I "the Great", Count of Burgundy married Etiennette De Longwy, and had children including Clementia Countess Of Namur, Ermentrude De Bourgogne. William I "the Great", Count of Burgundy passed away in 1087 in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France.

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Biography

  • The story of William I "the Great", Count of Burgundy began in 1020 in Bourgogne, France.
  • William I "the Great", Count of Burgundy married Etiennette De Longwy, and had children including Clementia Countess Of Namur, Ermentrude De Bourgogne.
  • William I "the Great", Count of Burgundy passed away in 1087 in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France.

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Spouses(s)

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William Burgundy's Ancestors

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William Burgundy
1020–1087
Birth Place: Bourgogne, France
Parents
Renaud I de Mâcon, Comte Palatin de Bourgogne
–1057
Bourgogne, France
Adeliza (Alix de Normandie, Comtesse de) Bourgogne
1002–1037
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Grandparents
Otto (Guillaume I, Comte de Bourgogne, de Mâcon, et de Nevers, Contested Duke of) Burgundy
–1026
Lombardia, Italy
Ermentrude (de Roucy, Comtesse de Mâcon et de) Bourgogne
–1003
Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Richard (II "the Good" FitzRichard, Duke of) Normandy
–1026
Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France
Judith (of) Brittany
–1017
France
Great-Grandparents
Adalbert d'Ivrea
Gerberga Macon
Renaud Roucy
Countess Lorraine
Richard Normandy
Gunnora, Normandy
–1031
Conan Tort
Dutchess Bretagne
–1022
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Berengar Italy
Willa Tuscany
Lambert Chalon
Adélaïde Chalon
Gilbert, Lorraine
Gerberga Saxony
William FitzRobert
Luitgarde Vermandois
Herbastus Crépon
Judicael Rennes
Gerberge Rennes
Geoffroi Grisegonelle
Adélaïde Chalon

William Burgundy's Descendants

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William (I "the Great", Count of) Burgundy (1020–12 Nov 1087) m. Étiennette (de) Longwy (Abt. 1030–Aft. 19 Oct 1088)
  1. 1. Clementia, (Countess of) Namur 1078–1117 m. Godfrey ("A La Barbe", Duke of) Lorraine 1074–1139
    1. 1. Godfrey (II, Duke of) Lorraine 1107–1143 m. Luitgarde (von) Moha 1109–1162
      1. 1. Godfrey (III, Count of) Louvain 1142–1190 m. Margaret (of Limburg, Duchess of) Lorraine 1135–1172
        1. 1. Henry (I, Duke of) Brabant 1165–1235 m. Mathilde (of) Flanders 1170–1210
  2. 2. Ermentrude (de) Bourgogne 1050–1105 m. Thierry (I de Mousson, Comte de Bar et) Montbéliard 1045–1102
    1. 1. Mathilde (de) Mousson 1080–1110 m. Graf (Adalbert II von) Mörsberg 1065–1125
      1. 1. Mechtild (von Sponheim) Mörsberg-Nellenburg 1105–1179 m. Adalbert (I von Dillingen, Graf von) Kyburg 1085–1151
        1. 1. Graf (Hartman III von) Kyburg 1138–1180 m. Richenza (von) Lenzburg-Baden 1135–1172
    2. 2. Frédéric (Rudolf de Mousson, Comte de) Ferrette 1080–1160 m. Etiennette (de) Lorraine-Vaudémont 1095–1160
      1. 1. Comte (Louis I de Mousson, Comte de) Ferrette 1125–1189 m. Richenza (von) Habsburg 1142–1180
        1. 1. Comte (Lundwig II de) Ferrette 1160–1189 m. Agnès (de) Soyhières 1160–

William Burgundy's Timeline

2 Records

1020
1020
Birth of William I "the Great", Count of Burgundy in Bourgogne, France
Bourgogne, France
1087
12 Nov 1087
Age 67
Death of William I "the Great", Count of Burgundy in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France
Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1020
    Event Place: Bourgogne, France

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Nov 1087
    Event Place: Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

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