William I Count of Burgundy, the Great

1020 - 1087  (67 years)

• Name	William I Count of Burgundy
  Suffix	the Great
  Born	1020	County of Burgundy
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Nov 1087	Besançon, France
  Buried	Besançon Cathedral, France
  Notes	Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Count_of_Burgundy The County [Comté] of Burgundy was a medieval county (from 982 to 1678) within the traditional province and modern French region Franche-Comté, in the eastern part of France, bordering Switzerland. It should not be confused with the more westerly Duchy of Burgundy. The capital is Besançon. Called the Great (le Grand or Tête Hardie, "the Stubborn"), William 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 married a woman named Stephanie and was the father of several notable children, including Pope Callixtus II. 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 was given the government of Galicia (Spain) (died 1107) Sybilla (or Maud), married (1080) Eudes I of Burgundy Gisela of Burgundy, married (1090) 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. Guy of Vienne, elected pope, in 1119 at the Abbey of Cluny, as Calixtus II William Eudes Hugh III (fr), Archbishop of Besançon[2] Stephanie married Lambert, Prince de Royans (died 1119) Ermentrude, married (1065) Theodoric I
  Person ID	I35224	Master File
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2016

  
  

  Family	Stephanie
  Children	+ 1. Sibylla of Burgundy, Duchess of Burgundy,   b. 1065,   d. 1103  (Age 38 years) + 2. Gisela of Burgundy, Marchioness of Montferrat,   b. 1075, County of Burgundy ,   d. May 1135, Montferrat, Italy  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F14540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart