William I, Count of Burgundy

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William I (1020 – 1087), called the Great (le Grand or Tête Hardie) was Count of Burgundy and Mâcon from 1057 to 1087. He was a son of Renaud I and Adelaide, daughter of Richard II of Normandy. William was the father of several notable children, including Pope Callistus 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 Stephanie and had several children:

• Renaud II, William's successor, died on First Crusade
• Stephen I, successor to Renaud II, Stephen died on Crusade of 1101
• Peter Raymond, married (1090) Urraca of Castile
• Guy of Vienne, elected pope in 1119 at the Abbey of Cluny
• Sybilla (or Maud), married (1080) Eudes I of Burgundy
• Gisela, married (1090) Humbert II of Savoy and then Renier I of Montferrat
• Adelaide
• Bertha
• Eudes
• Hugh III, Archbishop of Besançon
• Clemence married Robert II, Count of Flanders and was Regent, during his absence
• Stephanie
• Ermentrude, married (1065) Thierry I of Montbéliard

[edit] References

• Portail sur Histoire Bourgogne et Histoire Franche-Comté, Gilles Maillet.

Preceded by Renaud I

Count of Burgundy 1057 – 1087

Succeeded by Renaud II