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William "The Stubborn" Ivrea, I Count of Burgundy

William "The Stubborn" Ivrea, I Count of Burgundy

Male 1020 - 1087  (67 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name William Ivrea 
    Suffix I Count of Burgundy 
    Nickname The Stubborn 
    Birth 1020 
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Nov 1087 
    Initiatory (LDS) 19 Dec 1935  ARIZO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID 998F-RYD 
    Person ID I13994  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Reginald Ivrea, I Count of Burgundy,   b. Abt 986, Bourgogne, République française Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1057, Bourgogne, République française Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Adélaïde de Normandie,   b. 22 Apr 1003, Normandie, République française Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1037, Bourgogne, République française Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 1016 
    Family ID F4862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stephanie,   b. Abt 1035   d. 19 Oct 1088 (Age 53 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Sybilla, Duchess of Burgundy,   b. 1065   d. 1103 (Age 38 years)
    +2. Gisela Ivrea, Marchioness of Montferrat,   b. Abt 1060, Bourgogne, République française Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1135, Bourgogne, République française Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F6965  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2024 

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  • Notes 
    • William I (1020 – 12 November 1087), called the Great (le Grand or Têt e H ardie, "the Stubborn"), was Count of Burgundy from 1057 to 1087 and M âco n from 1078 to 1087. He was a son of Renaud I and Alice of Normandy , daug hter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. William was the father of se veral n otable children, including Pope Callixtus II.

      In 1057, he succeeded his father and reigned over a territory larger th a n that of the Franche-Comté itself. In 1087, he died in Besançon, Princ e- Archbishopric of Besançon, Holy Roman Empire -- an independent city wi thi n the County of Burgundy. He was buried in Besançon's Cathedral of S t Joh n.

      William married a woman named Stephanie [fr] (a.k.a. Etiennette).[1]

      children of Stephanie (order uncertain):

      Renaud II, William's successor, died on First Crusade.[2]
      Stephen I, successor to Renaud II, Stephen died on the Crusade of 1101.[ 2 ]
      Raymond of Burgundy who married Urraca of León and Castile and thus wa s g iven 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 Reni e r I of Montferrat.
      Clementia married Robert II, Count of Flanders and was Regent, during h i s absence. She married secondly Godfrey I, Count of Leuven and was poss ib ly the mother of Joscelin of Louvain.
      Guy of Vienne, elected pope, in 1119 at the Abbey of Cluny, as Calixtu s I I.[2]
      William
      Eudes.
      Hugh III [fr], Archbishop of Besançon.[2]
      Stephanie married Lambert, lord of Peyrins, brother of Adhemar of Le Puy)
      Ermentrude, married (1065) Theodoric I Count of Montbéliard.
      (perhaps) Bertha wife of Alphonso VI of Castile and Leon.
      and maybe another daughter.