Born
in
Ivrea, Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Descendants
Died
at about age 68
in
Dijon, Burgundy, France
Problems/Questions
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Biography
Otto-William was born in 0962. Otto-William passed away in 1026.
Family name: House of Ivrea
Titles: Count of Burgundy. Count of Macon.
Father: +Albert, King of Italy.
Mother: +Gerberga of Mâcon.
Marriage 1: Ermentrude daughter of Count Renaud of Rheims (Renaud of Roucy).
Children:
- Guy count of Mâcon 995-1006 dying young.
- Matilda married Landri of Nevers.
- Gerberga married Guilhem II of Provence.
- Renaud I, Count of Burgundy.
- Agnes married 1st William V of Aquitaine, 2nd Geoffrey II of Anjou.
Marriage 2: Otto married the four-times widowed Adelaide of Anjou late in life.
Occupation
- Occupation: Count of the Franche-Comte 1002-1016; Comte Palatine De Bourgogne, Count of Macon and Nevers
- Note: Graaf van Macon, Graaf van Bourgondie
Note
- Ancestor of Edward III of England.
- The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy considers this marriage doubtful; the supposed connection may be merely that her son married his daughter.
Sources
- The Origins of the French Nobility: A Reassessment, Constance B. Bouchard, The American Historical Review, Vol. 86, No. 3 (Jun., 1981), 516.
- Stewart Baldwin. The Henry Project -Otte-Guillaume
- Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.
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