Guillaume
(William)
"the Simple, Count of Sully, Count of Chartres"
Blois
aka Champagne
Born about in Chartres, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Ancestors 
Brother of
Emma (Blois) Winchester [half], Gillette (DeChampagne) Champagne, Agnes (Blois) de Blois, Margaret Navarre, Thibault (Blois) Champagne, Étienne (Blois) of England, Philippe (Blois) de Blois, Humbert (Blois) de Blois, Henri (Blois) de Blois, Lucia (Blois) of Chester, Adela (Champagne) de Troyes, Alix (Blois) de Joigny and Eleanor (Blois) de Vermandois
Husband of
Agnes (Sully) of Sully
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Eudes (Sully) de Sully and Marguerite (Sully) d'Eu
Died about
at about age 65
in Chartres, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Profile last modified
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Biography
- William the Simple
- Count of Sully[1]
- Count of Chartres
Marriage
m. 1104 Agnes of Sully. Issue, 3 sons and 2 daughters:[2]
- Eudes de Sully, lord of Sully.
- Raoul de Sully, Abbot of Cluny.
- Henry de Sully, Abbot of Fécamp (d.1189)
- Margaret (c. 1105–1145) m. c.1122 Henry, Count of Eu, Lord of Hastings
- Elizabeth, Abbess of Sainte-Trinité, Caen.
Sources
- Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. I page 390
- Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. II. p. 519
- Wikipedia: William, Count of Sully
- Evergates, Theodore, ed., Aristocratic Women in Medieval France (University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1999) "Adela of Blois: Family Alliances and Female Lordship" by Kimberly A. LoPrete. Page 12: William (d. 1126-1136)
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Richardson , Vol II, p. 519 says "BORN ABOUT 1087". Correction needed?? See also https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p204.htm#i6114 for 1087 date