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• Name	BURGUNDY, Otto Guillaume
  Prefix	Count
  Birth	958	Ivrea, Torino, Piemonte, Italy
  Gender	Male
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  Death	21 Sep 1026	Besançon-Est, Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, Francia
  Burial	21 Sep 1026	Besançon-Sud, Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, Francia
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  Father	IVREA, King Adalbert Marquis ,   b. Abt 936, Lombard, Italy Lombard, Italyd. 30 Apr 971, Autun, France (Age 35 years)
  Mother	BURGUNDY, Countess Gerbega ,   b. 948, Mâcon, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Mâcon, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, Franced. 11 Dec 987, Pouilly, Alsace-Lorraine, France (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	962
  Family ID	F1548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	RHEIMS, Countess Ermintrude ,   b. 950, Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, Franced. 5 Mar 1005 (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	983
  Children	2 sons and 2 daughters
  + 1. BURGUNDY, Countess Gerbega ,   b. 986, Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Franced. 1023 (Age 37 years) + 2. BURGUNDY, Count Renaud I ,   b. Abt 986, Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, Franced. 4 Sep 1057, Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France (Age 71 years)   3. MACON, Count Guy I ,   b. 984, Mâcon, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Mâcon, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, Franced. 1004 (Age 20 years) + 4. BURGUNDY, Dutchess Agnes de ,   b. 996, Dijon, Departement de la Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France Dijon, Departement de la Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, Franced. 10 Nov 1068, Abbey of St. Nicolas de Poitiers France (Age 72 years)
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  Otto-William of Mâcon was born in 958 during the joint reign of his grandfather, King Berengar II of Italy, and his father, King Adalbert. His mother was Gerberga of Mâcon.[1] His mother gave him what would later be the Free County of Burgundy around Dole in 982. Otto also inherited the duchy of Burgundy on the other side of the Saône in 1002 from his stepfather Eudes Henry the Great.[2] The duchy then corresponded to the diocese of Besançon in the Holy Roman Empire. By 990 Otto-William was the Count of Nevers.[2] He was also Count of Mâcon in France.[1] While the son of a king, he did not himself seek a royal wife.[3] In c. 975–80, he married Ermentrude of Roucy, whose maternal grandmother, Gerberga of Saxony, was a sister of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and by this marriage alliance created a web of consanguinity between later kings of France, Germany, Burgundy and the Carolingians.[3] Even his children's spouses, although from great families, came from widespread and scattered parts of France.[3] The Duchy of Burgundy was annexed to the crown of France by King Robert II in 1004. Determined to be sovereign ruler of his own lands, Otto revolted against the Emperor Henry II in 1016. This was after Rudolph III of Burgundy, the last king of Arles, had done homage to Henry at Strasbourg, making him his guard and heir. On Otto's death, the Free County fell under the suzerainty of the German emperors. Otto-William died on 21 September 1026 at the age of 64.[4] BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BURGUNDIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#AgnesBourgognedied1068 GUGLIELMO di Ivrea, son of ADALBERTO II associate-King of Italy & his wife Gerberge [de Chalon] ([960/62]-Dijon 21 Sep 1026, bur Dijon, Abbaye de Saint-Bénigne). Rodulfus Glaber names "Willemus, Henrici ducis priuignus, Adalberti Longobardorum ducis filius" and records that, as a boy, he was secretly stolen from the land of the Lombards and restored to his mother "with no small cunning by a certain monk"[653]. "Einricus…imperator" confirmed the property of the abbey of Fruttuaria, referring to property donated by "Otto qui et Vuillielmus comes filius Adalberti nepos Berengarii regis", by charter dated 1014[654]. It is assumed therefore that Guillaume was imprisoned as a child by Emperor Otto I in Italy after his father and paternal grandfather were deposed as kings of Italy. The Chronicle of Saint-Bénigne, interpolated into the Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines, names "Guilelmum Ottonem et eius matrem Gerbergam" when recording that he was adopted by his mother's second husband "dux Burgundie Henricus"[655]. He adopted the name OTHON-GUILLAUME. He succeeded in [981] as Comte de Mâcon, by right of his first wife. He was declared heir to the duchy of Burgundy and installed as Comte de Nevers by his stepfather in 986. He was recognised as duke of Burgundy on the death of his stepfather in 1002, but deprived of his inheritance by Robert II King of France in Spring 1003 when the latter invaded Burgundy with troops lent by Richard II Duke of Normandy. Rodulfus Glaber records that "Willemus, Henrici ducis priuignus, Adalberti Longobardorum ducis filius" rebelled against the king [Robert II] on one occasion, supported by his son-in-law Landry Comte de Nevers[656]. "Comes Otto" donated property to Saint-Bénigne-de-Dijon for the souls of "Heinrici ducis qui eum loco filii adoptavit et genetricis sue Gerberge uxoris predicti ducis ac filii sui Widonis et Hermintrudis coniugis" by charter dated 1004[657]. Comte Othon continued to claim the duchy of Burgundy, but reconciled himself with the king of France in 1005, finally renouncing his claims in 1015. He was designated comes Burgundiæ[658], presumably a descriptive title with no precise territorial significance at that time although Othon did own extensive territories in Burgundy. The Chronicle of St Bénigne de Dijon records the death in 1027 of "Otto qui et Willelmus dictus est comes" and his burial at St Bénigne[659]. The memorial on the tomb of "Nobiliter natus Guillelmus et Otho vocatus" records his death "1027 XI Kal Oct"[660]. m firstly (before [981/82]) as her second husband, ERMENTRUDE, widow of AUBRY II Comte de Mâcon, daughter of RAGENOLD Comte de Roucy & his wife Alberade of Lotharingia ([950/55][661]-[5 Oct 1002/1004]). "Ermentrudis" is named as daughter of "Alberada filia …Gerbergæ" in the Continuator of Flodoard, which does not name either her father or her husband but specifies that Ermentrudis was the mother of Agnes[662], the latter naming both her parents in charters (see below). "Ermentrudis" is named as daughter of "Alberada filia …Gerbergæ" in the Continuator of Flodoard, which does not name either her father or her husband but specifies that Ermentrudis was the mother of Agnes (Ctss de Poitou)[663], who names both her parents in charters[664]. Bouchard highlights the absence of proof that the husband of Alberade of Lotharingia was Ragenold Comte de Roucy[665]. "Ermentrudis conjuge sua" consented to the donation of land "in Aponiaco villa" by "Albericus comes Matisconensis" to Cluny by charter dated 14 Jan 971[666]. The genealogy of the Comtes de Mâcon, included in the cartulary of Saint-Vincent de Mâcon, records the marriage of "dominus Guillelmus comes" with the wife of "Albericus filius Letaudi comitis"[667]. Rodulfus Glaber states that "Willemus, Henrici ducis priuignus, Adalberti Longobardorum ducis filius" married the sister of "Brunone Lingonensi episcopo" who supported him in his rebellion against the king [Robert II][668]. "Otto comes, Irvis comitissa" subscribed a charter dated to [994] under which "Milo…uxoris mee Ermengarde" donated property to Cluny[669]. It is assumed that "Irvis" is a copyist error for "Ermentrudis" as no other reference to a countess of this name has been found. Her date of death is indicated by the Chronicle of St Bénigne de Dijon which records a donation by "Otto comes cognomento Willelmus" with "filii eius Rainaldi" dated 1004 "pro anima Hinrici Ducis, qui eum loco filii adoptavit et genitricis sue Gerberge uxoris predicti Ducis, ac filii sui Widonis et Hermintrudis coniugis"[670]. This is presumably the donation recorded in the charter dated 1004 under which "Comes Otto" donated property to Saint-Bénigne-de-Dijon for the souls of "Heinrici ducis qui eum loco filii adoptavit et genetricis sue Gerberge uxoris predicti ducis ac filii sui Widonis et Hermintrudis coniugis"[671]. m secondly (before 1016) as her fifth husband, ADELAIS d'Anjou, widow firstly of ETIENNE de Brioude, widow secondly of RAYMOND Comte de Toulouse, divorced wife thirdly of LOUIS V King of the Franks, widow fourthly of GUILLAUME II "le Libérateur" Comte d'Arles Marquis de Provence, daughter of FOULQUES II "le Bon" Comte d’Anjou & his first wife Gerberge [de Maine] ([945/50]-29 May 1026, bur Montmajour, near Arles). "Otto comes et uxor mea Adila" donated property to Saint-Vincent de Mâcon by two charters dated to 1015 or before (during the reign of Robert I King of France) both subscribed by "Rainaldi filii sui"[672]. "Otto comes et uxor mea Adeleidis et filius meus Rainaldus atque Otto nepos meus" donated property to Cluny by charter dated to [1015][673]. "Otto comes qui nominatur Willelmus" issued a charter dated 2 Nov 1023 subscribed by "Raynardi comitis, Adheleydis uxoris eius"[674]. Her origin is deduced from the following: Pope Benedict VIII refers to "Adelaide-Blanche countess" when addressing her husband as well as her ward countess Gerberge[675], the latter presumably being Count Otto's daughter by his first wife who was the widow of Adelaide-Blanche's son by her fourth husband. The necrology of Saint-Pierre de Mâcon records the death "IV Kal Jun" of "Adalasia comitissa vocata regali progenie orta"[676]. Comte Othon I & his first wife had five children... ** from http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/prov/otwil000.htm Otto alias Guillaume, or Otte-Guillaume Count of Mâcon, ca. 981?-1026. Count of Burgundy (Bourgogne). Typically known by the double name Otte-Guillaume in the modern literature, he appears in records occasionally as Otto, also called Guillaume ["Otto comes, cognomento Willelmus" Chron. S.-Bénigne, 162-4; "Nobiliter natus Guillelmus et Otho vocatus" ibid., 181; "Otto, qui et Willelmus dictus est" ibid.; "Otto qui et Vuillielmus comes" MGH DD H II, 381 (#305); "... Ottonis cognomento Wilelmi" Cart. Cluny, 3: 735-6 (#2712)], but much more commonly under just one of his two names. Rodulfus Glaber states that when he was still a boy, Otte-Guillaume was taken from Lombardy, and brought secretly by a monk to his mother in Burgundy ["Qui licet advena, puer etiam furtim sublatus a Langobardorum patria matriaque non mediocriter astute, per quendam monachum redditus in Burgundia in tantum convaluit ut in divitiis et in militia non inveniretur secundus in patria." Rodulfus Glaber, iii, 6 (p. 57)]. He became count of Mâcon by marrying Ermentrude, the widow of the late count Aubry II. Presumably aided by his mother's Burgundian relatives and her marriage to duke Eudes-Henri of Burgundy, who adopted his stepson, Otte-Guillaume was able to pass the countship of Mâcon onto his son and grandson, but his attempts to secure the duchy of Burgundy for himself after the death of Eudes-Henri were unsuccessful. He appears in numerous charters under one of his two names [e.g., "S. Vuilelmi, comitis" 981, Cart. Cluny, 2: 625 (#1580); "S. Vuilelmo comiti." July 986 (date corrected by Chaume in Revue Mabillon 16: 47), ibid., 1: 441 (#451); "Otto comes" 971×986, Cart. Mâcon, 236 (#409); "S. Ottonis comitis" 987×996, ibid., 163 (#272); "... comite Wilelmo ..." 993×1020, Cart. Cluny, 3: 201 (#1989); "S. Otto comes. S. Ermentrude comitissa. S. Vuidoni." 2 September 994, ibid., 3: 397 (#2265); "Otto comes, Irvis comitissa." 994, ibid., 3: 399 (#2267); "S. Wilelmi comitis. S. Widonis comitis." 6 March 997, ibid., 3: 485 (#2387); "... domni Willelmi comitis comitis ...; ... comes Willelmus et filius ejus comes Wido, ..." 997×1007, ibid, 3: 498 (#2406); "S. Ottonis, comitis. S. Widonis, comitis." May 999, ibid., 3: 565 (#2484); "... Wille[l]mi comitis et uxoris ejus Ermentrudis, et filii eorum Widonis, ..." March 1002, ibid., 3: 617 (#2552)]; "S. Otto, comitis." March 1004, ibid., 3: 644 (#2589); "S. Otoni comitis. [S. Adaliz.] S. Renaldi, filii ejus." 12 March 1007×1026, ibid., 3: 691 (#2655); "Ego Otto comes et uxor mea Adeleidis, et filius meus Rainaldus, atque Otto nepos meus, ... Testes: Otto comes et uxor ejus Adeleidis, Rainaldus, filius ejus; Otto nepos sui; ..." ca. 1015, ibid.3: 721-2 (#2694); "Ego Otto comes et uxor mea Adila ... S. Ottonis comitis et uxoris sue Adde, qui fieri et firmare rogaverunt, Rainaldi filii sui." 1002×1015, Cart. Mâcon, 271 (#471); "Ego Otto comes et uxor mea Adela, ... S. Ottonis comitis, S. uxoris sue Adele, qui fieri et firmare rogaverunt. S. Rainaldi filii sui." 1002×15, ibid., 284-5 (#490); "Ugo, comes et episcopus, et nepos ejus, Otto, comes" 1020, Cart Cluny, 3: 754 (#2729)]. He was succeeded as count of Mâcon by his grandson Otto, son of his son Guy (who predeceased him), and as count of Burgundy (Franche-Comté) by his son Renaud. Some late medieval and early modern Burgundian historians mention a supposed count of Mâcon named Guillaume "Barbe-Sale" or "Bouche-Ointe" ("Oily-Face"), who is made to be distinct from Otte-Guillaume. However, this figure is based on a count of Mâcon named "Willelmus, cognomine Bucca uncta" who appears in the work of Adémar de Chabannes, who was in fact referring to Otte-Guillaume under one of his names and with an unflattering nickname ["Willelmus, cognomine Bucca uncta, comes Matisconensis" Adémar Chab., iii, 50 (p. 173)]. Thus, the Guillaume "Barbe-Sale" of later historians had no separate historical existence, but was based on Otte-Guillaume. (See the page of Aubry II for more on Guillaume "Barbe-Sale") Probable date of birth: Before ca. 962. Probable place of birth: Italy. See the discussion below in the Commentary section. Date of burial: 21 September 1026 (or 1027?). The date of 21 September for his burial is given in an inscription on his tomb, which is said to have read: "Nobiliter natus Guillelmus et Otho vocatus / Dormit in hac fossa, cuius lapis hic tegit ossa / Qui ducis et comitis gemino ditatur honore / Artifices scelerium pacis reprimerat amore / Anno domini millesimo vigesimo septimo / Undecimo kalendas octobris sepultus est." [Chron. S.-Bénigne, 181; see also RHF 10: 505, note (a)]. The year of death is given as 1026 ["Actum est hoc anno MXXVI, ab Incarnatione Domini post mortem Willelmi Comitis, qui ipso ano obiit." Chron. S.-Bénigne, 193; "Hoc anno obiit Otto Burgundiae comes." Annales S. Benigni Divionensis, s.a. 1026, MGH SS 5: 41] or 1027 ["Eo tempore mortuus est Otto, qui et Willelmus dictus est, Comes, anno videlicet MXXVII, et in hoc sancti Benigni monasterio sepultus, ubi et filius eius Comes Wido ante aliquot annos tumulatus iacebat." Chron. S.-Bénigne, 181; RHF 10: 175]. For 21 September 1026 as the date of burial, see Poupardin (1907), 229, n. 5. Place of burial: Saint-Bénigne de Dijon. ** from Wikipedia listing for Otto-William, Count of Burgundy Otto-William (955/62 - 21 September 1026), Count of Macon, Count of Nevers, and Count of Burgundy. Life Otto-William was born in 958 during the reign of his grandfather Berengar II of Ivrea.He was the son of Prince Adalbert and Gerberga of Mâcon.[1] His mother gave him what would later be the Free County of Burgundy around Dole in 982. Otto also inherited the duchy of Burgundy on the other side of the Saône in 1002 from his stepfather Eudes Henry the Great.[2] The duchy then corresponded to the diocese of Besançon in the Holy Roman Empire. By 990 Otto-William was the Count of Nevers.[2] He was also Count of Mâcon in France.[1] While the son of a king, he did not himself seek a royal wife.[3] In c. 975—80 he married Ermentrude of Roucy whose maternal grandmother, Gerberga of Saxony was a sister of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and by this marriage alliance it caused a web of consanguinity between later kings of France, Germany, Burgundy and the Carolingians.[3] Even his children's spouses, although from great families, came from widespread and scattered parts of France.[3] Burgundy was annexed to the crown of France by King Robert II in 1004. Determined to be sovereign ruler of his own lands, Otto revolted against the Emperor Henry II in 1016. This was after Rudolph III of Burgundy, the last king of that realm, had done homage to Henry at Strasbourg making him his guard and heir. On Otto's death, the Free County fell under the suzerainty of the German emperors. Otto-William died 21 September, 1026 at the age of 64.[4] Marriage and issue His first wife was Ermentrude, daughter of Renaud of Roucy.[1] They had two sons and three daughters: Guy (c. 975—1006) had been associated as count of Mâcon from 995.[1] He married Aelis. Matilda, married Landri of Nevers.[1] Gerberga, married Guilhem II of Provence.[1] Renaud I, Count of Burgundy (c. 990—1057), he married Adelaide (Judith) of Normandy.[1] Agnes, married firstly William V of Aquitaine, secondly Geoffrey II of Anjou.[1] Otto married the four-times widowed Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou late in life and they had no known children.[5][6] References Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 59 W. Scott Jessee, Robert the Burgundian and the Counts of Anjou, Ca. 1025-1098 (USA: The Catholic University of America Press. 2000), p. 15 Constance Brittain Bouchard, Those of My Blood: Creating Noble Families in Medieval Francia (Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001), p. 50 David Douglas, 'Some Problems of Early Norman Chronology', The English Historical Review, Vol. 65, No. 256, (Jul., 1950), p. 298 Constance B. Bouchard, 'The Origins of the French Nobility: A Reassessment', The American Historical Review, Vol. 86, No. 3 (Jun., 1981), pp. 515-16. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1 (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 116 External links Cawley, Charles, Source on Otto-William, Duke of Burgundy/Count of Mâcon, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012

  
  

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  [S72] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998).