Guigues VI of Viennois
Guigues VI | |
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Dauphin of Viennois | |
Born | 1184 |
Died | 14 March 1237 |
Noble family | House of Burgundy |
Spouse(s) | Beatrice de Sabran Beatrice of Montferrat |
Issue | Guigues VII of Viennois etc. |
Father | Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy |
Mother | Beatrice of Albon |
Andrew Guigues VI (1184 – 14 March 1237), known as André de Bourgogne,
Béatrice of Albon.[1] He took his regnal name after and inherited the titles and lands of his maternal grandfather, Guigues V
.
During his reign he was a generous patron of monasteries and he expanded his territory by diplomacy rather than war. He founded the
collegiate church Saint-André of Grenoble, which is today the last existing monument built by the delphinal dynasty, and where he and some of his successors were buried.[2]
In 1228, Guigues was supporting
Marguerite married the count's son and heir.[3]
Marriages
In 1202 he married Beatrice (1182 – before 1248),
. They had:- Beatrice (born 1205) married Amaury de Montfort[4]
In 1215 Guigues divorced Beatrice and on 15 November 1219 married
Gauseran de Saint Leidier
.
She bore Guigues two sons:
- Guigues VII (1225–1269)[5]
- John (1227–1239)
References
- ^ Bouchard 1987, p. 256.
- ^ Moreau 2010.
- ^ Cox 1974, p. 23,29.
- ^ Lemonde 2002, p. 343.
- ^ a b Cox 1974, p. 123.
Sources
- Bouchard, Constance Brittain (1987). Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980–1198. Cornell University Press.
- Cox, Eugene L (1974). The Eagles of Savoy. Princeton, NJ.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691052166.
- Lemonde, Anne (2002). Le temps des libertés en Dauphiné l'intégration d'une principauté à la couronne de France, 1349-1408 (in French). Presses universitaires de Grenoble.
- Moreau, Gilles-Marie (2010). Le Saint-Denis des Dauphins : histoire de la collégiale Saint-André de Grenoble. Paris: L'Harmattan.