Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
Otto-William | |
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Born | c. 958 |
Died | 21 September 1026 |
Gerberga |
Otto-William (French: Otte-Guillaume; German: Otto Wilhelm; 955/62 – 21 September 1026 AD) was count of Mâcon, Nevers, and Burgundy.
Life
Otto was born in 958 during the joint reign of his grandfather, King
After Adalbert's death in 971/5, Gerberga married for a second time, to Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, the younger brother of King Hugh Capet.[2] Gerberga and Henry had no children together. Since Henry had no legitimate son of his own, he adopted Otto-William making him a possible heir of the Duchy of Burgundy.[3]
While the son of a king, Otto did not seek a royal wife.
This marriage brought to Otto-William the County of
From his mother Otto could have inherited the County of
The Duchy of Burgundy was eventually annexed to the crown of France by King Robert II, nephew of Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, in 1005.
On the left-bank of the Saône, determined to be sovereign ruler of his own lands, Otto revolted against the
Otto died on 21 September 1026 at the age of 64[8] and was buried in St-Benigne of Dijon.
Marriage and issue
Otto's first wife was Ermentrude of Roucy.[9] She bore Otto's issue:
- Guy (c. 982–1006) had been associated as count of Mâcon from 995.[9]
- Matilda, married Landri of Nevers, Count of Nevers[10]
- Gerberga, married William II, Count of Provence[11]
- Reginald I, Count of Burgundy (c. 990–1057). He was married to Alice of Normandy.[9]
- Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine
Otto remarried late in life to a wife named Adelaide. Some scholars have identified her as the four-times widowed Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou,[12] but the identity is not directly attested[13] and has been disputed by some studying the question.[14]
See also
- Dukes of Burgundy family tree
References
- ^ a b Fawtier 1989, p. 101.
- ^ Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, tables 10, 59.
- ^ Bouchard, Sword, Miter, and Cloister, p. 267.
- ^ a b c Constance Brittain Bouchard, Those of My Blood: Creating Noble Families in Medieval Francia (Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001), p. 50
- ^ Bouchard, Sword, Miter, and Cloister, p. 265
- ^ W. Scott Jessee, Robert the Burgundian and the Counts of Anjou, Ca. 1025-1098 (USA: The Catholic University of America Press. 2000), p. 15
- ^ Raphaël Bijard (2021). "La construction de la Bourgogne Robertienne (936 - 1031)". Academia. p. 64.
- ^ David Douglas, 'Some Problems of Early Norman Chronology', The English Historical Review, Vol. 65, No. 256, (July 1950), p. 298
- ^ a b c Previte Orton 2013, p. 12.
- ^ Bouchard, Sword, Miter, and Cloister, p. 33.
- ^ Stasser 1997, p. 9-52.
- ^ Constance B. Bouchard, 'The Origins of the French Nobility: A Reassessment', The American Historical Review, Vol. 86, No. 3 (Jun., 1981), pp. 515–16.
- ^ Thierry Stasser, "Adélaïde d'Anjou, sa famille, ses unions, sa descendance - Etat de las question", Le Moyen Âge 103 (1997): 9-52
- ^ Christian Settipani, La Noblesse du Midi Carolingien (Prosopographia et Genealogica 5, 2004), p. 313, note 2
Sources
- Bouchard, Constance Brittain (1987). Sword, Miter, and Cloister:Nobility and Church in Burgundy, 980-1198. Cornell University Press.
- Fawtier, Robert (1989). Capetian Kings of France: Monarchy and Nation, 987-1328. Translated by Butler, Lionel; Adam, R.J. Macmillan.101
- Previte Orton, C. W. (2013). The Early History of the House of Savoy, 1000-1233. Cambridge University Press.
- Stasser, Thierry (1997). "Adélaïde d'Anjou, sa famille, ses unions, sa descendance - Etat de las question". Le Moyen Âge: Revue d'histoire et de philologie. 103. De Boeck Supérieur: 9–52.
External links
- Baldwin, Stewart, FASG, Adélaïde/Alix alias Blanche of Anjou, Henry Project