William I (1020 ? 12 November 1087), called the Great (le Grand or T?te Hardie, "the Stubborn"), was Count of Burgundy from 1057 to 1087 and M?con from 1078 to 1087. He was a son of Renaud I and Alice of Normandy, daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. William was the father of several notable children, including Pope Callixtus II. In 1057, he succeeded his father and reigned over a territory larger than that of the Franche-Comt? itself. In 1087, he died in Besan?on and was buried there in the cathedral of St John. William married a woman named Stephanie before 1087.William married a woman named Etiennette de Longuy circa 1040They had many children:Renaud II, William's successor, died on First CrusadeStephen I, successor to Renaud II, Stephen died on the Crusade of 1101Raymond, married (1090) Urraca, the reigning queen of CastileGuy of Vienne, elected pope, in 1119 at the Abbey of Cluny, as Calixtus IISybilla (or Maud), married (1080) Eudes I of BurgundyGisela of Burgundy, married (1090) Humbert II of Savoy and then Renier I of MontferratWilliamEudesHugh III, Archbishop of Besan?on Clementia married Robert II, Count of Flanders and was Regent, during his absence. She married secondly Godfrey I, Count of Leuven and was possibly the mother of Joscelin of Louvain.Stephanie married Lambert, Prince de Royans (died 1119)Ermentrude, married (1065) Theodoric I(perhaps) Bertha wife of Alphonso VI of Castileand maybe another daughter
Alias
William the Great; Guillaume le Grand; Guillaume T?te Hardie
Birth date
1020-01-01
Birth year
1020
Death date
1087-11-12
Death year
1087
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