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Personal data William I Count of Burgundy 

• Alternative name: William I Count of Burgundy
• He was born in the year 1020.

  Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1035) below 16 years (15).

• Alternative: He was born about 1020.
• He died on November 12, 1087 in Besancon, Doubs, France, he was 67 years old.
• Alternative: He died on November 12, 1087 in Besancon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France, he was 67 years old.
• A child of Reginald I of Burgundy and Alice of Normandy

Household of William I Count of Burgundy

He is married to Stephanie (Etiennette).

They got married in the year 1035, he was 15 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Raymond of Burgundy  ± 1070-1107 
2. Gisela of Burgundy  ± 1075-1135 

Notes about William I Count of Burgundy

William I (1020 – 12 November 1087), called the Great (le Grand or Tête Hardie, "the Stubborn"), was Count of Burgundy from 1057 to 1087 and Mâcon 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-Comté itself. In 1087, he died in Besançon, Prince-Archbishopric of Besançon, Holy Roman Empire -- an independent city within the County of Burgundy. He was buried in Besançon's Cathedral of St John.

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