http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Count_of_BurgundyWilliam I , called
the Great was
Count of Burgundy and
Mâcon from 1057 to 1087. He was a son of
Renaud I and Adelaide, daughter of
Richard II of Normandy. William was the father of several notable children, including
Pope Callistus 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 and was buried there in the cathedral of St John.
William married a woman named Stephanie.
[1]They had many children:
▪ Renaud II, William's successor, died on
First Crusade ▪ Stephen I, successor to Renaud II, Stephen died on the
Crusade of 1101 ▪ Raymond, married
Urraca, the reigning queen of Castile ▪ Guy of Vienne, elected pope, in 1119 at the
Abbey of Cluny. as
Calixtus II ▪ Sybilla , married
Eudes I of Burgundy ▪ Gisela, married
Humbert II of Savoy and then
Renier I of Montferrat ▪ Adelaide
▪ Eudes
▪ Hugh III,
Archbishop of Besançon ▪ Clementia married
Robert II, Count of Flanders and was Regent, during his absence
▪ Stephanie married Lambert, Prince de Royans
▪ Ermentrude, married
Thierry I of Montbéliard ▪ Bertha wife of
Alphonso VI of Castile