Ermentrude de Roucy (958 – 5 May 1005) (Irmtrude) was a
Countess and Duchess of Burgundy.
She was a daughter of
Renaud of Roucy
Renaud or Ragenold, Count of Roucy ( 920 – 10 May 967) was a 10th-century Viking who swore allegiance to the Franks, Frankish kings, and became the military chief of Reims after the restoration of the Archbishop of Reims, Archbishop Artald of Re ...
and his wife, Alberade of Lorraine, daughter of
Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
Gilbert (or Giselbert) (c. 890 – 2 October 939) was son of Reginar and the brother-in-law of the Ottonian emperor, Otto I. He was duke of Lotharingia (or Lorraine) until 939. Gilbert was also lay abbot of Echternach, Stablo-Malmedy, St Servatius ...
.
Ermentrude married
Aubry II of Mâcon and thus became a countess of
Mâcon
Mâcon (), historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the prefecture of the department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home to near 34,000 residents, who are referred to in French as Mà ...
. They were the parents of:
* Létaud, archbishop of
Besançon
Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerl ...
;
* Aubry, abbot of Saint-Paul de Besançon;
* Béatrice de Mâcon (974–1030), who was married in 975 to
Count Geoffrey I of Gâtinais, and afterwards to the Count
Hugues du Perche Hugues du Perche was a 10th-century French noble. He was the youngest son of Fulcois, the Count of Perche, probably of the family of viscounts from Châteaudun, and his wife, Melisende. He was also one of the first known ancestors in male line of ...
;
* Perhaps a daughter, N de Mâcon, the putative spouse of Eble de Poitiers, son of
William IV of Aquitaine
William IV (937 – 3 February 994), called Fierebras or Fierebrace (meaning "Proud Arm", from the French ''Fier-à -bras'' or ''Fièrebrace'', in turn from the Latin ''Ferox brachium''), was the Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou from 963 ...
and
Emma of Blois
Emma of Blois ( 950–27 December 1003) was Duchess consort of Aquitaine by marriage to William IV, Duke of Aquitaine. She ruled Aquitaine as regent for her son, William V, Duke of Aquitaine, from 996 until 1004.
Life
She was the daughter of ...
; they were possibly the parents of
Ebles I of Roucy
Ebles I of Roucy (died 11 May 1033) was count of Roucy from 1000 to 1033 and archbishop of Reims from 1021 to 1033.
Possible family origins
In Genealogiciæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis''Genealogiciæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names 'Lebaldus de Malla e ...
and all of his siblings, including Yvette de Roucy, the wife of either
Manasses II or
Manasses III of Rethel.
She also married
Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
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 Berengar II of Italy, and his fat ...
. They had children:
*
Guy I of Mâcon
Guy or GUY may refer to:
Personal names
* Guy (given name)
* Guy (surname)
* That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart
Places
* Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet
* Guy, Arkansas, US, a city
* Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorpo ...
;
*Matilda, married
Landri of Nevers;
*Gerberga, married
William II of Provence
William II (or III) (late 980s – 1019), called the Pious, was the Count of Provence.
Life
William was the son of William I (or II) of Provence and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, who were married by January 984. William appears in the documents of ...
;
Jean-Pierre Poly
Jean-Pierre Poly (born 1941) is a French historian. He was the student of Georges Duby, and graduated with a Phd in History in 1972. He specializes in feudalism
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, ...
, ''La Provence et la société féodale 879–1166'' (Paris: Bordas, 1976)
*
Reginald I, Count of Burgundy
Reginald I was the second count of the Free County of Burgundy. Born in 986, he was the son of Otto-William, the first count, and Ermentrude de Roucy.
In 1016, Reginald married Alice of Normandy. He succeeded to the county on his father's death ...
;
*
Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine
Agnes of Burgundy (or Agnes de Macon; died 10 November 1068) was Duchess of Aquitaine by marriage to Duke William V and Countess of Anjou by marriage to Count Geoffrey II. She served as regent of the Duchy of Aquitaine during the minority of her ...
.
References
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Countesses of Burgundy
Duchesses of Burgundy
958 births
1005 deaths