Andrew Guigues VI (1184 – 14 March 1237), known as André de Bourgogne,
Dauphin of Viennois
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, was the
Count of Albon,
Briançon
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,
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
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, and
Oisans
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from 1228 until his death. He was the son of
Hugh III of Burgundy
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and
Béatrice of Albon
Béatrice, Countess of Albon and Dauphine of Viennois (1161–1228) was ruling countess and dauphine in 1162–1228, in succession upon the death of her father Guigues V.
She married Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy in 1183 and had three children:
* ...
. He took his regnal name after and inherited the titles and lands of his maternal grandfather,
Guigues V.
During his reign he was a generous patron of monasteries and he expanded his territory by diplomacy rather than war. He founded the
collegiate church Saint-André of
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
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, which is today the last existing monument built by the delphinal dynasty, and where he and some of his successors were buried.
In 1228, Guigues was supporting
Turin
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in their attempts to trade without paying heavy duties to
Thomas, Count of Savoy
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Bi ...
. This was despite the treaty that had been made between the families when Guigues's sister,
Marguerite married the count's son and heir.
Marriages
In 1202 he married Beatrice (1182 – before 1248),
Countess
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of
Gap and
Embrun, daughter of
Rainon I of Sabran. They had:
*Beatrice (born 1205) married
Amaury de Montfort
In 1215 Guigues divorced Beatrice and on 15 November 1219 married
Beatrice, daughter of
William VI of Montferrat
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Biography Youth
Boniface I's eldest son, and his only son by his first wife, Helena del Bosco, William stood o ...
. She was the ''domna'' (lady) of the
troubadour
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Gauseran de Saint Leidier
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.
She bore Guigues two sons:
*
Guigues VII (1225–1269)
*John (1227–1239)
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1184 births
1237 deaths
12th-century French people
13th-century peers of France
Dauphins of Viennois
Counts of Albon
Counts of Grenoble
Counts of Oisans
Counts of Briançon
Counts of Embrun
Counts of Gap
House of Burgundy