Gisela of Burgundy (1075–1135) was a Countess consort of Savoy and a Marchioness consort of Montferrat. Gisela was the wife of
Humbert II, Count of Savoy
Humbert II (Italian: ''Umberto II''), nicknamed the Fat (c. 1065 – 19 October 1103C.W. Previte-Orton, ''The Early History of the House of Savoy'', (Cambridge University Press, 1912), 276–277.), was Count of Savoy from 1080 until his death i ...
and later of
Rainier of Montferrat whom she married after Humbert's death. Gisela was the daughter of
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 Reginald I, Count of Burgundy and Alice of Normandy ...
and his consort Stephanie.
Gisela married
Humbert II, Count of Savoy
Humbert II (Italian: ''Umberto II''), nicknamed the Fat (c. 1065 – 19 October 1103C.W. Previte-Orton, ''The Early History of the House of Savoy'', (Cambridge University Press, 1912), 276–277.), was Count of Savoy from 1080 until his death i ...
. They had:
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Amadeus III, Count of Savoy
Amadeus III of Savoy (1095 – April 1148) was Count of Savoy and Maurienne from 1103 until his death. He was also known as a crusader.
Biography
He was born in Carignano, Piedmont, the son of Humbert II of Savoy and Gisela of Burgundy, the dau ...
* William,
Bishop of Liège
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role ...
*
Adelaide of Maurienne
Adelaide of Maurienne, also called Alix or Adele (1092 – 18 November 1154) was Queen of France as the second wife of King Louis VI (1115–1137).
Family
Adelaide was the daughter of Count Humbert II of Savoy and Gisela of Burgundy. Adelaide' ...
(d. 1154), wife of King
Louis VI of France
Louis VI (1 December 1081 – 1 August 1137), called the Fat () or the Fighter (), was List of French monarchs, King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137. Like his father Philip I of France, Philip I, Louis made a lasting contribution to centralizing ...
* Agnes—wife of Arcimboldo VI, lord of
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* Humbert
* Reginald
Gisela married
Rainier, Marquis of Montferrat
Rainier or Renier (; c. 1084 – May 1135), son of William IV, Marquis of Montferrat, was the sixth ruler of the state of Montferrat in north-west Italy from about 1100 to his death, and the first such to be identified in contemporary documents a ...
. They had:
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Joanna
Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from . Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, and Jeanne.
The earliest recorded occurrence of th ...
, who married
William Clito
William Clito (25 October 1102 – 28 July 1128) was a member of the House of Normandy who ruled the County of Flanders from 1127 until his death and unsuccessfully claimed the Duchy of Normandy. As the son of Robert Curthose, the eldest son o ...
,
Count of Flanders
The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century. Later, the title would be held for a time, by the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain. During the French Revolution, in 1790, the c ...
, in 1127, and was widowed a year later
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William V, Marquis of Montferrat
William V of Montferrat (occ./piem. ''Guilhem'', it. ''Guglielmo'') ( 1115 – 1191) also known regnally as William III of Montferrat while also referred to as William the Old or William the Elder, in order to distinguish him from his eldest ...
* Matilda, wife of Alberto of Parodi, Margrave of Parodi
* Adelasia—a nun
* Isabella—wife of Guido, Count of Biandrate
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11th-century French nobility
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Gisela
1075 births
1133 deaths
Daughters of counts
Mothers of Savoyard monarchs
Remarried royal consorts