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Renauld II,
Count of Nevers The counts of Nevers were the rulers of the County of Nevers, in France, The territory became a duchy in the peerage of France in 1539 under the dukes of Nevers. History The history of the County of Nevers is closely connected to the Duchy of Bu ...
and
Auxerre Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...
(died 1089) was the son of William I of Nevers, Count of
Nevers Nevers ( , ; , later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is a city and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the pr ...
and Ermengarde of Tonnerre.Constance Brittain Bourchard, ''Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1188'', 342. He married Ida, daughter of Artald V, Count of
Forez Forez (; ) is a Provinces of France, former province of France, corresponding approximately to the central part of the modern Loire (department), Loire ''département in France, département'' and a part of the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme ''dépa ...
.Hugh of Poitiers, ''The Vézelay Chronicle'', transl. John Scott, John O. Ward, (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1992), 95. They had a child: *Ermengarde of Nevers, who married Miles, Sire of Courtenay, son of Joscelin de Courtenay and Isabel, daughter of
Guy I of Montlhéry Guy I (died 1095) was the second lord of Bray-sur-Seine, Bray and the second lord of Montlhéry (Latin: ''Monte Leterico''). He was the son of Milo of Montlhéry. He married Hodierna of Gometz, sister of William, lord of Gometz-le-Châtel, Gometz. ...
. Later he married Agnes of Beaugency. They had: *
William II, Count of Nevers William II, Count of Nevers (French: ''Guillaume II'', born prior to 1089, reigned 1098 – 21 August 1148), was a crusader in the Crusade of 1101. Family He was a son of Renauld II, Count of Nevers and his second wife Agnes of Beaugency.Const ...
, d.1149 * Robert


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1089 deaths Counts of Nevers Year of birth unknown 11th-century French nobility {{France-noble-stub