William I, Count of Nevers (French: ''Guillaume I
er'', c. 1029 – 20 June 1100), was the son of
Renauld I, Count of Nevers
Renauld I (died 29 May 1040) was a French nobleman. He was the Count of Nevers and Count of Auxerre from 1028 until his death at the battle of Seignelay against Robert I, Duke of Burgundy.
Family
Renauld was the son of Landerich of Monceau and ...
and
Hedwig of France, Countess d'Auxerre. He married
Ermengarde, daughter of Renauld, Count of Tonnerre about 1039. William died in 1098.
William I and Ermengarde:
#
Renauld II (d. 1089), succeeded his father as
Count of Nevers and
Count of Auxerre.
# William II, succeeded his father as Count of Tonnerre
# Robert (d. 1095), later
Bishop of Auxerre
The diocese of Auxerre () is a former French Roman Catholic diocese. Its historical episcopal see was in the city of Auxerre in Burgundy, now part of eastern France. Currently the non-metropolitan Archbishop of Sens, ordinary of the diocese of S ...
# Ermengarde (d. 1090–95), married
Hubert de Beaumont-au-Maine, Viscount of Maine
# Helvise, married
William, Count of Évreux
William of Évreux or William d'Évreux (; died 18 April 1118) was a member of the House of Normandy who played an influential role during the Norman people, Norman Norman conquest of England, conquest of Anglo-Saxon England, England, one of the ...
References
Sources
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Nevers, William I, Count of
Nevers, William I, Count of
Counts of Nevers
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