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French Count
William I, Count of Nevers
(c. 1029 ? 20 June 1100), was the son of
Renauld I, Count of Nevers
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
- Ermengarde (d. 1090?95), married
Hubert de Beaumont-au-Maine
, Viscount of Maine
- Helvise, married
William, Count of Evreux
References
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- Bouchard, Constance Brittain (1987).
Sword, Miter, and Cloister:Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198
. Cornell University Press.