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Guillaume Comte de Nevers Auxerre et Tonnerre



Preferred Parents:
Father: Renauld Count of Nevers I, b. 1000 in Nevers, Nievre, Bourgogne, France   d. 29 MAY 1040 in Séligney, Jura, Franche-Comte, France
Mother: Hedwig de France Comtesse d'Auxerre, b. 1003 in Nevers, Nievre, Bourgogne, France   d. 1063 in Monstaere De lOrder De St Benoist, Messines, France

Family 1: Ermengarde de Tonnerre,    b. environ 1025 in Tonnerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France    d. 1089 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France
  1. Renaud de Nevers II, b. 1047 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, Kingdom of France     d. 5 AUG 1089 in Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, Kingdom of France
  2. Ermengarde de Nevers, b. 1051 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France    
  3. Guillaume de Nevers II, b. 1049 in Nevers, Nievre, Bourgogne, France     d. ABT 1089 in Tonnerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France
Sources:
  1. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/burgdnevers.htm#GuillaumeINeversdied1100;
    Note: GUILLAUME [I] de Nevers, son of RENAUD I Comte de Nevers & his wife Hedwige de France (-20 Jun 1098, bur Nevers, Saint-Etienne). "Rainaldus comes Nivernensis" donated property "Belmontis" to Cluny, for the souls of "…uxoris mee Advise et filiorum meorum qui presentes sunt…" by charter dated to [1028/40], subscribed by "filii eorum Willelmi"[84]. He succeeded his father in 1040 as Comte de Nevers, Comte d'Auxerre. Comte de Tonnerre, de iure uxoris. "Willelmus Nivernensis comes" made a donation to Cluny dated 13 Dec 1097[85]. The Annales Nivernenses record the death in 1098 of "Willelmus comes Nivernesium"[86]. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "XII Kal Jul" of "Guillelmus comes Nivernensis"[87]. m firstly ([1039]) ERMENGARDE Ctss de Tonnerre, daughter of RENAUD [I] Comte de Tonnerre & his wife Helvis --- ([1023/26]-before 1090). “Milo comes Tornodorensis castri” donated property to the monastery of Saint-Michel, for the soul of “filii mei Othonis” buried in the monastery and “uxore mea Herviz…filio nostro Arduyno ac filia Ermengarda”, by charter dated Jul 1036[88]. Her birth date is estimated from her marriage in [1039], combined with the fact that she was still not of marriageable age in 1036. “Raynardus comes” donated property to the monastery of Saint-Michel (on his deathbed), with the consent of “uxoris mee Herviz et filii mei Harduini sive filie mee Ermengarde”, by charter dated 16 Jul 1039 which also names “mater mea Ermengardis”[89]. Her marriage is referred to in the Gesta pontificum Autissiodorensium[90]. She succeeded as Ctss de Tonnerre in 1065 when her cousin Comte Hugues-Rainard became bishop of Langres[91]. m secondly (before 1085) MATHILDE, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not been identified. Comte Guillaume [I] and his first wife had five children: 1. RENAUD [II] de Nevers (-killed 5 Aug 1089). 2. GUILLAUME [II] de Nevers (-after 1099). 3. ROBERT de Nevers (-12 Feb 1095, bur Nevers Saint-Etienne). 4. ERMENGARDE de Nevers (-[14 Oct 1090/1095). 5. HELVISE de Nevers (-[Feb 1113/18 Apr 1118], bur Noyon[122]).
  2. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Trees
  3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/burgdnevers.htm#GuillaumeINeversdied1100A;
  4. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
  5. Title: Web: International, Find A Grave Index
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=70699&h=3238190&indiv=try;
  6. Title: Wikipedia -Guillaume I de Nevers
    Author: References ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Bouchard 1987, p. 342. Sources Bouchard, Constance Brittain (1987). Sword, Miter, and Cloister:Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198. Cornell University Press.
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Count_of_Nevers;
    Note: William I Count of Nevers Born c. 1029 Died 20 June 1100 Nevers Spouse(s) Ermengarde of Tonnerre Father Renauld I, Count of Nevers Mother Hedwig of France, Countess of Nevers 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.[1] He married Ermengarde, daughter of Renauld, Count of Tonnerre about 1039.[1] William died in 1098.[1] William I and Ermengarde: Renauld II (d. 1089),[1] succeeded his father as Count of Nevers and Count of Auxerre. William II, succeeded his father as Count of Tonnerre[1] Robert (d. 1095), later Bishop of Auxerre[1] Ermengarde (d. 1090–95), married Hubert de Beaumont-au-Maine, Viscount of Maine[1] Helvise, married William, Count of Évreux[1]
  7. Title: William of Nevers, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-LJ7B : 3 June 2020), William of Nevers, 1100; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-LJ7B;

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