Background
He was a son of Renaud I and Alice of Normandy, daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. In 1057, he succeeded his father and reigned over a territory larger than that of the Franche-Comté itself.
He was a son of Renaud I and Alice of Normandy, daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. In 1057, he succeeded his father and reigned over a territory larger than that of the Franche-Comté itself.
William was the father of several notable children, including Pope Callixtus World War II In 1087, he died in Besançon, Prince-Archbishopric of Besançon, Holy Roman Empire -- an independent city within the County of Burgundy. He was buried in Besançon"s Cathedral of Street John. William married a woman named Stephanie (aka Etiennette).
Children of Stephanie (order uncertain):
Renaud II, William"s successor, died on First Crusade
Stephen I, successor to Renaud II, Stephen died on the Crusade of 1101
Raymond of Burgundy who married Urraca of León and Castile and thus was given the government of Galicia (Spain) (died 1107)
Sybilla (or Maud), married (1080) Eudes I of Burgundy
Gisela of Burgundy, married (1090) Humbert II of Savoy and then Renier I of Montferrat
Clementia married Robert II, Count of Flanders and was Regent, during his absence.
Guy of Vienne, elected pope, in 1119 at the Abbey of Cluny, as Calixtus II
William
Eudes
Hugh III, Archbishop of Besançon
Stephanie married Lambert, Prince de Royans (died 1119)
Ermentrude, married (1065) Theodoric I
(perhaps) Bertha wife of Alphonso VI of Castile
and maybe another daughter.