William de Nevers, Comte de Tonnerre

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1. Lucia de Nevers

William married Ermengarde in 1045. Ermengarde (daughter of Renaud, Count of Tonnerre and Helvise) died after 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: She was the heiress of Tonnerre. She was living between 1036 and 1089.

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Ermengarde was the heiress of Tonnerre.

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• History: birth to death

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History:
In 1000, he became the Count of Nevers.

Renaud married Princess Adele of France. Adele (daughter of Robert II "the Pious", King of France and Constance of Arles) was born about 1003 in France; died on 8 Jan 1078. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Weis (1982) gives her death date as about 1063.

Renaud married Helvise. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: She was the sister of Ardvin, Bishop of Noyen.

Landeric married Mathilda, Princess of Burgundy in 989. Mathilda (daughter of Otto William, King of Lombardy and Ermentrude de Roucy, Queen of Lombardy, Countess of Mâcon) died on 13 Nov 1005; was buried in Cathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Auxerre, Auxerre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reign: From 988 to 1031; King of France (House of Capet)
• Crowned: 1 Jan 988; On 1 January 988, he became the King of France.

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Robert married Constance of Arles in 998. Constance (daughter of William I, Count of Provence and Arles and Adelaide of Anjou) was born about 986; died on 25 Jul 1032 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was also known as Constance of Provence, and Constance of Toulouse.
• Miscellaneous: 998; Constance was married in 998 to King Robert, after his divorce from his second wife, Bertha of Burgundy. The marriage was stormy; Bertha's family opposed her, and Constance was despised for importing her Provençal kinfolk and customs. Robert's friend, Hugh of Beauvais, count palatine, tried to convince the king to repudiate her in 1007. Possibly at her request 12 knights of her kinsman Fulk Nerra then murdered Beauvais in 1008.
• Travel: 1010; Robert went to Rome in 1010, followed by his former wife Bertha, to seek permission to divorce Constance and remarry Bertha. Pope Sergius IV was not about to allow a consanguineous marriage which had been formally condemned by Pope Gregory V and Robert had already repudiated two wives. So the request was denied. After his return according to one source Robert "loved his wife more."
• Miscellaneous: 1017; At Constance's urging, her eldest son Hugh Magnus was crowned co-king alongside his father in 1017. But later Hugh demanded his parents share power with him, and rebelled against his father in 1025. Constance, however, on learning of her son's rebellion was furious with him, rebuking him at every turn. At some point Hugh was reconciled with his parents but shortly thereafter died, probably about age eighteen. The royal couple was devastated; there was concern for the queen’s mental health due to the violence of her grief.
• Legal: 1022; In 1022, a trial accused clergy members of heresy--Constance's previous confessor Stephen included, Robert had his wife Queen Constance stand at the door to prevent any mob violence. However, as the condemned clerics left the trial the queen "struck out the eye of Stephen... with the staff which she carried". This was seen as Constance venting her frustration at anyone subverting the prestige of the crown.
• Miscellaneous: 1027; Robert and Constance quarreled over which of their surviving sons should inherit the throne; Robert favored their second son Henry, while Constance favored their third son, Robert. Despite his mother's protests and her support by several bishops, Henry was crowned in 1027. Constance, however, was not graceful when she didn't get her way. The ailing Fulbert, bishop of Chartres told a colleague that he could attend the ceremony "if he traveled slowly to Reims—but he was too frightened of the queen to go at all".
• Miscellaneous: say 1028; Constance encouraged her sons to rebel, and they began attacking and pillaging the towns and castles belonging to their father. Son Robert attacked Burgundy, the duchy he had been promised but had never received, and Henry seized Dreux. At last King Robert agreed to their demands and peace was made which lasted until the king's death.
• Miscellaneous: 1031; King Robert died on 20 July 1031. Soon afterwards Constance fell ill; she was at also at odds with both her surviving sons. Constance seized her dower lands and refused to surrender them. Henry fled to Normandy, where he received aid, weapons and soldiers from his brother Robert. He returned to besiege his mother at Poissy but Constance escaped to Pontoise. She only surrendered when Henry began the siege of Le Puiset and swore to slaughter all the inhabitants.
• Last Full Review: 5 Jun 2020

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Died:
Constance died after passing out following a coughing fit.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: in 992, he succeeded as the Count of Tonnerre.

Milo married Ermengarde about 975. Ermengarde (daughter of Reinald, Count of Bar) was born about 970; died after 1035. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the heiress of Bar-sur-Seine.