Beatrice of Aquitaine

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• Living: 28 May 1108, Astorga Cathedral, Astorga, Castile and León, Spain; Alfonso and Beatrice appeared together on 28 May 1108 in the Astorga Cathedral.
• Living: 1 Jan 1109, León Cathedral, León, Castile and León, Spain; She appeared in the León Cathedral on 1 January 1109.
• Living: 25 Apr 1109, Oviedo Cathedral, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain; On 25 Apr 1109 she appeared in the Oviedo Cathedral about three months before the death of the king.
• Last Full Review: 7 Jul 2021

Beatrice married Alfonso VI of León and Castile "the Brave", King of Castile, León, and Navarre in 1108. Alfonso (son of Ferdinand I "the Great", King of Castile and León and Sancha of León) was born in Jun 1040; died on 1 Jul 1109 in Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain; was buried in The Monastery of Sahagún, Sahagún, Castile and León, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: He was also William VIII Duke of Aquitaine. He was also called Gui Geoffrey.
• Title(s): 1058; In 1058, he became the Count of Poitou.

William married Hildegarde of Burgundy, Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine in 1068/69. Hildegarde (daughter of Robert III "the Old", Duke of Burgundy, Prince of France and Eleanor of Semur-en-Auxois) was born about 1056; died in 1104. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was, and by marriage, Duchess of Gascony and Aquitaine.
• Last Full Review: 19 May 2020

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Birth: Stuart (2002) gives her birth date as about 1033.

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• General Information: He was also William V, Duke of Aquitaine.
• Religion: say 1025; In later life he became a monk.

William married Agnes of Burgundy, Princess of Lombardy in 1019. Agnes (daughter of Otto William, King of Lombardy and Ermentrude de Roucy, Queen of Lombardy, Countess of Mâcon) was born about 995; died on 10 Nov 1068. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Weis (1982) gives his death date as 1075.

Robert married Eleanor of Semur-en-Auxois about 1033. Eleanor (daughter of Damas, Sire de Semur and Aremburga) was born in 1016; died on 22 Apr 1055. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her name was also spelt Helie de Semur.

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• General Information: He was also known as William IV Duke of Aquitaine.

William married Emma of Blois in 968. Emma (daughter of Theobald II "le Tricheur", Count of Blois and Luitgarde de Vermandois) was born about 950; died after 1004. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: He was also the Count of Burgundy and Mâcon. His name is also spelt Otton I.

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Otto married Ermentrude de Roucy, Queen of Lombardy, Countess of Mâcon in 982. Ermentrude (daughter of Renaud, Count of Rheims and Roucy and Alberade of Lorraine) was born in 958; died on 5 Mar 1005. [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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Constance died after passing out following a coughing fit.

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His name was also spelt Dalmace.

Died:
Murdered by his son-in-law, Robert, Duke of Burgundy

Damas married Aremburga. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She is said to be the daughter of Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, but this has been disproved.