Constance of Burgundy

1046 - 1093  (46 years)

• Name	Constance of Burgundy
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	8 May 1046  [2, 4]
  Charter/Grant/Gift	8 May 1080 (Age 34)  [5]
  She appears by name for the first time in royal charters on 8 May 1080.
  Death	Jan 1093 to Feb 1093  [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Burial	—	The Monastery of Sahagún, Sahagún, Castile and León, Spain
  	According to Wikipedia: After her death, the corpse of Constance was taken to the town of Sahagún and was buried in the Monastery of St. Facundo and Primitivo, where her husband, King Alfonso VI would be buried along with all his wives. The grave that contained the remains of Alfonso VI was destroyed in 1810 during a fire in the Monastery. The remains of the king and several of his wives, including those of Constance, were collected and kept in the abbot's chamber until 1821. When the religious were expelled from the monastery, they were then deposited by Abbot Ramon Joys in a box that was placed on the south wall of the chapel of the Crucifix, until, in January 1835, the remains were collected and placed in another box, being brought to the archive. The purpose was to place all remaining interests in a new sanctuary that was being built then. However, when the monastery of San Benito was disentailed in 1835, the monks gave the two boxes containing the actual remains to the relative of a priest, who hid them until 1902 were found by the professor Zamora Rodrigo Fernández Núñez. Today, the remains of Alfonso VI are buried in the Royal Monastery of San Benito in Sahagún, at the foot of the temple, in a stone chest covered with smooth, modern marble and in a tomb near equally plain, lie the remains of several of the king's wives, including those of Constance. [4]
  Siblings	2 Siblings
  1. Hildegarde of Burgundy, Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine,   b. Abt 1056   d. 1104  (Age 48 years) ▻ William IV, Count of Poitou,  m. 1068/69 + 2. Henry, Duke of Burgundy,   b. Abt 1035   d. Between 27 Jan 1070 and 1074  (Age 35 years) ▻ Sibylle of Barcelona,  m. About 1056 + 3. Constance of Burgundy,   b. 8 May 1046   d. Jan 1093 to Feb 1093  (Age 46 years) ▻ Hugh II of Chalon-sur-Saône, Count of Chalon,  m. 1065 ;   Alfonso VI of León and Castile "the Brave", King of Castile, León, and Navarre,  m. 1080/81
  Person ID	I2979	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Robert III "the Old", Duke of Burgundy, Prince of France,   b. Abt 1011   d. 21 Mar 1076, Fleury-sur-Ouche, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Eleanor of Semur-en-Auxois,   b. 1016   d. 22 Apr 1055 (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1033
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 22 years - She : ~ 17 years.
  Family ID	F2332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hugh II of Chalon-sur-Saône, Count of Chalon,   b. 1053, Châlons-en-Champagne, Marne, Grand Est, France d. 1079 (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	1065  [1, 4, 5]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 18 years and 7 months - He : ~ 12 years.
  Children	They had no children.  [4, 5]
  Family ID	F9113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Alfonso VI of León and Castile "the Brave", King of Castile, León, and Navarre,   b. Jun 1040   d. 1 Jul 1109, Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1080/81  [1, 2, 4, 5]
  	The marriage appears to have been orchestrated via the Cluniac connections at Alfonso's court. [4]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 34 years and 7 months - He : ~ 40 years and 6 months.
  Children	+ 1. Urraca "la Temeraria", Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia,   b. Apr 1079, Burgos, Castile and León, Spain d. 8 Mar 1126, Saldaña, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain (Age 46 years)   2. child   d. young   3. child   d. young   4. child   d. young   5. child   d. young   6. child   d. young
  Family ID	F2363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Weis (1982) gives her death date as 1092. [3]

  
  

• Event Map		Child - Urraca "la Temeraria", Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia - Apr 1079 - Burgos, Castile and León, Spain Burial - — - The Monastery of Sahagún, Sahagún, Castile and León, Spain  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Miniature of Constance of Burgundy, second wife of Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile

  
  

• Sources

  [S2208] Evans, Charles F. "The Princess Zaida", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, Volume 39, 1963). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Constance of Burgundy. [S304] Wikipedia, Alfonso VI of León and Castile.