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• Appointments / Titles: Count of Burgundy
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Otto-William (French: Otte-Guillaume; German: Otto Wilhelm; 955/62 – 21 September 1026 AD) was count of Mâcon, Nevers, and Burgundy.

Life
Otto was born in 958 during the joint reign of his grandfather, King Berengar II of Italy, and his father, King Adalbert.[1] His mother was Gerberga.[1]

After Adalbert's death in 971/5, Gerberga married for a second time, to Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, the younger brother of King Hugh Capet.[2] Gerberga and Henry had no children together. Since Henry had no legitimate son of his own, he adopted Otto-William making him a possible heir of the Duchy of Burgundy.[3]

While the son of a king, Otto did not seek a royal wife.[4] In c. 982, he married Ermentrude of Roucy, whose maternal grandmother, Gerberga of Saxony, was a sister of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and by this marriage alliance created a web of consanguinity between later kings of France, Germany, Burgundy and the Carolingians.[4] Even Otto's children's spouses, although from great families, came from widespread and scattered parts of France.[4]

This marriage brought to Otto-William the County of Mâcon as well as[5] many other rights on the left bank of the Saône in the province of Besançon. The new Count of Mâcon consolidated there his political grip making what would be later be the Free County of Burgundy around Dole.

From his mother Otto could inherited the County of Nevers before 990.[6] However he left Nevers to his stepson Landric and rather claimed the County of Beaune in which the dowry of Gerberga was.

The Duchy of Burgundy was eventually annexed to the crown of France by King Robert II, nephew of Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, in 1005.

On the left-bank of the Saône, determined to be sovereign ruler of his own lands, Otto revolted against the Emperor Henry II in 1016. This was after Rudolph III of Burgundy, the last king of Burgundy and Arles, had done homage to Henry at Strasbourg, making him his guard and heir. On Otto's death, the Free County fell under the suzerainty of the German emperors.

Otto died on 21 September 1026 at the age of 64[7] and was buried in St-Benigne of Dijon.

Marriage and issue

Otto-William's first wife Ermentrude
Otto's first wife was Ermentrude, daughter of Renaud of Roucy.[8] They had:

Guy (c. 982–1006) had been associated as count of Mâcon from 995.[8] His wife is unknown.
Matilda, married Landri of Nevers, Count of Nevers[9]
Gerberga, married Guilhem II of Provence[10]
Reginald I, Count of Burgundy (c. 990–1057), he married Adelaide (or Judith) of Normandy.[8]
Agnes, married firstly William V of Aquitaine, secondly Geoffrey II of Anjou.[8]

Otto remarried late in life to a wife named Adelaide. Some scholars have identified her as the four-times widowed Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou,[11] but the identity is not directly attested[12] and has been disputed by some studying the question.[13]

Family/Spouse: de Roucy, Ermentrude. Ermentrude (daughter of de Roucy, Renaud II and de Lorraine, Countess Alberada) was born in 958 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 5 Mar 1005 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; was buried after 5 Mar 1003 in Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. de Bourgogne, Renaud I was born in 986 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France; died on 4 Sep 1057 in Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried in 1057 in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Margrave in Eastern Liguria ( Obertenghi )
• Appointments / Titles: Marquis of Ivrea
• Appointments / Titles: Re di Italia (15 décembre 950-963) , marchese di Ivrea, conte d'Aosta - Comte d\'Aoste , Roi d\'Italie (15 décembre 950-963), Margrave d\'Ivrée (Aubert II, 965-971), Duc des Lombards
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Adalbert «el Joven» d'Ivrea, rex Italiae
Also Known As:"Oberto II Obertenghi / Adalbertini", "Rei da Italia"
Birth circa 932 :Ivrea, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Death:Died April 30, 971 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France
Place of Burial:Autun
Immediate Family:
Son of Berengar II, King of Italy and Willa d'Arles
Husband of Alde av Sachen; Perengarda; Railenda vom Comersee and Gerberga, countess of Macon
Father of Hugo I d'Este; Otto Guillaume I, comte de Bourgogne et de Mâcon; Gisela of Italy; Willibrig, Coun Of Sundgau; Arduino degli Anscarici and 2 others
Brother of Gilberga d'Este; Corrado I di Ivrea; Rozala d'Italie, reine consort de France; Wido Eporediensis; Urraca Princess of Italy de Lombardía-Ivrea and 2 others
Occupation:King of Italy 950-963, Margrave in Milan, Count of Vinunza, of Genova, of Tortone e di Milan, Margrave of Ivrea, King of Italy

Adalbert «el Joven» d'Ivrea, rex Italiae
Also Known As: "Oberto II Obertenghi / Adalbertini", "Rei da Italia"
Birth circa 932 Ivrea, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Death: Died April 30, 971 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France
Place of Burial: Autun
Occupation: King of Italy 950-963, Margrave in Milan, Count of Vinunza, of Genova, of Tortone e di Milan, Margrave of Ivrea, King of Italy
Also Known As: "Oberto II Obertenghi / Adalbertini", "Rei da Italia"
Birth circa 932Ivrea, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Death: Died April 30, 971 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France
Place of Burial: Autun
Immediate Family:
Son of Berengar II, king of Italy and Willa
Husband of Alde av Sachen; Perengarda; Railenda vom Comersee and Gerberga, countess of Macon
Father of Hugo I d'Este; Otto Guillaume I, comte de Bourgogne et de Mâcon; Gisela of Italy; Willibrig, Coun Of Sundgau; Arduino degli Anscarici and 2 others
Brother of Gilberga d'Este; Corrado I di Ivrea; Rozala d'Italie, reine consort de France; Wido Eporediensis; Urraca and 2 others
Occupation:King of Italy 950-963, Margrave in Milan, Count of Vinunza, of Genova, of Tortone e di Milan, Margrave of Ivrea, King of Italy
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Adalberto II d'Ivrea Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalberto_II_d'Ivrea

Adalberto da Gerberga ebbe cinque figli: 1) Ottone Guglielmo (962-1026), (primo conte palatino di Borgogna) 2) Gisella (?-1020), sposata nel 983 al marchese Anselmo I del Monferrato 3) Arduino (?-† 1015) 4) Gilberto (?-† 1030) 5) Amedeo (?-?) ---------- Adalbert (c. 932 – c. 975) was the king of Italy from 950 to 963. He was the son of the Margrave Berengar of Ivrea and Willa.
On 15 December 950, both he and his father were crowned kings of Italy after the death of Lothair II. His father tried to force Adelaide, widow of the late Lothair, to marry Adalbert and cement their claim to the kingship. When she refused and fled, she was tracked down and imprisoned for four months at Como.
In 951, King Otto I of Germany invaded Italy and rescued Adelaide, marrying her himself. He forced Berengar and Adalbert to do homage to him for their kingdom in 952. In 953, Adalbert began besieging Count Adalbert Azzo of Canossa, in his Canossan castle, where Adelaide had taken refuge two years prior. In 957, Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, invaded Lombardy and caused Berenagar to flee, though Adalbert gathered a large force at Verona. He was defeated, but Liudolf died prematurely and his army left.
In 960, he joined his father in attacking the pope, John XII. Otto came down at the pope's call and defeated the two co-kings and was crowned Emperor. Adalbert fled to Fraxinet, then under the Saracens. From there he fled to Corsica. When he returned, he tried to take Pavia, the Italian capital, but was defeated by another invading Swabian army, this time under Burchard III. Only the interference of his brothers Conrad and Guy, who died fighting, saved him to fight another day, which he never did. His negotiations with the Byzantine Empire fell through and he retired with his wife Gerberga to Burgundy, where he died at Autun sometime between 971 and 975. His widow married Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy, and his son, Otto-William, inherited through his stepfather the county of Burgundy and is thus the forefather of the Free Counts and the Hohenstaufen emperors. -------------------- The family of Adalbert d'ITALIE and Gerberge de MÂCON [133809] ITALIE (d'), Adalbert (Bérenger II & Willa d'ARLES [133836]), vice-roi d'Italie

married about 955
MÂCON (de), Gerberge (Létald Ier & ..) 1) Othon-Guillaume, comte de Bourgogne, Nevers, Mâcon, Beaune et Oscheret, married about 975 Ermentrude de REIMS et COUCY
Bibliographie : Le Sang de Charlemagne; Histoire de la maison royale de France (Père Anselme)
http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/133/133809.php -------------------- Adalbert, King of Italy (1) M, #162379, d. circa 972
Adalbert, King of Italy was the son of Berengar II d'Ivrea, King of Italy and Willa di Toscana. (1) He died circa 972. (1)
Adalbert, King of Italy succeeded to the title of King Adalbert of Italy in 950. (1) He was deposed as King of Italy in 963. (1)
-------------------- Adalbert (c. 932–c. 975) was the king of Italy from 950 to 963. He was the son of the Margrave Berengar of Ivrea and Willa.
On 15 December 950, both he and his father were crowned kings of Italy after the death of Lothair II. His father forced Adelaide, widow of the late Lothair, to marry Adalbert and cement their claim to the kingship.
In 951, King Otto I of Germany invaded Italy and rescued Adelaide, marrying her himself. He forced Berengar and Adalbert to do homage to him for their kingdom in 952. In 953, Adalbert began besieged Azzo, count of Modena, Reggio, and Canossa in his Canossan castle, where Adelaide had taken refuge two years prior. In 957, Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, invaded Lombardy and caused Berenagar to flee, though Adalbert gathered a large force at Verona. He was defeated, but Liudolf died prematurely and his army left.

In 960, he joined his father in attacking the pope, John XII. Otto came down at the pope's call and defeated the two co-kings and was crowned Emperor. Adalbert fled to Fraxinet, then under the Saracens. From there he fled to Corsica. When he returned, he tried to take Pavia, the Italian capital, but was defeated by another invading Swabian army, this time under Burchard III. Only the interference of his brothers Conrad and Guy, who died fighting, saved him to fight another day, which he never did. His negotiations with the Byzantine Empire fell through and he retired with his wife Gerberga to Burgundy, where he died at Autun sometime between 971 and 975. His widow married Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy, and his son, Otto-William, inherited through his stepfather the county of Burgundy and is thus the forefather of the Free Counts and the Hohenstaufen emperors. -------------------- Wikipedia: Adalbert II. (* wohl 936; † 30. April 971 in Autun) aus dem Haus Burgund-Ivrea war der älteste Sohn des Königs Berengar II. von Italien und der Willa von Tuszien. Er wird zu den Nationalkönigen gezählt.

Adalbert married de Chalons, Gerberga. Gerberga was born in 940 in Mâcon, Ain, Rhône-Alpes, France; was christened in 952 in Italy; died on 11 Dec 991 in Pouilly, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France; was buried on 11 Dec 991 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Comtesse de Mâcon
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Burgundy
• Appointments / Titles: Margravine of Ivrea
• Appointments / Titles: Queen Consort of Italy
• FSID: LDSQ-F68

Notes:

Gerberga, Otto-William's mother[1] (c. 947[2] – 986/91), was, by her successive marriages, queen of Italy (c. 958 – 963), margravine of Ivrea (965–970), and duchess of Burgundy (971/5–986/91).

Ancestry
There has been some debate about Gerberga's ancestry. Recent scholars think that Gerberga's parents were Lambert of Chalon and Adelaide.[3][4] Because Gerberga's son, Otto-William, later succeeded to the county of Mâcon (through marriage to Ermentrude de Roucy, the widow of the previous count), old assumptions had mistakenly argued that Gerberga must have been descended from the counts of Mâcon rather[5] than from Lambert of Chalon or Adelaide. Besides, a primary source, the Gesta pontificum of Auxerre confirm[6] that is Hugh of Chalon (bishop of Auxerre) is a frater (brother) of Gerberga. Remaining debate is about the meaning of the latter word—half-brother or full brother.[7][8] The scenario where Adelaide is the common mother may explain[9] that on the death without direct heirs in 1039 of Gerberga's brother Hugh, his county of Chalon which come from Lambert, was inherited by children of his younger sister Mathilde, ignoring the superior claims of Gerberga's own descendants, among whom were the powerful counts of Burgundy. And considering the likely birth date of her son, Gerberga's first marriage must have taken place while her husband and father-in-law were still struggling for the kingdom of Italy against Otto I King of Germany and it is likely that Adalbert's marriage could have brought additional political support. It is not clear how the mere count of Chalon Lambert could have provided this support.

Marriages
Gerberga's first husband was King Adalbert of Italy.[10] They engaged around 956, and later had one child, Otto-William.[11]

After Adalbert's death in 971/5, Gerberga married for a second time, to Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, the younger brother of King Hugh Capet.[12] Gerberga and Henry had no children together. Since Henry had no legitimate son of his own, he adopted Otto-William making him a possible heir of the Duchy of Burgundy.[13]

Life after her marriage with Duke Henry
Gerberga's interventions with her son are mainly in Nevers, a charter for Nevers Saint-Cyr Church, dated April 986, is subscribed by Henricus Burgundiæ dux, Guillelmus comes, Girberga comitissa.[14] The legitimacy of this new area of arbitration for the duke should come from the rights of Gerberga's mother.[15] Besides, Gerberga's dower is located in the Beaune county. Otto-William become count of this district before 991, and after 1005[16] he will donate the villa of Veuvey-sur-Ouche, which belonged to his mother, to the Abbey St. Bénigne in Dijon.

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Gerberge de Châlon
Also Known As: "Geberge", "Gerberga", "Gerberge", "de Châlon", "de Macon"
Birthdate: circa 940
Birthplace: Mâcon, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Death: December 11, 991 (46-55)
Chatau De Pouilly, Solutré-Pouilly, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, France
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Lambert d'Autun De Dijon, Comte de Chalon and Adélaïde de Chalon, wife of Lambert d'Autun and Geoffroy I d'Anjou
Wife of Adalbert II, king of Italy and Henri I Le Grand, duc de Bourgogne
Mother of Otto Guillaume I, comte de Bourgogne et de Mâcon

Sister of
Elizabeth de Chalons;
Mathilde de Châlon, dame de Donzy;
Hugh I, Count of Chalon and Bishop Of Auxerre; Ermentrude Of Autun and
Countess Aelis of Macon

Half sister of Maurice
Occupation: Countess de Borgoña, Contesse de Dijon, Count de Macon, de Nevers, Otto William, Countess of Macon