William I OF NEVERS

See also

William OF NEVERS's parents: Renaud I OF NEVERS ( -1040) and Hedwig (Advisa) OF FRANCE (1003?-1063?)

William I OF NEVERS (1030?-1063?)

Name:	William I OF NEVERS ¹
Sex:	Male
Father:	Renaud I OF NEVERS ( -1040)
Mother:	Hedwig (Advisa) OF FRANCE (1003?-1063?)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	1030 (est)
Occupation		Count of Nevers
Child Count		6
Marriage Count		1
Death	1063 (est) (age 32-33)	Nevers

Marriage

Spouse	Ermengarde OF TONNERRE (1032?-1083)
Children	Renaud II OF NEVERS & AUXERRE ( -1089)
Marriage	1045 (age 14-15)

Individual Note

William I, Count of Nevers was born c. 1030, son of Renauld I, Count of Nevers and Adela of France. He married Ermengarde, daughter of Renauld, Count of Tonnerre in 1045. William died at Nevers, after 1083.

William I and Ermengarde had six children:

1. Ermengarde (b. 1050), married Hubert I, Count of Beaumont;

2. Robert (1052 - 12 February 1095), later Bishop of Auxerre;

3. William II (1052-1090), inherited grandfather's title as Count of Tonnerre;

4. Heloise (b. 1056), married William, Count of Evreux;

5. Sibille (1058-1078), married Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy; and

6. Renauld II (1059-1097), inherited father's title as Count of Nevers.

SOURCES:

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Sources

¹	Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 109, 107-22.

²	"Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_Nevers.