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, Agnes Of Burgundy, Duchess Of Aquitaine

Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of AquitaineI10575
b: BEF 1000
d: 10 NOV 1068
Biography
Agnes of Burgundy (or Agnes de Macon), Duchess of Aquitaine (died 10November 1068[1]) was a daughter of Otto-William, Count of Burgundy andErmentrude of Roucy. She was a member of the House of Ivrea.

We do not know the date of the birth of Agnes but it is probably shortlybefore the year 1000.[2] Agnes'' father was the son of Adalbert of Italy.

In 1019, she married Duke William V of Aquitaine by whom she had threechildren: William VII, Duke of Aquitaine, William VIII, Duke of Aquitaineand Agnes, Holy Roman Empress. William died on January 31, 1030, leavinghis widow and their three young children, plus the three survivingchildren from his first two marriages.

After her husband''s death, Agnes lost her influence at the court ofPoitiers since her sons were not heirs. In order for her to regain herposition and ensure a future for her children, Agnes had to remarry. Thusshe married Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou which was an attractive offerbecause his father was the powerful Fulk III, Count of Anjou.

In 1033, Geoffrey''s troops invaded Poitou with the support of Agnes.William VI, Duke of Aquitaine the new Count of Poitou, was captured inMarch. He was released only in 1036 against a large ransom and he died in1038 without children. The county then returned to his brother, Agnes''stepson Odo of Gascony, who was already Duke of Gascony. He went to waragainst Agnes, her husband and sons. Odo was killed at the battle atMauzé.

The succeeding Count of Poitou was Agnes''s son, Peter, who took the nameof William VII Aigret. Being too young, his mother governed territoriesin his place from 1039 to 1044 and indeed it even seems the governmentitself, without her husband. When she transmitted the power to William,she married and took the opportunity to give his second son, Geoffrey Guythe duchy of Gascony, by marrying an heiress. Agnes then joined Geoffreyin Anjou and although she may not have actively participated in thegovernment, certainly had some influence on him.

Agnes and Geoffrey stayed in Germany at the imperial court, so herdaughter Agnes could marry Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. They thenbonded with the imperial couple, during a trip to Italy where theyparticipated in the council of Sutri, filing and inducting two popes PopeClement II, who was quick to crown the emperor and empress. After apilgrimage to Monte Garaño, the couple went back to Poitou in 1047 wherethey founded the Abbey of Our Lady and Sacred. Between 1047 and 1049,Agnes founded the abbey of Saint Nicolas de Poitiers.

Between 1049 and 1052, Agnes and Geoffrey separated. The reasons arevaried: the most logical is the absence of children, however we must notforget that the council of Reims in 1049 condemned certain marriages asincestuous and judged them to part; in addition, Geoffrey went to waragainst the King of France who appreciated the little freedom from warthat would take his vassal to Germany (it seems that Geoffrey had toswear allegiance to the emperor and to no longer depend on the King ofFrance) and it is very possible that the King imposed on his vanquishedvassal that he should divorce his wife. Indeed, Agnes also influenced herhusband, but she came from Burgundy and had retained strong links withher homeland, so it may be that it was Agnes who wanted the divorce.

Still, Agnes returned to the court of Poitiers and her son William overwhom she had much influence. A war soon broke out between Anjou andPoitou, which saw a victory for Geoffrey in 1053. This would haveprobably never happened if Agnes had not divorced Geoffrey. In 1058William left for another war against his former stepfather Count ofAnjou, probably because Geoffrey gave the dowry of Agnes to his new wife,Adelaide. William was on the verge of winning when he died of an illnessin 1058.

He was succeeded by his brother, Geoffrey Guy, who took the dynastic nameof William VIII. The young count had remained close to Geoffrey becausehe was the only father figure he knew and he reconciled with Anjou. Butonly during Geoffrey''s lifetime, in fact, after Geoffrey''s death, Williamdid not hesitate to attack his heirs and assume control of Saintonge from1062. Agnes, despite her retirement, was still very active and did nothesitate to travel throughout Poitou to participate in donations orsimply see her son at the court of Poitiers. Agnes died on 10 November1068. She is buried at St. Nicolas de Poitiers.
Facts
  • BEF 1000 - Birth - ; Burgundy, France
  • 10 NOV 1068 - Death - ; Abbey of St. Nicolas de Poitiers
Ancestors
   
Adalbert of Italy
ABT 936 - 30 APR 971
 
 
Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
- 21 SEP 1026
  
  
  
Gerberga of Mâcon
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Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine
BEF 1000 - 10 NOV 1068
  
 
  
Renaud of Roucy
-
 
 
Ermentrude of Rheims
-
  
  
  
Alberade of Lorraine
-
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
Birth
Death21 SEP 1026
Marriageto Ermentrude of Rheims
Marriageto Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou
FatherAdalbert of Italy
MotherGerberga of Mâcon
PARENT (F) Ermentrude of Rheims
Birth
Death
Marriageto Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
FatherRenaud of Roucy
MotherAlberade of Lorraine
CHILDREN
FAgnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine
BirthBEF 1000Burgundy, France
Death10 NOV 1068Abbey of St. Nicolas de Poitiers
Marriage1032to Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou
Marriage1019to William V, Duke of Aquitaine
MRenaud I, Count of Burgundy
Birth
Death
Marriageto Alice of Normandy
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou
Birth1006
Death
Marriage1032to Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine
FatherFulk III of Anjou
MotherHildegarde of Sundgau
PARENT (F) Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine
BirthBEF 1000Burgundy, France
Death10 NOV 1068 Abbey of St. Nicolas de Poitiers
Marriage1032to Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou
Marriage1019to William V, Duke of Aquitaine
FatherOtto-William, Count of Burgundy
MotherErmentrude of Rheims
CHILDREN
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) William V, Duke of Aquitaine
Birth
Death31 JAN 1030
Marriage1019to Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine
FatherWilliam IV, Duke of Aquitaine
MotherEmma of Blois
PARENT (F) Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine
BirthBEF 1000Burgundy, France
Death10 NOV 1068 Abbey of St. Nicolas de Poitiers
Marriage1032to Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou
Marriage1019to William V, Duke of Aquitaine
FatherOtto-William, Count of Burgundy
MotherErmentrude of Rheims
CHILDREN
MWilliam VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
Birth
Death
Marriageto Hildegarde of Burgundy
FAgnes of Poitou
BirthABT 1025
Death14 DEC 1077Rome, Italy
Marriageto Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
Descendancy Chart
1 Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine b: BEF 1000 d: 10 NOV 1068
+ Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou b: 1006
+ William V, Duke of Aquitaine d: 31 JAN 1030
2 William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
+ Hildegarde of Burgundy
3 William IX, Duke of Aquitaine
+ Dangereuse de L'' Isle Bouchard
+ Philippa, Countess of Toulouse
4 William X, Duke of Aquitaine
+ Aenor de Châtellerault b: ABT 1103 d: MAR 1130
5 Eleanor of Aquitaine
+ Henry II of England b: 5 MAR 1133 d: 6 JUL 1189
6 John of England b: 24 DEC 1167 d: 19 OCT 1216
+ Clemence
+ Isabella of Angoulême b: 1188 d: 31 MAY 1246
7 Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
+ Isabel Marshal
7 Henry III b: 1 OCT 1207 d: 16 NOV 1272
+ Eleanor of Provence
8 Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
+ Blanche of Artois
8 Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
+ Eleanor of Castile b: ABT 1245 d: 1290
9 Edward II b: 25 APR 1284 d: 21 SEP 1327
+ Isabella of France
10 Edward III b: 13 NOV 1312 d: 21 JUN 1377
+ Philippa of Hainault
9 Joan of England
+ Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
10 Margaret de Clare
+ Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester
10 Eleanor de Clare
+ Hugh Despenser the Younger
+ Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer
+ Margaret of France
+ Isabel of Gloucester b: 1173 d: 14 OCT 1217
+ Ela de Warenne
7 Richard FitzRoy Knight b: ABT 1190 d: JUN 1246
+ Rose de Dover
8 Isabel de Dover d: 7/07 JUL 1276/1277
+ Maurice de Berkeley Knight b: 1218 d: 4 APR 1281
9 Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley Knight b: 1245 d: 23 JUL 1321
+ Joan de Ferrers d: 19 MAR 1309
10 Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley Knight
+ Isabel de Clare
+ Eve La Zouche
6 Eleanor of England
+ Alfonso VIII of Castile b: 11 NOV 1155 d: 5 OCT 1214
7 Berengaria of Castile
+ Alfonso IX of León b: 15 AUG 1171 d: 23/24 SEP 1230
8 Ferdinand III of Castile
+ Joan, Countess of Ponthieu
9 Eleanor of Castile b: ABT 1245 d: 1290
+ Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
10 Edward II b: 25 APR 1284 d: 21 SEP 1327
+ Isabella of France
10 Joan of England
+ Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
+ Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer
+ Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen
7 Blanche of Castile
+ Louis VIII of France
8 Charles I of Naples
+ Beatrice of Provence
9 Charles II of Naples
+ Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples
10 Margaret, Countess of Anjou
+ Charles, Count of Valois
8 Robert I, Count of Artois
+ Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois
9 Blanche of Artois
+ Henry I of Navarre
10 Jeanne of Navarre
+ Philip IV of France
+ Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
8 Louis IX of France
+ Marguerite of Provence
9 Philip III of France
+ Isabella of Aragon
10 Charles, Count of Valois
+ Catherine I, Latin Empress
+ Margaret, Countess of Anjou
10 Philip IV of France
+ Jeanne of Navarre
+ Marie of Brabant, Queen of France b: 13 MAY 1254 d: 12 JAN 1321
10 Margaret of France
+ Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
7 Eleanor of Castile
+ James I of Aragon
8 Isabella of Aragon
+ Philip III of France
9 Charles, Count of Valois
+ Catherine I, Latin Empress
+ Margaret, Countess of Anjou
10 Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut
+ William I, Count of Hainaut
9 Philip IV of France
+ Jeanne of Navarre
10 Isabella of France
+ Edward II b: 25 APR 1284 d: 21 SEP 1327
4 Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon b: ABT 1105 d: ABT 1159
+ Ramiro II of Aragon
5 Petronilla of Aragon
+ Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
6 Alfonso II of Aragon b: MAR 1157 d: 25 APR 1196
+ Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon
7 Alfonso II, Count of Provence b: 1174 d: 1 DEC 1209
+ Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
8 Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
+ Beatrice of Savoy
9 Beatrice of Provence
+ Charles I of Naples
10 Charles II of Naples
+ Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples
9 Eleanor of Provence
+ Henry III b: 1 OCT 1207 d: 16 NOV 1272
10 Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
+ Blanche of Artois
10 Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
+ Eleanor of Castile b: ABT 1245 d: 1290
+ Margaret of France
9 Marguerite of Provence
+ Louis IX of France
10 Philip III of France
+ Isabella of Aragon
+ Marie of Brabant, Queen of France b: 13 MAY 1254 d: 12 JAN 1321
7 Peter II of Aragon
+ Maria of Montpellier
8 James I of Aragon
+ Eleanor of Castile
9 Isabella of Aragon
+ Philip III of France
10 Charles, Count of Valois
+ Catherine I, Latin Empress
+ Margaret, Countess of Anjou
10 Philip IV of France
+ Jeanne of Navarre
+ Violant of Hungary
+ Aimery V of Thouars d: 1127
2 Agnes of Poitou b: ABT 1025 d: 14 DEC 1077
+ Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
3 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
+ Bertha of Savoy
4 Agnes of Germany b: 1072/1073 d: 24 SEP 1143
+ Frederick I, Duke of Swabia
5 Heilika of Swabia
+ Frederick III of Pettendorf
6 Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld
+ Otto IV, Count of Wittelsbach
7 Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
+ Agnes of Loon b: 1150 d: 1191
8 Richardis of Bavaria
+ Otto I, Count of Guelders
9 Adelaide of Guelders b: ABT 1182 d: 1218
+ William I, Count of Holland
10 Floris IV, Count of Holland
+ Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland
7 Hedwig of Wittelsbach
+ Berthold I of Istria
8 Berthold, Duke of Merania
+ Agnes of Rochlitz d: 1195
9 Gertrude of Merania b: 1185
+ Andrew II of Hungary
10 Béla IV of Hungary
+ Maria Laskarina
9 Agnes of Merania d: JUL 1201
+ Philip II of France
5 Bertha of Hohenstaufen
+ Adalbert of Elchingen-Ravenstein
6 Luitgard of Ravenstein
+ Conrad, Margrave of Meissen
7 Dedi III, Margrave of Lusatia
+ Matilda of Heinsburg
8 Agnes of Rochlitz d: 1195
+ Berthold, Duke of Merania
9 Gertrude of Merania b: 1185
+ Andrew II of Hungary
10 Béla IV of Hungary
+ Maria Laskarina
9 Agnes of Merania d: JUL 1201
+ Philip II of France
5 Frederick II, Duke of Swabia
+ Agnes of Saarbrücken
+ Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia
6 Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
+ Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy
7 Philip of Swabia
+ Irene Angelina
8 Maria of Swabia
+ Henry II, Duke of Brabant
9 Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois
+ Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol
+ Robert I, Count of Artois
10 Blanche of Artois
+ Henry I of Navarre
+ Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
8 Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen
+ Ferdinand III of Castile
+ Leopold III, Margrave of Austria
5 Agnes of Babenberg b: 1108/1113 d: 24/25 JAN 1163
+ Władysław II the Exile
6 Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile
+ Alfonso VII of León and Castile b: 1 MAR 1105 d: 21 AUG 1157
7 Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon
+ Alfonso II of Aragon b: MAR 1157 d: 25 APR 1196
8 Alfonso II, Count of Provence b: 1174 d: 1 DEC 1209
+ Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
9 Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
+ Beatrice of Savoy
10 Beatrice of Provence
+ Charles I of Naples
10 Eleanor of Provence
+ Henry III b: 1 OCT 1207 d: 16 NOV 1272
10 Marguerite of Provence
+ Louis IX of France
8 Peter II of Aragon
+ Maria of Montpellier
9 James I of Aragon
+ Eleanor of Castile
10 Isabella of Aragon
+ Philip III of France
+ Violant of Hungary
3 Matilda of Swabia b: OCT 1048 d: 12 MAY 1060
+ Rudolf of Rheinfelden d: 1080

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