Ermentrude de Roucy (c. 951 – 5 May 1005) (Irmtrude) was a Countess and Duchess of Burgundy.[1]
Ermentrude of Roucy | |
|---|---|
| Countess of Mâcon Countess of Burgundy | |
 | |
| Born | c.951 Reims |
| Died | 5 May 1005 Mâcon |
| Spouse(s) | Aubry II of Mâcon Otto-William, Count of Burgundy |
| Issue | Létaud Aubry Béatrice de Mâcon Guy I of Mâcon Matilda Gerberga Reginald I, Count of Burgundy Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine |
| Father | Renaud of Roucy |
| Mother | Alberade of Lorraine |
She was a daughter of Renaud of Roucy and his wife, Alberade of Lorraine, daughter of Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine.[2]
By 971, Ermentrude married Aubry II of Mâcon and thus became a countess of Mâcon.[3] They were the parents of:
- Létaud, archbishop of Besançon;
- Aubry, abbot of Saint-Paul de Besançon;
- Béatrice de Mâcon (d.1030), who was married in 975 to Count Geoffrey I of Gâtinais, and afterwards to the Count Hugues du Perche;
- Perhaps a daughter, N de Mâcon, the putative spouse of Eble de Poitiers, son of William IV of Aquitaine and Emma of Blois; they were possibly the parents of Ebles I of Roucy and all of his siblings, including Yvette de Roucy, the wife of either Manasses II or Manasses III of Rethel.[4]
She also married Otto-William, Count of Burgundy.[5] They had children:
- Guy I of Mâcon;[6]
- Matilda, married Landri of Nevers;
- Gerberga, married William II of Provence;[7]
- Reginald I, Count of Burgundy;
- Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine.
References edit
- ^ Ermentrude de Roucy
- ^ Commire & Klezmer 2000, p. 249.
- ^ Bouchard 1987, p. 263, 264.
- ^ Mathieu, Jean-Nöel (2000). La Succession au comté de Roucy aux environs de l'an mil. Vol. Prosopographica et Genealogica / 3. Oxford: Linacre College, Unit for Prosopographical Research. pp. 75–84. ISBN 1-900934-01-9.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Bouchard 1987, p. 263.
- ^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafeln 59, 187
- ^ Jean-Pierre Poly, La Provence et la société féodale 879–1166 (Paris: Bordas, 1976)
References edit
- Bouchard, Constance Brittain (1987). Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198. Cornell University Press.
- Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (2000). Women in World History: Ead-Fur. Yorkin Publications.