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Agnes of Burgundy

d. 1068

Vitals

Died
1068

Family

Parents
OO
Otto-William of Burgundy
d. 1026
ED
Ermentrude de Roucy
d. 1005
Siblings
RI
Reginald I Count of Burgundy
d. 1057
Spouse
WV
William V the Great
d. 1030
Children
WV
William VIII of Aquitaine
d. 1086

About

Agnes of Burgundy was a formidable duchess who ruled Aquitaine for her sons and married her daughter to the Emperor himself; she carried into Aquitaine the blood of the Anscarid kings of Italy.

Research notes

AGNES of BURGUNDY (c.995-1068), daughter of Otto-William of Burgundy; wife of William V the Great (I99954); mother of William VIII (our line). Opens the House of IVREA / ANSCARID kings of Italy, and the Roucy line to the Ottonians. Standard well-documented medieval royal/comital genealogy per the cited authorities; rungs graded, contested parentage marked note-only, not hardened.

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