Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess de Bourgogne
• FSID: 9WYV-M96

Notes:

Étiennette, was countess of Bourgogne, as wife of count William (I or II - there are different counting systems). Her parentage is unknown. Several scholars have proposed parents, but most of these amount to groundless wild guesses. Scholar Szabolcs de Vajay proposed she was from Longwy, but he subsequently concluded he had misinterpreted the documentation, and issued an unqualified retraction. No parentage can be assigned her, and hence no birthplace. She is last documented in October 1088.

Family/Spouse: of Burgundy, William I. William (son of de Bourgogne, Renaud I and de Normandie, Adélaïde I) was born in 1020 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 12 Nov 1087 in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; was buried after 12 Nov 1087 in Cathedrale Saint-Jean De Besancon, Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LVD6-PLK

Notes:

Gisela of Burgundy (1075-1135), was a Countess consort of Savoy and a Marchioness consort of Montferrat. She was the spouse of Humbert II, Count of Savoy and later of Rainier I of Montferrat the latter whom she married Humbert's death. She was the daughter of William I, Count of Burgundy.

With her first husband, Humbert II of Savoy, whom she married in 1090, her children included:
1.) Amadeus III of Savoy
2.) William, Bishop of Liège
3.) Adelaide of Maurienne (d. 1154), wife of King Louis VI of France
4.) Agnes, (d. 1127), wife of Arcimboldo VI, lord of Bourbon
5.) Humbert
6.) Reginald
7.) Guy, abbot of Namur

By her second marriage to Rainier, Marquess of Montferrat, her children were:
1.) Joanna, who married William Clito, Count of Flanders, in 1127, and was widowed a year later
2.) William V of Montferrat
3.) Matilda, wife of Alberto of Parodi, Margrave of Parodi
4.) Adelasia, a nun
5.) Isabella, wife of Guido, Count of Biandrate

Gisela married de Savoie, Humbert II in 1090 in Chambéry, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. Humbert (son of de Savoie, Count Amadeus II and de Genève, Jeanne) was born on 6 Jun 1066 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France; was christened in Portugal; died on 19 Oct 1103 in Salins-les-Thermes, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried on 19 Oct 1103 in Cathedrale Saint-Pierre, Moutiers, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: The Crusander
• FSID: KFLJ-TW7
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1103 and 7 Jan 1149; Count of Maurienne
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1103 and 7 Jan 1149; Count of Savoy
• Military: 1147; Second Crusade

Notes:

Amadeus III of Savoy (1095 – April 1148) was Count of Savoy and Maurienne from 1103 until his death. He was also known as a crusader.[1]

Biography
He was born in Carignano, Piedmont, the son of Humbert II of Savoy and Gisela of Burgundy, the daughter of William I of Burgundy. He succeeded as count of Savoy upon the death of his father.[1] Amadeus had a tendency to exaggerate his titles, and also claimed to be Duke of Lombardy, Duke of Burgundy, Duke of Chablais, and vicar of the Holy Roman Empire, the latter of which had been given to his father by Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

He helped restore the Abbey of St. Maurice of Agaune, in which the former kings of Burgundy had been crowned, and of which he himself was abbot until 1147. He also founded the Abbey of St. Sulpicius in Bugey, Tamié Abbey in the Bauges, and Hautecombe Abbey on the Lac du Bourget.

In 1128, Amadeus extended his realm, known as the "Old Chablais", by adding to it the region extending from the Arve to the Dranse d'Abondance, which came to be called the "New Chablais" with its capital at Saint-Maurice. Despite his marriage to Mahaut, he still fought against his brother-in-law Guy, who was killed at the Battle of Montmélian. Following this, King Louis VI of France, married to Amadeus' sister Adélaide de Maurienne, attempted to confiscate Savoy. Amadeus was saved by the intercession of Peter the Hermit, and by his promise to participate in Louis' planned crusade.

Crusade
In 1147, he accompanied his nephew Louis VII of France and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine on the Second Crusade.[2] He financed his expedition with help from a loan from the Abbey of St. Maurice. In his retinue were many barons from Savoy, including the lords of Faucigny, Seyssel, La Chambre, Miolans, Montbel, Thoire, Montmayeur, Vienne, Viry, La Palude, Blonay, Chevron-Villette, Chignin, and Châtillon. Amadeus travelled south through Italy to Brindisi, where he crossed over to Durazzo, and marched east along the Via Egnatia to meet Louis at Constantinople in late 1147. After crossing into Anatolia, Amadeus, who was leading the vanguard, became separated from Louis near Laodicea, and Louis' forces were almost entirely destroyed.

Marching on to Adalia, Louis, Amadeus, and other barons decided to continue to Antioch by ship. On the journey, Amadeus fell ill on Cyprus, and died at Nicosia in April 1148.[3] He was buried in the Church of St. Croix in Nicosia. In Savoy, his son Humbert III succeeded him, under the regency of bishop Amadeus of Lausanne.[4]

Family and children
With his first wife Adelaide, he had:[5]

Adelaide married Humbert III of Beaujeu[5]
In 1123 he married Matilda of Albon,[5] daughter of Guigues III of Albon, they had:

Matilda (1125–1158), married king Afonso I of Portugal[5]
Agnes (1125–1172), married William I, Count of Geneva[5]
Humbert III (1135–1188)[5]
John
Peter
William
Margaret (died 1157), founded and joined the nunnery Bons in Bugey[5]
Isabella
Juliana (died 1194), abbess of St. André-le-Haut[5]

Amadeus married of Albon, Matilda in 1123. Matilda was born in 1105 in Albon, Ardèche, Rhône-Alpes, France; died in 1145 in Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Savoy
• Appointments / Titles: The Blessed
• Appointments / Titles: The Saint
• FSID: LVYG-MC1

Umberto married of the Holy Roman Empire, Beatrice between 8 Jan 1176 and 7 Jan 1177 in France. Beatrice was born in 1138 in Wien, Wien, Wien, Austria; was christened in 1145 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 22 Nov 1184 in Château, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; was buried after 22 Nov 1184 in Speyer Cathredal, Speyer, Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]