Henry of Burgundy
Bornc. 1035
Died27 January 1070/1074
Noble familyBurgundy (Capet)
IssueHugh I, Duke of Burgundy
Odo I, Duke of Burgundy
Robert, Bishop of Langres
Helie
Beatrice
Reginald/Raynald
Henry, Count of Portugal
FatherRobert I, Duke of Burgundy
MotherHelie of Semur

Henry of Burgundy (c. 1035 – January 27, 1070/1074), called the Gallant (le Damoiseau), was the eldest surviving son and heir of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, second son of Robert II of France, and his wife, Helie of Semur, granddaughter of Henry I, Duke of Burgundy. Little is known about his life. He died shortly before his father and was never duke himself.

The name of Henry's wife is not known: both Sibylla and Clémence have been suggested. The first of these derives from an undated obituary from Besançon, Sainte-Etienne, naming "Sibilla, mater ducus Burgundie" (Sibylla, mother of the duke of Burgundy), it being reasoned that since she is mother of a duke but not herself called 'duchess', she must have been married to the sole father of a duke who was not a duke himself, Henry. However, historian Jean Richard has pointed out that this likely simply related the deceased to the duke at the time it was recorded, and that this referred to Sibylla of Burgundy, Duchess of Burgundy, mother of then-ruling Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy. The observation of repeated use of the name Clémence among the descendants of Henry's son Odo I, Duke of Burgundy led Richard suggested that as the possible name of Odo's mother,[1] though Odo's wife had a sister, Clementia of Burgundy, who could just as well have been the inspiration for its use among their descendants. Her origin is likewise undocumented and subject to speculation. Based on the use of the byname Borel by Odo, genealogist Szabolcs de Vajay proposed that his mother was a daughter of Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Barcelona and his third wife, Guisle of Lluca, and hence granddaughter of Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona,[2][3][4] although there is no documentary evidence that this was the case. Henry's wife died on or after July 6, 1074.

Family

Henry and his wife had the following children:

References

  1. ↑ Richard, Jean (1958). "Sur les alliances familiales des ducs de Bourgogne aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles". Annales de Bourgogne. 30: 34–46, 232.
  2. ↑ Vajay, Szabolcs de (1960). "Bourgogne, Lorraine et Espagne aux XIe siècle: Étiennette, dite de Vienne, comtesse de Bourgogne". Annales de Bourgogne. 32: 233–66.
  3. ↑ Vajay, Szabolcs de (1962). "A propos de la 'Guerre de Bourgogne': Notes sur les successions de Bourgogne et de Mâcon aux Xe et XIe siècles". Annales de Bourgogne. 34: 153–69.
  4. ↑ Vajay, Szabolcs de (2000), "Parlons encore d'Etiennette", in Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B.; Settipani, Christian, Onomastique et Parente dans l'Occident medieval, Prosopographica et Genealogica no. 3, pp. 2–6
  5. 1 2 3 Hereford Brooke George, Genealogical Tables Illustrative of Modern History (Oxford Clarendon Press, 1875), table XXVIII
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