Gisela of Burgundy, Marchioness of Montferrat
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| Gisela of Burgundy | |
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| Spouse(s) | Umberto II, Count of Savoy Rainier I of Montferrat |
| Noble family | House of Ivrea |
| Father | William I, Count of Burgundy |
| Mother | Stephanie |
| Born | 1075 |
| Died | May 1135 |
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 whom she married in 1105. 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:
- Amadeus III of Savoy
- William, Bishop of Liège
- Adelaide of Maurienne (d. 1154), wife of King Louis VI of France
- Agnes, (d. 1127), wife of Arcimboldo VI, lord of Bourbon
- Humbert
- Reginald
- Guy, abbott of Namur
By her second marriage to Rainier, Marquess of Montferrat, her children were:
- Joanna, who married William Clito, Count of Flanders, in 1127, and was widowed a year later[1]
- William V of Montferrat
- Matilda, wife of Alberto of Parodi, Margrave of Parodi
- Adelasia, a nun
- Isabella, wife of Guido, Count of Biandrate
[edit] References
- ^ Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Herausgegeben von Detlev Schwennicke (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafeln 81, 200
| Preceded by Joan of Geneva |
Countess of Savoy 1090-1103 |
Succeeded by Adelaide, Countess consort of Savoy |
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