Geoffroy (I) de Semur

Lord of Semur

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: about 1020.

Place of Death: unknown.

This date is given by Bouchard (p. 359).

Relationships

Father: Joceran de Semur.

This relationship is given by Bouchard (p. 359).

Mother: Richoara.

This relationship is given by Bouchard (p. 358).

Spouse: a daughter of Dalmas, vicomte of Brioude.

This relationship is given by Bouchard (p. 359) and by Cawley, who notes that for chronological reasons he was probably Dalmas II.

Spouse: Mathilde de Chalon.

This relationship is given by Bouchard (p. 308, p. 359) and by Baldwin. Bouchard makes Mathilde Geoffroy's first wife.

Children (by his first wife):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Dalmas de Semur (died 1048), lord of Semur, married Aramburge.

Renaud de Semur married Aelis de Bar-sur-Aube.

Children (by Mathilda):

Geoffroy de Donzy (died 1037).

Hervé de Donzy (died 1055).

Eudes de Donzy.

Thibaut de Semur, count of Chalon, married Ermentrude.

Lambert de Semur.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Lambert” in The Henry Project. (2008)

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198 (Cornell University Press, 1987).

Cawley, Charles. “GEOFFROY (I) de Semur” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.