Gerard (I) de Bourgogne, count of Mâcon

Also known as Gerard d’Auxonne and Girard de Mâcon.

Count of Mâcon

Count of Vienne-en-Dauphiné

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 15 September 1184.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Guillaume (III), count Mâcon.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (8:412; 8:425), by Cokayne (p. 98), and by Bouchard (p. 278).

Mother: Adelaide-Pontia.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (8:412; 8:425), by Cokayne (p. 98), and by Bouchard (p. 277).

Spouse: Maurette de Salins. Married before 1172.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (8:425), by Cokayne (p. 95), and by Bouchard (p. 278).

Children:

(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.)

Guillaume (IV) de Vienne (died 1224), count of Mâcon, married (1) Pontia de Beaujeu; married (2) Scholastique de Champagne.

Gaucher de Vienne (died 10 August 1219), lord of Salins, married (1) Mathilde de Bourbon; married (2) Alix de Dreux.

Geraud de Vienne.

Étienne de Vienne (died 1194), Archbishop of Besançon.

Renaud de Vienne.

Béatrix de Vienne (died 8 April 1230) married Humbert III, count of Maurienne and of Savoie.

Alexandrine de Vienne married Ulric (V) de Bagé, lord of Bagé.

Ida de Vienne (died 1224) married (1) Humbert (II), lord of Coligny; married (2) Simon II, duke of Lorraine.

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).

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

Cawley, Charles. “GERARD [I] de Bourgogne” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).