Guigues (VI), count (of Albon)

Also known as Guigues le Vieux.

Events

Date of Birth: around 1000.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Manteyer (p. 73).

Date of Death: 22 April, between about 1060 and 1070.

Place of Death: Cluny.

The date and place are given by Manteyer (p. 77). Guigues became a monk at Cluny before his death.

Relationships

Father: Guigues (V).

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 71) and by Giordanengo.

(possible) Mother: Gotelene.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 71) and by Giordanengo.

Spouse: Adelsindis. Married before 18 October 1013.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 74), who notes that she is also called Adelais and speculates on her parentage.

Children (by Adelsindis):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Humbert, bishop of Grenoble.

Guigues VII “Pinguis”, count of Albon, married (1) Pétronille; married (2) Ines.

References

Giordanengo, Gérard. Le droit féodal dans les pay de droit écrit: L’exemple de la Provence et du Dauphiné XII^e-début XIV siècle. (École Française de Rome: 1988).

Manteyer, Georges de. “Les origines du Dauphiné de Viennois: la première race des comtes d’Albon (843-1228)” in Bulletin de la Société d’études des Hautes-Alpes (1925). pp. 50-140; pp. 307-426.