Hélie de Bourgogne
Events
Date of Birth: about 1080
Place of Birth: unknown.
The estimated date is given by Cawley.
Date of Death: 28 February 1141.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Cawley.
Relationships
Father: Eudes I “Borel”, duke of Burgundy.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:539), by Bouchard (p. 259), and by the Complete Peerage (12/1:497)
Mother: Sibylle de Bourgogne.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:539) and by Bouchard (p. 259).
Spouse: Bertrand de Toulouse, count of Tripoli. Married June 1095.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:539) and by Bouchard (p. 259).
Spouse: Guillaume (I) “Talvas”, count of Ponthieu.
This relationship is given by Père Anselme (1:539), by Chandler (ODNB), by Bouchard (p. 259), and by the Complete Peerage (12/1:497).
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. The list below comes from Cawley, who assigns the first three children to an unknown first wife of Guillaume. Other sources give varying information.)
Clemence de Ponthieu married Juhel, lord of Mayenne.
Mabile de Ponthieu.
Philippa de Ponthieu.
Guy (II) de Ponthieu (died 1147), count of Ponthieu married Ida.
Guillaume de Ponthieu.
Robert de Ponthieu.
Robert de Garennes.
Guillaume de Ponthieu.
Enguerrand de Ponthieu.
Enguerrand de Ponthieu.
Jean de Ponthieu (died 1191), count of Alençon, married Beatrix du Maine.
Ela de Ponthieu (died 10 December 1174) married (1) William (III) de Warenne, earl of Surrey; married (2) Patrick de Salisbury, earl of Wiltshire or Salisbury.
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. HELIE de Bourgogne in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Chandler, Victoria. “Warenne, William (III) de, third earl of Surrey (c. 1119-1148)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).
Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59)