Manassès, count of Autun

Count of Autun, of Chalon, and of Dijon

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: between 918 and 920.

The range of dates is given by Baldwin. Richard gives 918.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Richer gives Giselbert, count of Condroz. Baldwin sees no good reason to accept this conjecture.

(possible) Mother: the sister of Richard le Justicier.

This relationship is given by Bouchard (p. 146). Baldwin states that this is unproven.

Spouse: Ermengarde.

This relationship is given by Baldwin. Many sources make her the daughter of Boson, king of Provence, but this is uncertain.

Children:

Walo.

Giselbert (died 8 April 956), duke of Burgundy, married Ermengarde.

Manassès, count.

Hervé, bishop of Autun.

Ermengarde married Liétaud, count of Mâcon.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Manassès” in The Henry Project.

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).

Richard, J. "Manasses" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 6 (Stuttgart: 1993).