Renaud I, count of Nevers

Events

Date of Birth: about 1000.

The date is given by Glocker (p. 337).

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 29 May 1040.

Place of Death: Seignelay.

The date and place are given by Bouchard (1987, p. 344). Renaud was killed in battle.

Place of Burial: Auxerre, Saint-Germain.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Landry (IV) de Monceau, count of Nevers.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (3:196), by Glocker (p. 337), and by Bouchard (1987, p. 343; 2001, p. 18).

Mother: Mathilde de Mâcon.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (3:196), by Glocker (p. 337), and by Bouchard (1987, p. 343; 2001, p. 18).

Spouse: Advisa de France.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (3:196), who calls her Adelle or Adelaide, by Glocker (p. 337), who calls her Adele. Bouchard (1987, p. 343; 2001, p. 18), calls her Hadwidis, and makes her the sister rather than the daughter of Robert II.

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 (I) de Nevers (died 20 June 1098), count of Nevers, married (1) Ermengarde, countess of Tonnerre; married (2) Agnès de Baugency.

Henri de Nevers.

Guy de Nevers.

Robert “le Bourguignon” de Nevers, lord of Sablé, married (1) Avoise de Sablé; married (2) Berthe.

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).

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

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

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).