Étienne (I) “Tête-Hardi”, count of Mâcon

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 27 May 1102.

Place of Death: Ascalon.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Guillaume I “le Grand”, count of Burgundy.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (8:411; 8:412) and by Bouchard (p. 273).

Mother: Étiennette.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (8:411) and by Bouchard (p. 273). Père Anselme makes her the daughter of the count of Barcelona, but Cawley states that this appears not to be based on contemporary documentation.

Spouse: Béatrix de Lorraine.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (8:412) and by Cawley. Bouchard (p. 275) simply calls her "a woman named Beatrix."

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.)

Isabelle married Hugues I, count of Troyes.

Renaud III, count of Burgundy, married Agatha of Lorraine.

Guillaume (died 27 September 1155), count of Mâcon, married Ponces de Traves.

Clemence (died 1164) married Guigues (IX) d’Albon.

Humbert (died 1162) Archbishop of Besançon.

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. “ETIENNE [I] "Tête-Hardi" ” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.