Hildegarde of Burgundy

Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine

Hildegarde of Burgundy

Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine
Tenure| c. 1068/9 - 25 September

Born| c. 1056
Died| 1104
Spouse| William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
Issue| William IX, Duke of Aquitaine
Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and Navarre
Beatrice
House| House of Burgundy
Father| Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
Mother| Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy

Hildegarde of Burgundy (c. 1056–1104) was a French noble,[1] Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine by marriage to William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine.

She was the only daughter of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy with his second wife, Ermengarde of Anjou.[2] She was, and by marriage, Duchess of Gascony and Aquitaine.

She married William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine; she was his third wife.[3] William and Hildegarde had these children together:

Hildegarde’s son William

* William IX, Duke of Aquitaine
* Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and Navarre
* Beatrice?[4] married firstly to Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile and secondly to Elias I, Count of Maine.

William’s birth was a cause of great celebration at the Aquitanian court, but the Church at first considered him illegitimate because of his parents’ consanguinity. This obliged his father to make a pilgrimage to Rome soon after his birth to seek papal approval of his marriage to Hildegarde.

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1. ^ "Hildegarde of Burgundy". Encyclopedia of Things. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
2. ^ Halphen, L. & Poupardin, R. (eds.). 1913. Chroniques des Comtes d´Anjou et des Seigneurs d´Amboise, p. 247.
3. ^ "Genealogical database by Herbert Stoyan". Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
4. ^ Chronicon Regum Legionensium

*[c.]: circa