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William I (1020 – 1087), called the Great (le Grand or Tête Hardie, "the Rash") was Count of Burgundy and Mâcon from 1057 to 1087. He was a son of Renaud I and Adelaide, daughter of Richard II of Normandy. William was the father of several notable children, including Pope Callistus II.
   In 1057, he succeeded his father and reigned over a territory larger than that of the Franche-Comté itself. In 1087, he died in Besançon and was buried there in the cathedral of St John.
   William married a woman named Stephanie.
   They had several children:

Renaud II, William's successor, died on First Crusade
Stephen I, successor to Renaud II, Stephen died on the Crusade of 1101
Raymond, married (1090) Urraca, the reigning queen of Castile
Guy of Vienne, elected pope, in 1119 at the Abbey of Cluny. as Calixtus II
Sybilla (or Maud), married (1080) Eudes I of Burgundy
Gisela, married (1090) Humbert II of Savoy and then Renier I of Montferrat
Adelaide
Bertha wife of Alphonso VI of Castile
Eudes
Hugh III, Archbishop of Besançon
Clementia married Robert II, Count of Flanders and was Regent, during his absence
Stephanie married Lambert, Prince de Royans (d.1119)
Ermentrude, married (1065) Thierry I of Montbéliard

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