Henry, son of Robert I of Burgundy

Henry of Burgundy (c. 1035 – January 27, 1070/1074), called the Gallant (le Damoiseau), was the eldest surviving son and heir of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, second son of Robert II of France, and his wife, Helie of Semur, granddaughter of Henry I, Duke of Burgundy. Little is known about his life. He died shortly before his father and was never duke himself.

Henry of Burgundy
Coat-of-arms of dukes of Burgundy
Born	c.1035
Died	27 January 1070/1074
Noble family	Burgundy (Capet)
Issue Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy Odo I, Duke of Burgundy Robert bishop Helie Beatrice Reginald Henry, Count of Portugal
Father	Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
Mother	Helie of Semur

The name of Henry's wife is not known, though both Sibylla and Clémence have been suggested. The first of these derives from an undated obituary from Besançon, Sainte-Etienne, naming "Sibilla, mater ducus Burgundie" (Sibylla, mother of the Duke of Burgundy) (possibly Sibilla of Barcelona), it being reasoned that since she is not called duchess, she must have been married to the sole father of a duke who was not a duke himself, Henry. However, it has been argued by Jean Richard that this is a reference to Sibylla of Burgundy, Duchess of Burgundy, mother of the then-ruling duke, Hugh II. Richard proposed based on the name's repeated use among the descendants of her son Odo I, Duke of Burgundy that she may have been named Clémence,[1] although Odo's wife had a sister, Clementia of Burgundy, who could have been the inspiration for its use among their descendants. Based on the use of the byname Borel by Odo I, genealogist Szabolcs de Vajay proposed that his mother was the daughter of Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Barcelona and his third wife, Guisle of Lluca, and hence granddaughter of Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona,[2][3][4] although there is no documentary evidence that this was the case. Henry's wife died on or after July 6, 1074.

Family

Henry and his wife had the following children:

• Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057–1093)[5]
• Odo I, Duke of Burgundy (1058–1103)[6]
• Robert, bishop of Langres (1059–1111)
• Helie, a nun (b. 1061)
• Beatrice (b. 1063), married Guy III, Lord of Vignory
• Reginald/Raynald, abbot of Saint-Pierre de Flavigny (1065–1090)
• Henry (1066–1112),[7] count of Portugal from 1093 and father of Afonso I of Portugal

Ancestry

Ancestors of Henry, son of Robert I of Burgundy[8]^:(unless otherwise specified)

16. Hugh the Great (= 28) 8. Hugh Capet 17. Hedwig of Saxony (= 29) 4. Robert II of France 18. William III of Aquitaine 9. Adelaide of Aquitaine 19. Gerloc 2. Robert I of Burgundy 20. Boso II of Arles 10. William I of Provence 21. Constance of Provence 5. Constance of Arles 22. Gerberge 11. Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou 23. Fulk II of Anjou 1. Henry 12. Geoffroy I of Semur[9] 6. Dalmas I of Semur[9] 26. Dalmace II of Brioude[9] 13. [unknown name][9] 3. Helie of Semur 28. Hugh the Great[10] (= 16) 14. Henry I of Burgundy[11] 29. Hedwig of Saxony[10] (= 17) 7. Aramburga of Burgundy[9] 15. Mathilda of Chalon[11]

References

1. Richard, Jean (1958). "Sur les alliances familiales des ducs de Bourgogne aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles". Annales de Bourgogne. 30: 34–46, 232.
2. Vajay, Szabolcs de (1960). "Bourgogne, Lorraine et Espagne aux XIe siècle: Étiennette, dite de Vienne, comtesse de Bourgogne". Annales de Bourgogne. 32: 233–66.
3. Vajay, Szabolcs de (1962). "A propos de la 'Guerre de Bourgogne': Notes sur les successions de Bourgogne et de Mâcon aux Xe et XIe siècles". Annales de Bourgogne. 34: 153–69.
4. Vajay, Szabolcs de (2000), "Parlons encore d'Etiennette", in Keats-Rohan, Katherine S. B.; Settipani, Christian, Onomastique et Parente dans l'Occident medieval, Prosopographica et Genealogica no. 3, pp. 2–6
5. Hereford Brooke George, Genealogical Tables Illustrative of Modern History, (Oxford Clarendon Press, 1875), table XXVIII
6. Hereford Brooke George, Genealogical Tables Illustrative of Modern History, (Oxford Clarendon Press, 1875), table XXVIII
7. Hereford Brooke George, Genealogical Tables Illustrative of Modern History, (Oxford Clarendon Press, 1875), table XXVIII
8. de Sousa, Antonio Caetano (1735). Historia genealogica da casa real portugueza [Genealogical History of the Royal House of Portugal] (in Portuguese). 1. Lisboa Occidental. chart 1.
9. Abbé F. Cucherat, Semur-en-Brionnais, ses barons, ses établissements..., dans Mémoires de la Société Eduenne, vol. 15 (1887) & 16 (1888). (in French)
10. Anselm de Gibours (1726). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France [Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of France] (in French). 1 (3rd ed.). Paris: La compagnie des libraires. p. 69.
11. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 10