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unusual facts about Renauld I, Count of Nevers



Aimery III of Narbonne

Pressured by Odo III, Duke of Burgundy, and Hervé, Count of Nevers, the viscount of Narbonne bowed to a Papal command and assisted the crusaders with money, supplies and castles.

Counts and Dukes of Rethel

The first counts of Rethel ruled independently, before the county passed first to the Counts of Nevers, then to the Counts of Flanders, and finally to the Dukes of Burgundy.

Ermengarde of Nevers

Ermengarde de Nevers (1073–1100) was the daughter of Renaud II, Count of Nevers and Auxerre, and of Ida de Forez.

Margaret of Bavaria

In 1385, at the Burgundian double wedding in Cambrai, she married John, Count of Nevers, the son and heir of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Margaret of Dampierre, Countess of Flanders, Artois and Burgundy; at the same time her brother, William II, Duke of Bavaria married their daughter Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria.

Renauld I, Count of Nevers

He married Hedwig (or Advisa) of France on January 25, 1016, daughter of Robert II, King of France and Constance of Arles.

Robert II of France

Hedwig (or Advisa), Countess of Auxerre (c. 1003 – after 1063), married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue.

William IV, Count of Nevers

William IV, Count of Nevers, (c. 1130 – Acre, 24 October 1168) Count of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre (1161–1168).


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