Gisela of Burgundy, Marchioness of Montferrat

Gisela of Burgundy (1075–1135), was a Countess consort of Savoy and a Marchioness consort of Montferrat. She was the spouse of Humbert II, Count of Savoy and later of Rainier I of Montferrat whom she married after Humbert's death.[1] She was the daughter of William I, Count of Burgundy.

Gisela of Burgundy
Born1075
DiedMay 1135
Noble familyIvrea
Spouse(s)Umberto II, Count of Savoy
Rainier I of Montferrat
FatherWilliam I, Count of Burgundy
MotherStephanie

With her first husband, Humbert II of Savoy, whom she married in 1090, her children included:

  • Amadeus III of Savoy
  • William, Bishop of Liège
  • Adelaide of Maurienne (d. 1154), wife of King Louis VI of France
  • Agnes, (d. 1127), wife of Arcimboldo VI, lord of Bourbon
  • Humbert
  • Reginald
  • Guy, abbot of Namur

By her second marriage to Rainier, Marquess of Montferrat, her children were:

  • Joanna, who married William Clito, Count of Flanders, in 1127, and was widowed a year later[2]
  • William V of Montferrat
  • Matilda, wife of Alberto of Parodi, Margrave of Parodi
  • Adelasia, a nun
  • Isabella, wife of Guido, Count of Biandrate

References

  1. Beihammer, Parani & Schabel 2008, p. 183.
  2. Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Herausgegeben von Detlev Schwennicke (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafeln 81, 200

Sources

  • Beihammer, Alexander D.; Parani, Maria G.; Schabel, Christopher D., eds. (2008). Diplomatics in the Eastern Mediterranean 1000-1500: Aspects of Cross-Cultural Communication. BRILL. ISBN 978-9047433033.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Preceded by
Joan of Geneva
Countess of Savoy
1090–1103
Succeeded by
Adelaide, Countess consort of Savoy


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