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Henri “le Damoiseau”, de Bourgogne

Male Abt 1035 - 1074  (~ 35 years)


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  • Name Henri “le Damoiseau”  
    Suffix de Bourgogne 
    Born Abt 1035 
    Gender Male 
    Died Between 1070 and 1074 
    Notes 
    • “HENRI de Bourgogne "le Damoiseau" ([1035]-27 Jan [1070/74]). "Robertus…dux et rector inferioris Burgundiæ" donated property to Saint-Bénigne-de-Dijon by charter dated 1 Mar 1043 which names "Helie uxoris mee…seu filiorum nostrorum Hugonis…atque Heinrici". He is named as first born son of Duke Robert by Orderic Vitalis, who specifies that Henri died in his father's lifetime leaving three sons whom he names. m --- (-6 Jul 1074 or after, bur Besançon, Saint-Etienne). The wife of Henri de Bourgogne has not been identified with certainty. Abbé Maurice Chaume[109] suggested that she was a relative of Ramón Borell I Conde de Barcelona, pointing out the use of the name "Borel" by her son and grandson Dukes Eudes I and Hugues II. Szabolcs de Vajay proposed more specifically that she was --- de Barcelona, daughter of Berenguer Ramón I "el Curvo" Conde de Barcelona & his third wife Guisle de Ampurias, married while her husband and his father were in Barcelona on crusade in Spain. There appears to be nothing to support the suggestion that her first name was Sibylla. Jean Richard suggested that the wife of Henri de Bourgogne was possibly named Clémence, a name used by her descendants, and that she may have originated from Poitiers. There does not appear to be any direct proof to support any of these theories. Hugues de Bourgogne & his wife had seven children:
      a) HUGUES de Bourgogne ([1056/57]-Cluny, Saône-et-Loire 29 Aug 1093, bur Abbaye de Cluny, Chapelle de Sainte-Marie). He is named as son of Henri by Orderic Vitalis. His parentage is confirmed by the charter dated [21 Mar 1076/24 Jan 1077] under which "Hugo…post decessum Rotberti ducis" and which specifies that Robert was "patris Heinrici genitoris nostri". He succeeded his grandfather in 1076 as HUGUES I Duke of Burgundy, although the former intended Hugues's uncle Robert de Bourgogne as his successor. Hugues succeeded in expelling Robert, along with his younger brother Simon, from Burgundy[114]. "Hugo Burgundionum dux" made a donation to Cluny dated 19 Feb 1078, subscribed by "Oddonis fratris eius, Rotberti alterius fratris eius". Duke Hugues left for Spain in [1078/79] to fight the Moors, helping Sancho I King of Aragon to take the kingdom of Navarre. He abdicated as duke in favour of his younger brother Eudes, and became a monk at Cluny[116] in [Oct/Nov] 1079.
      b) EUDES de Bourgogne ([1060]-Tarsus, Cilicia 23 Mar 1103, bur Abbaye de Cîteaux, Côte-d'Or, Chapelle Saint-Georges). He is named as son of Henri by Orderic Vitalis. He succeeded in 1079 on the abdication of his brother as EUDES I "Borel" Duke of Burgundy.
      c) ROBERT de Bourgogne (1059-Châtillon-sur-Seine, Côte d'Or 18 Sep 1111, bur Abbaye de Molesmes, near Langres). He is named as son of Henri by Orderic Vitalis. "Hugo Burgundionum dux" made a donation to Cluny dated 19 Feb 1078, subscribed by "Oddonis fratris eius, Rotberti alterius fratris eius". Clerk at Langres 1077, archdeacon 1080. Bishop of Langres 1085, after the death of Renaud de Bar. "Odo dux Burgundie" confirmed a donation by "frater meus domnus Hugo" to the abbey of Molesme with the consent of "fratres mei Robertus archidiaconus, Henricus puer, Beatrix et Helia sorores mee" by charter dated to [1081/84]. "Odo dux Burgundie" donated the village of Marcenay to the abbey of Molesme with the consent of "omnes eius fratres et sorores Robertus, Henricus, Beatrix, Helia" by charter dated to [1080/83]. Robert took part in the war in Spain against the Moors, with his two brothers Eudes and Henri, in 1087. He became a Benedictine monk at Molesmes, being a friend of St Bruno who founded the Order of Chartreux. The cartulary of Saint-Bénigne-de-Dijon includes a funerary elogy of the life of "Roberti Lingonensis episcopi…regum Franciæ ac ducum Burgundiæ stirpe genitus" dated 19 Oct 1111.
      d) HELIE de Bourgogne (1061-after [1081/84]). "Odo dux Burgundie" confirmed a donation by "frater meus domnus Hugo" to the abbey of Molesme with the consent of "fratres mei Robertus archidiaconus, Henricus puer, Beatrix et Helia sorores mee" by charter dated to [1081/84]. "Odo dux Burgundie" donated the village of Marcenay to the abbey of Molesme with the consent of "omnes eius fratres et sorores Robertus, Henricus, Beatrix, Helia" by charter dated to [1080/83]. Nun.
      e) BEATRIX de Bourgogne (1063-before 1110). "Odo dux Burgundie" confirmed a donation by "frater meus domnus Hugo" to the abbey of Molesme with the consent of "fratres mei Robertus archidiaconus, Henricus puer, Beatrix et Helia sorores mee" by charter dated to [1081/84]. "Odo dux Burgundie" donated the village of Marcenay to the abbey of Molesme with the consent of "omnes eius fratres et sorores Robertus, Henricus, Beatrix, Helia" by charter dated to [1080/83]. "Beatrix soror Rotbertrti Lingonensis episcopi" donated property to the abbey of Molesme by charter dated to [1085/1106]. "…Widone filio predicti Widonis et uxore eius Beatrice et filiis eorum Roberto et Widone" consented to the donation by "Oddo et Albertus fratres" to the abbey of Saint-Etienne de Vignory by charter dated to [1081/1112]. "Domina Beatrix uxor domini Widonis de Wannulriaco" donated property to Molesme by charter dated [1111/12] which names "fratris sui Roberti Linguonensis episcopi". m (after 1082) GUY [III] Sire de Vignory, son of GUY [II] Sire de Vignory & his wife Hildegarde --- (-before 1126).
      f) RENAUD de Bourgogne ([1064]-10 Jan 1092). Monk at the Abbey of Saint Pierre at Flavigny, Abbé from [1084/85]. The necrology of Flavigny records the death "IV Id Feb" of "Rainaldus frater ducis abbas Flaviniacensis".
      g) HENRI de Bourgogne ([1069/72]-killed in battle Astorga León 1 Nov 1112, bur Braga Cathedral). "Heynricus frater meus" witnessed the donation to Cluny of "Oddo dux Burgundie". An indication of his age is given in the charter dated to [1081/84] under which "Odo dux Burgundie" confirmed a donation by "frater meus domnus Hugo" to the abbey of Molesme with the consent of "fratres mei Robertus archidiaconus, Henricus puer, Beatrix et Helia sorores mee". An early 12th century document aat Fleury records that "Ainrico uni filiorum, filio…ducis Roberti" married "alteram filiam…non ex coniugali" of Alfonso VI King of Castile. He took part in the war in Spain against the Moors, with his two brothers Eudes and Robert, in 1087. His aunt Queen Constance invited him to the court of Castile. Señor de Braga [1093]. He was installed as HENRIQUE Conde de Portugal in [1093] or [1095] by Alfonso VI King of Castile.”«s87»
    Person ID I14458  Lowell&Block

    Father Robert I, Duke of Burgundy,   b. 1011/12,   d. 8 or 18 Mar 1076, Fleurey-sur-Ouche, Côte-d’Or, Burgundy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Helie, of Semur,   b. 1016,   d. Aft 22 Apr 1055, Semur-en-Brionnais, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 39 years) 
    Family ID F4526  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Hugues I, Duke of Burgundy
     2. Eudes I “Borel”, Duke of Burgundy,   b. Abt 1060,   d. 23 Mar 1103  (Age ~ 43 years)
     3. Robert, de Bourgogne,   b. 1059,   d. 18 Sep 1111  (Age 52 years)
     4. Helie, de Bourgogne,   b. 1061
     5. Beatrix, de Bourgogne
     6. Renaud, de Bourgogne,   b. Abt 1064,   d. 10 Jan 1092  (Age ~ 28 years)
     7. Henrique, Conde de Portugal,   b. 1069/72,   d. 22 May 1112  (Age 40 years)
    Family ID F4976  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart