Lietgarde de Bourgogne, duchesse de Bourgogne, comtesse de Dijon

Medilands (12 Feb 2022) Burgundy Duchy: Dukes 936-956 Lietgarde (Lietgardis)

GISELBERT, son of MANASSES Comte [de Dijon] & his wife Ermengarde --- ( – Paris after Easter 956).... Duke of Burgundy....
m (before May 926) ERMENGARDE, daughter of --- ( – after 9 Dec 943)....

Duke Giselbert & his wife had [three] children:

1. ADELAIS “Werra” ([930/35] – ).... m (before 950) ROBERT Comte de Meaux...
2. [--- ([930/32] – [947/55?]%29 or ADELAIS ([930/32] or [940/45?]-after Jul 987)....]
3. LIETGARDE ( – after 958).
A manuscript, whose attribution to Orderic Vitalis is disputed, refers to the wife of Duke Otton as the daughter of Giselbert without giving her name[92].
The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines also refers to the wife of "Otto [filius Hugo rex]…dux Burgundie" as "filiam Gisleberti" without naming her[93].
The Historia Francorum Senonensis refers to "filiam Gisleberti ducis Burgundiæ" as the wife of "Ottoni, filio Hugonis Magni", when recording his succession to his father-in-law's dukedom[94].
The Chronicon of Odorannus records the death in 956 of “Gislebertus comes Burgundionem”, adding that “honorem eius cum filia...Leudegarde, ex qua postea a Radulpho Divionensi pipicus factus est” was received by “Otho frater Hugonis ducis” and that “aliam...filiam...Werram” married “Robertus comes Trecasinorum”[95]. This document appears to indicate that Lietgarde was the older daughter. However, if that is correct it is unclear why Adelais was the only daughter who subscribed the charter dated 943 (see above). The reference in the Chronicon of Odorannus to “Leudegarde, ex qua postea a Radulpho Divionensi pipicus factus est” is assumed to indicate her later infidelity: Millin suggest that “pipicus”, derived from “picus” indicating magpie, indicates cuckold, by analogy with the cuckoo and based on the mistaken impression that the two birds have similar nesting habits[96]. This suggestion is corroborated by the Annales Nivernenses which record in 958 that “Rodulfus Divioni comes” captured “Belnum [Beaune] castrum seniori sui Optonis [later Otton/Eudes Duke of Burgundy]” and what was worse abducted “uxorem suam...filiam...Gisleberti” and married her, but that the castle was recaptured “ab Optone et a suis fidelibus Kal Mai” [no further mention of the fate of his wife][97].
m [firstly] ([Easter] 955) OTTON [Eudes], son of HUGUES "le Grand" Capet Duc des Francs & his third wife Hedwig of Saxony ([945] – 22/23 Feb 965, bur Saint-Germain d’Auxerre). Comte d’Auxerre. On the death of his father-in-law in 956, Lothaire King of France installed Eudes in Burgundy at Beaune. He was installed as EUDES Duke of Burgundy in 960[98].
[m secondly (bigamously early 958) RAOUL [III] Comte de Dijon, son of [RAOUL [II] Comte de Dijon & his wife ---] ( – after 958).]

Wikipédia français (7 avril 2022) Otton de Bourgogne

Otton, comte d'Auxerre, duc de Bourgogne, né vers 945, mort le 23 février 965, fils d'Hugues le Grand, duc de France et d'Hedwige de Saxe.

Biographie

FR: Otton était le deuxième fils d'Hugues le Grand et d'Hedwige de Saxe, fille (Henri Ier) et sœur (Otton Ier) d'empereurs germaniques. Il avait pour frères et sœurs Béatrice, duchesse de Haute-Lorraine, Hugues Capet, Emma, duchesse de Normandie et Henri Ier de Bourgogne, qui lui succèdera.
EN: Otto was the second son of Hugh the Great and Hedwig of Saxony, daughter (Henry I) and sister (Otton I) of Germanic emperors. He had brothers and sisters Béatrice, Duchess of Haute-Lorraine, Hugues Capet, Emma, Duchess of Normandy and Henry I of Burgundy, who will succeed him.
FR: Son père lui transmit le comté d'Auxerre et le maria à l'âge de 11 ans, le 8 avril 956, à Lietgarde, âgée de 10 à 15 ans de plus que lui, une des filles et héritières de Gilbert de Chalon, comte principal des Bourguignons (de 952 à 956), comte de Beaune, d'Autun, d'Avallon, de Troyes, de Dijon et de Chalon, dont il reçut les droits au duché de Bourgogne. Ce mariage avait pour but de mettre fin au conflit familial avec les Bivinides pour la suprématie dans le duché de Bourgogne.
EN: His father transmitted to him the county of Auxerre and married him at the age of 11, on April 8, 956, to Lietgarde, aged 10 to 15 years older than him, one of the daughters and heirs of Gilbert de Chalon, count Principal of the Burgundians (from 952 to 956), Count of Beaune, Autun, Avallon, Troyes, Dijon and Chalon, from which he received the rights to the Duchy of Burgundy. This marriage was intended to end the family conflict with the Bivinids for supremacy in the Duchy of Burgundy.
FR: À la mort de son beau-père, l'année suivant le mariage, Otto obtint formellement la pleine autorité sur la Bourgogne. Cependant, son propre père étant mort la même année, laissant Otton mineur, le roi Lothaire de France, profitant de sa jeunesse, voulut briser sa puissance, occupa Dijon et rattacha au royaume une partie de la Bourgogne. Il en résulta un affaiblissement constant du pouvoir ducal, car cette situation fut mise à profit par les vassaux de Bourgogne pour lutter pour une plus grande liberté. Otto ne fut reconnu comme duc de Bourgogne par le roi Lothaire qu'en 960[1].
EN: Upon the death of his father-in-law, the year following the marriage, Otto was formally granted full authority over Burgundy. However, his own father having died the same year, leaving Otto a minor, King Lothair of France, taking advantage of his youth, wanted to break his power, occupied Dijon and attached part of Burgundy to the kingdom. This resulted in a constant weakening of ducal power, as this situation was taken advantage of by the vassals of Burgundy to fight for greater freedom. Otto was not recognized as Duke of Burgundy by King Lothaire until 960[1].
FR: En 958, il dut lutter contre Rodolphe, comte de Dijon, qui s'empara du château de Beaune et de sa femme. Son frère Eudes lui succéda[2].
EN: In 958, he had to fight against Rodolphe, count of Dijon, who seized the castle of Beaune and his wife. His brother Eudes succeeded him[2].
FR: Son règne fut bref et faible, c'est pourquoi le chroniqueur Flodoard de Reims s'est abstenu de désigner Otton sous le titre de duc[3].
EN: His reign was brief and weak, which is why the chronicler Flodoard of Reims refrained from designating Otto under the title of duke[3].

Duke of Burgundy: Preceded by Hugues le Noir; Succeeded by Henry I.

Références

1. Maurice Chaume, Les origines du duché de Bourgogne. Première partie : Histoire politique., Dijon, Jobard, 1925, 1249 p. (ISBN 3-511-04440-5)
2. « BURGUNDY DUCHY, DUKES » [archive], sur fmg.ac (consulté le 17 mars 2017)
3. Flodoard de Reims (trad. du latin), Chroniques féodales de 918-978. Les Sources de l'Histoire de France., Clermont-Ferrand, Paleo, 2002, 179 p. (ISBN 2-913944-65-5)

Source : Christian Settipani, La préhistoire des Capétiens, 1993, ISBN 2-9501509-3-4

Wikipedia (23 Sep 2021) "Otto, Duke of Burgundy"

Otto of Paris (944 – 22 February 965[1]) was Duke of Burgundy from 956 to his death.
Otto was a son of Hugh the Great, count of Paris by his wife Hedwig of Saxony, a sister of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and was a brother of King Hugh Capet of France.[2]
He became duke through his wife Liutgarde of Chalon, heiress of Burgundy. He had no known descendants.
His brother, Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, succeeded him as Duke of Burgundy.

See also Dukes of Burgundy Family Tree 898-1482

Citations

1. Dixon-Hartland, Sir Frederick (1854). A Chronological Dictionary": or "Index to the Genealogical Chart of the Royal and Distinguished Houses of Europe. C. & E. Layton. p. 88.
2. Rosenwein, Barbara H. (2009). A Short History of the Middle Ages. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-4426-0104-8.