William I called the Great (le Grand or Tête Hardie, "the Rash"), was Count of Burgundy and Mâcon from 1057 to 1087. He was a son of Renaud I and Alice of Normandy

Alice of Normandy

Alice was born circa 1002 and died around 1038, was the daughter of Duke Richard II of Normandy and Judith of Brittany .-Family:She married Renaud I of Burgundy and had the following children:...

, daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy

Richard II, Duke of Normandy

Richard II , called the Good , was the eldest son and heir of Richard I the Fearless and Gunnora.-Biography:...

. William was the father of several notable children, including Pope Callixtus II

Pope Callixtus II

Pope Calixtus II , born Guy de Vienne, the fourth son of William I, Count of Burgundy , was elected Pope on February 1, 1119, after the death of Pope Gelasius II . His pontificate was shaped by the Investiture Controversy, which he was able to settle through the Concordat of Worms...

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In 1057, he succeeded his father and reigned over a territory larger than that of the Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France...

 itself. In 1087, he died in Besançon

Besançon

Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...

 and was buried there in the cathedral of St John.

William married a woman named Stephanie.

They had many children:

• Renaud II, William's successor, died on First Crusade
  First Crusade
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• Stephen I
  Stephen I, Count of Burgundy
  Stephen I , Count Palatine of Burgundy, sharing his father's nickname "the Rash" , was Count of Burgundy and Count of Mâcon and Vienne....
  
  , successor to Renaud II, Stephen died on the Crusade of 1101
  Crusade of 1101
  The Crusade of 1101 was a minor crusade of three separate movements, organized in 1100 and 1101 in the successful aftermath of the First Crusade. It is also called the Crusade of the Faint-Hearted due to the number of participants who joined this crusade after having turned back from the First...
  
  
• Raymond
  Raymond of Burgundy
  Raymond of Burgundy was the fourth son of William I, Count of Burgundy, and was Count of Amous. He came to the Iberian Peninsula for the first time during the period 1086–1087 with Odo I, Duke of Burgundy...
  
  , married (1090) Urraca, the reigning queen of Castile
  Urraca of Castile
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• Guy of Vienne, elected pope, in 1119 at the Abbey of Cluny. as Calixtus II
• Sybilla
  Sybilla of Burgundy
  Sybilla of Burgundy was a French noble, the duchess consort of Burgundy. She was a daughter of William I, Count of Burgundy and Stephanie. She was married to Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy in 1080.Children:*Florine of Burgundy...
  
   (or Maud), married (1080) Eudes I of Burgundy
• Gisela of Burgundy
  Gisela of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy
  Gisela of Burgundy , 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 in 1105...
  
  , married (1090) Humbert II of Savoy
  Humbert II of Savoy
  Umberto II, surnamed the Fat , was Count of Savoy from 1080 until his death in 1103. He was the son of Amadeus II of Savoy....
  
   and then Renier I of Montferrat
  Renier I of Montferrat
  Renier or Rainier was the ruler of the state of Montferrat in north-west Italy from about 1100 to his death, and the first such to be identified in contemporary documents as Margrave of Montferrat....
  
  
• William
• Eudes
• Hugh III, Archbishop of Besançon
• Clementia
  Clementia of Burgundy
  Clementia of Burgundy was Countess of Flanders by marriage and acted as regent while her husband was on crusade.-Family:She was the daughter of William I, Count of Burgundy and a noblewoman named Stephanie de Etiennette. Pope Callixtus II was her brother.-Life:In 1097, she married Robert II, Count...
  
   married Robert II, Count of Flanders
  Robert II, Count of Flanders
  Robert II was Count of Flanders from 1093 to 1111. He became known as Robert of Jerusalem or Robert the Crusader after his exploits in the First Crusade.-History:...
  
   and was Regent, during his absence. She married secondly Godfrey I, Count of Leuven and was possibly the mother of Joscelin of Louvain.
• Stephanie married Lambert, Prince de Royans (died 1119)
• Ermentrude, married (1065) Theodoric I
• (perhaps) Bertha wife of Alphonso VI of Castile
• and maybe another daughter