Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders 1078-1133

Before 1061 [her father] William I Count Burgundy [aged 40] and [her mother] Ettiennette Countess Burgundy were married. She by marriage Countess Burgundy. He the son of [her grandfather] Reginald Ivrea I Count Burgundy and [her grandmother] Alice Normandy Countess Burgundy.

Around 1078 Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders was born to William I Count Burgundy [aged 58] and Ettiennette Countess Burgundy.

Before 1080 [her brother-in-law] Odo "Red" I Duke Burgundy [aged 21] and [her sister] Sybilla Ivrea Duchess Burgundy [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of [her father] William I Count Burgundy [aged 59] and [her mother] Ettiennette Countess Burgundy. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 12th November 1087 [her father] William I Count Burgundy [aged 67] died. His son [her brother] Renaud [aged 26] succeeded II Count Burgundy.

In 1090 [her brother-in-law] Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy [aged 25] and [her sister] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. She the daughter of [her father] William I Count Burgundy and [her mother] Ettiennette Countess Burgundy. He the son of Amadeus Savoy II Count Savoy.

In 1093 [her son] Baldwin VII Count Flanders was born to Robert II Count Flanders [aged 28] and Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders [aged 15]. He married his fourth cousin Hawise Canhiart Countess Flanders, daughter of Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany and Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine.

In 1093 Robert II Count Flanders [aged 28] succeeded II Count Flanders. Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders [aged 15] by marriage Countess Flanders.

On 29th August 1093 Hugh I Duke Burgundy [aged 36] died. His brother [her brother-in-law] Odo [aged 35] succeeded I Duke Burgundy. [her sister] Sybilla Ivrea Duchess Burgundy [aged 28] by marriage Duchess Burgundy.

In 1095 Henry Reginar III Count Louvain died at Tournai [Map]. His brother [her future husband] Godfrey [aged 35] succeeded I Count Louvain. Ida Chiny Countess Louvain by marriage Countess Louvain.

In 1102 [her brother] Stephen Ivrea I Count Burgundy [aged 37] died. His son [her nephew] Reginald [aged 9] succeeded III Count Burgundy.

Before 1103 [her future husband] Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 42] and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain were married. She the daughter of Otto Chiny 2nd Count Chiny. He the son of Henry Reginar II Count Louvain and Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain.

In 1103 [her sister] Sybilla Ivrea Duchess Burgundy [aged 38] died.

After 19th October 1103, the date of her first husband's death, [her brother-in-law] Rainier Aleramici Marquis of Monferrat [aged 19] and [her sister] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy [aged 33] were married. She the daughter of [her father] William I Count Burgundy and [her mother] Ettiennette Countess Burgundy.

In 1119 [her brother] Guy Ivrea aka Pope Calixtus II [aged 54] was elected Calixtus II Pope.

After 1119 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 59] and Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders [aged 41] were married. She by marriage Countess Louvain. She the daughter of William I Count Burgundy and Ettiennette Countess Burgundy. He the son of Henry Reginar II Count Louvain and Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain. They were half fourth cousin once removed.

Chronicle of William Nangis. Then Baldwin, count of Flanders, nephew of Pope Calixtus through his sister Clementia¹, wishing to establish William, son of Robert, duke of Normandy, who had been held captive by Henry, king of England, in the inheritance of his father, after occupying a large part of Normandy, was struck on the head and died from the wound². His cousin Charles, son of King Cnut³ of the Danes, succeeded him in the county. William⁴, however, son of Robert, duke of Normandy, married the sister of the wife of Louis, king of France, and after the death of Count Charles⁵ the county of Flanders was granted to him.

Note 1. Clementia, daughter of William the Great, count of Burgundy, and sister of Pope Calixtus, had by her first husband, Robert II, count of Flanders, who died in 1111, three sons, two of whom William and Philip died in childhood before their father. The third, Baldwin of the Axe, or Hapkin, took the county of Flanders in 1111.

Note 2. Baldwin, Count of Flanders was killed at the Battle of Bures-en-Bray on 17th July 1119.

Note 3. King Cnut IV of Denmark, around 1042-1096.

Note 4. William Clito, son of Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, married in the year 1127 Joan, daughter of Rainier, marquis of Montferrat, maternal half-sister of Adelaide, wife of Louis the Fat, and, through the intervention of this monarch, was elected count of Flanders after the death of Charles the Good, which occurred on 2 March of the same year. See below under the year 1127.

Note 5. Charles, Count of Flanders, 1084-1127, was murdered whilst at church in Bruges.

In 1123 [her brother-in-law] Prince Bishop Albero Reginar [aged 53] was appointed Prince Bishop of Liège.

On 13th December 1124 [her brother] Guy Ivrea aka Pope Calixtus II [aged 59] died.

On 1st January 1128 [her brother-in-law] Prince Bishop Albero Reginar [aged 58] died.

Around 1133 Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders [aged 55] died.

Around 1133 [her sister] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy [aged 63] died.

On 25th January 1139 [her former husband] Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 79] died. His son [her former step-son] Godfrey [aged 32] succeeded II Count Louvain.

Robert II Count Flanders and Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders were married. She the daughter of William I Count Burgundy and Ettiennette Countess Burgundy. He the son of Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders and Gertrude Billung Countess Holland. They were fourth cousins.