Rodolphe (Rudolph) I - King of Upper Burgundy; Count of Auxerre. Rudolph belonged to the elder Welf family and was the son of Conrad, Count of Auxerre and Waldrada of Worms. From his father he inherited the lay Abbey of St Maurice in Valais, making him the most powerful magnate in Upper Burgundy (present-day western Switzerland) and the Franche-Comté.
He married Willa (Guilla) of Metz/Provence in 888. They had at least four children:
Rudolph II, King of Burgundy.
Adelaide, married Louis the Blind of Provence (Lower Burgundy).
Willa married Boso of Tuscany.
Waldrada married Boniface I, of Spoleto.
After Rudolph's death Queen Guilla married Hugh of Arles in 912.
Rudolph was succeeded as King of Burgundy by his son, Rudolph II.
He married Willa (Guilla) of Metz/Provence in 888. They had at least four children:
Rudolph II, King of Burgundy.
Adelaide, married Louis the Blind of Provence (Lower Burgundy).
Willa married Boso of Tuscany.
Waldrada married Boniface I, of Spoleto.
After Rudolph's death Queen Guilla married Hugh of Arles in 912.
Rudolph was succeeded as King of Burgundy by his son, Rudolph II.
Rodolphe (Rudolph) I - King of Upper Burgundy; Count of Auxerre. Rudolph belonged to the elder Welf family and was the son of Conrad, Count of Auxerre and Waldrada of Worms. From his father he inherited the lay Abbey of St Maurice in Valais, making him the most powerful magnate in Upper Burgundy (present-day western Switzerland) and the Franche-Comté.
He married Willa (Guilla) of Metz/Provence in 888. They had at least four children:
Rudolph II, King of Burgundy.
Adelaide, married Louis the Blind of Provence (Lower Burgundy).
Willa married Boso of Tuscany.
Waldrada married Boniface I, of Spoleto.
After Rudolph's death Queen Guilla married Hugh of Arles in 912.
Rudolph was succeeded as King of Burgundy by his son, Rudolph II.
He married Willa (Guilla) of Metz/Provence in 888. They had at least four children:
Rudolph II, King of Burgundy.
Adelaide, married Louis the Blind of Provence (Lower Burgundy).
Willa married Boso of Tuscany.
Waldrada married Boniface I, of Spoleto.
After Rudolph's death Queen Guilla married Hugh of Arles in 912.
Rudolph was succeeded as King of Burgundy by his son, Rudolph II.
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