Nobility, daughter of Raimond de Bourgogne, Comte de Grignon and his wife Agnes de Thiern, dame de Montpensier. As she was her parents only surviving child, (her brother Hugues died aged nine) she inherited their titles after their death. She was married four times: first to Eudes II Seigneur d'Issoudun who died two years after the marriage, second Guy I, Count of Nevers and Tonnerre with whom she was married for 8 years. When he refused to do homage to her cousin Hugues III he was imprisoned and died a year later. She inherited the county of Tonnerre from him. Her third husband was Pierre of Flanders. She married her last husband Robert II Count of Dreux around 1178, but the marriage was annulled due to consanguinity. After that she retired to Fontevraud and became a nun.
Nobility, daughter of Raimond de Bourgogne, Comte de Grignon and his wife Agnes de Thiern, dame de Montpensier. As she was her parents only surviving child, (her brother Hugues died aged nine) she inherited their titles after their death. She was married four times: first to Eudes II Seigneur d'Issoudun who died two years after the marriage, second Guy I, Count of Nevers and Tonnerre with whom she was married for 8 years. When he refused to do homage to her cousin Hugues III he was imprisoned and died a year later. She inherited the county of Tonnerre from him. Her third husband was Pierre of Flanders. She married her last husband Robert II Count of Dreux around 1178, but the marriage was annulled due to consanguinity. After that she retired to Fontevraud and became a nun.
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