Guy, Count of Nevers

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Guy
Count of Nevers and Auxerre
PredecessorWilliam IV, Count of Nevers
SuccessorWilliam V, Count of Nevers
Died(1175-10-19)19 October 1175
SpouseMatilda
Issue William V, Count of Nevers
Agnes I, Countess of Nevers
Ida
Father William III, Count of Nevers
MotherIda of Sponheim

Guy (French: Guy or Gui, died 19 October 1175), was count of Nevers and Auxerre. [1] He was the son of William III, Count of Nevers and Ida of Sponheim. [2] He married Matilda, granddaughter of Duke Hugh II of Burgundy, [1] just prior to his leaving for the holy land. [1]

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Guy succeeded his brother William IV in 1168. He died in 1175 and was succeeded by his son, William, whilst his wife Mathilde would be regent of Nevers. [3]

Children

Guy and Matilda had three children:

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bouchard 1987, p. 348.
  2. Bouchard 1987, p. 342.
  3. 1 2 Bouchard 1987, p. 349.

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