Renaud III, Count of Burgundy
- Renaud III, Count of Burgundy
Renaud III (c. 1093 – 1148), son of Stephen I ("Tête-hardi") and Beatrix of Lorraine, was the count of Burgundy between 1127 and 1148. Previously, he had been the count of Mâcon since his father's death in 1102, with his brother, William of Vienne.
He proclaimed independence from the Holy Roman Emperor Lothair III, but was defeated by King Conrad III of Germany and forced to relinquish all his lands east of the Jura. The name of the region Franche-Comté is derived from his title, "franc-compte", meaning "free count".
Family
About 1130, he married Agatha of Lorraine (d. April 1147), daughter of Simon I, Duke of Lorraine.
Children of Renaud and Agatha
*Beatrice (c.1145 – 15 November 1184) married the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1156
Beatrice became countess of Burgundy on her father's death.
External links
* [http://gilles.maillet.free.fr/histoire/recit_bourgogne/recit_comte_bourgogne.htm/ History of Franche-Comté, (in French)]
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