Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy

For other people named Ermengarde of Anjou, see Ermengarde of Anjou (disambiguation).

Ermengarde of Anjou (c. 1018 – 18 March 1076), known as Blanche, was a Duchess consort of Burgundy. She was the daughter of Count Fulk III of Anjou and Hildegarde of Sundgau.^[1] She was sometimes known as Ermengarde-Blanche.^[1]

Ermengarde of Anjou
Duchess consort of Burgundy
Tenure	1046/1048 – 18 March 1076
Born	c. 1018 Angers
Died	(1076-03-18)18 March 1076 Fleurey-sur-Ouche
Spouse	Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
Issue	With Geoffrey Hildegarde de Château-Landon Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou Fulk IV, Count of Anjou With Robert Hildegarde of Burgundy
House	Ingelger
Father	Fulk III of Anjou
Mother	Hildegarde of Sundgau

She married Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais c. 1035 (in French Geoffroy), called Ferréol and sometimes known as Aubri, seigneur de Château-Landon.^[1] Together they had:

• Hildegarde de Château-Landon, married c.1060 to Joscelin I, Lord of Courtenay^[2]
• Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou^[1]
• Fulk IV, Count of Anjou^[1]

Geoffrey II died sometime between 1043 and 1046, and Ermengarde's mother died while on pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1046.

Ermengarde married Robert I, Duke of Burgundy in 1046,^[3] conferring on her the title Duchess of Burgundy. They had:

• Hildegarde (c. 1056–1104), who married Duke William VIII of Aquitaine around 1067^[4]

Ermengarde died 18 March 1076, at the Church of Fleurey-sur-Ouche.^[5]