Ermentrude of Roucy

Ermentrude de Roucy (c. 951 – 5 May 1005) (Irmtrude) was a Countess and Duchess of Burgundy.^[1]

Ermentrude of Roucy
Countess of Mâcon Countess of Burgundy
Born	c.951 Reims
Died	5 May 1005 Mâcon
Spouse(s)	Aubry II of Mâcon Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
Issue	Létaud Aubry Béatrice de Mâcon Guy I of Mâcon Matilda Gerberga Reginald I, Count of Burgundy Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine
Father	Renaud of Roucy
Mother	Alberade of Lorraine

She was a daughter of Renaud of Roucy and his wife, Alberade of Lorraine, daughter of Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine.^[2]

By 971, Ermentrude married Aubry II of Mâcon and thus became a countess of Mâcon.^[3] They were the parents of:

• Létaud, archbishop of Besançon;
• Aubry, abbot of Saint-Paul de Besançon;
• Béatrice de Mâcon (d.1030), who was married in 975 to Count Geoffrey I of Gâtinais, and afterwards to the Count Hugues du Perche;
• Perhaps a daughter, N de Mâcon, the putative spouse of Eble de Poitiers, son of William IV of Aquitaine and Emma of Blois; they were possibly the parents of Ebles I of Roucy and all of his siblings, including Yvette de Roucy, the wife of either Manasses II or Manasses III of Rethel.^[4]

She also married Otto-William, Count of Burgundy.^[5] They had children:

• Guy I of Mâcon;^[6]
• Matilda, married Landri of Nevers;
• Gerberga, married William II of Provence;^[7]
• Reginald I, Count of Burgundy;
• Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine.