Guillaume III. de Vienne
Guillaume III. de Vienne , called the sage (le Sage) († after March 11, 1435, but before 1445) was the son of Hugues VI. de Vienne and Jeanne de Châteauvillain . As heir to his brother Hugues VII († after 1390) he was Seigneur de Seurre , de Sellières , de Sainte-Croix , de Montpont , de Rombois, de Louhans , de Bosjean , de Montrond , de Mervans , de Longepierre , de Navilly etc. .
Guillaume III. de Vienne was a close advisor to the Duke of Burgundy , and in this position (also in the real sphere of influence of the French king) performed a number of tasks. He became captain general of Picardy and Flanders , governor of the Dauphiné and Languedoc , then of the Duchy of Burgundy and the county of Burgundy , Lord Chamberlain of the Dauphin , and a member of the Burgundian "Conseil Etroit"; in addition, he was envoy to the Council of Constance .
He held such a prominent position at the court of Philip the Good that in 1430 he not only became a founding member of the Order of the Golden Fleece , but also received the second appointment diploma immediately after the Duke and first Grand Master.
His first marriage was Luise de Thoire et Villars , daughter of Humbert VII, Sire de Thoire et de Villars, and Marie of Geneva ; the marriage remained childless. In his second marriage, on July 9, 1402, he married Marie Dauphine d'Auvergne, Dame de Bussy , Dame de la Chape , daughter of Béraud II. De Mercoeur . Dauphin of Auvergne ( House Auvergne ) and Marie de Sancerre ; from this marriage he had two sons:
- Jean, the 1424 Knights of St John was
- Guillaume IV. De Vienne, Sire de Saint-Georges, d' Arc-en-Barrois, etc .; ⚭ 1410 Alix de Chalon , Dame de Buxy ; † 1457, daughter of Jean III., Sire de Cuiseaux , d ' Arlay etc., Prince d'Orange ( House Chalon )
literature
- Raphaël De Smedt (ed.): Les chevaliers de l'Ordre de la Toison d'or au XVe siècle. Notices bio-bibliographiques (= Kiel work pieces. Series D: Contributions to the European history of the late Middle Ages. Vol. 3). 2. édition entièrement revue et enrichie. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2000, ISBN 3-631-36017-7 .
- Detlev Schwennicke: European family tables . Family tables on the history of the European states. New episode Volume 3, Part 3: Other large European families. Illegitimate descendants of Spanish and Portuguese royalty. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1985, plate 452.
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| SURNAME | Guillaume III. de Vienne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nobleman at the Burgundian court |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century or 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1435 and 1445 |