Gisela of Burgundy, Marchioness of Montferrat
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Gisela of Burgundy (1075–1135), was a Countess consort of Savoy and a Marchioness consort of Montferrat. She was the spouse of Humbert II, Count of Savoy and later of Rainier I of Montferrat whom she married in 1105. She was the daughter of William I, Count of Burgundy.
With her first husband, Humbert II of Savoy, whom she married in 1090, her children included:
Amadeus III of Savoy
William, Bishop of Liège
Adelaide of Maurienne (d. 1154), wife of King Louis VI of France
Agnes, (d. 1127), wife of Arcimboldo VI, lord of Bourbon
Humbert
Reginald
Guy, abbot of Namur
By her second marriage to Rainier, Marquess of Montferrat, her children were:
Joanna, who married William Clito, Count of Flanders, in 1127, and was widowed a year later
William V of Montferrat
Matilda, wife of Alberto of Parodi, Margrave of Parodi
Adelasia, a nun
Isabella, wife of Guido, Count of Biandrate