List of Famous people born in Burgundy, France
Helie of Burgundy
Helie of Burgundy was the daughter of Eudes I and Sibylla of Burgundy.
Guy de Bourgogne
Guy de Bourgogne, O.Cist., was a French monk, Abbot, and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Leodegar
Leodegar of Poitiers was a martyred Burgundian Bishop of Autun. He was the son of Saint Sigrada and the brother of Saint Warinus.
Remigius of Auxerre
Remigius (Remi) of Auxerre was a Benedictine monk during the Carolingian period, a teacher of Latin grammar, and a prolific author of commentaries on classical Greek and Latin texts. He is also accredited with collecting and compiling other early medieval thinkers' commentaries on these works.
Isembart
Isembard was a Burgundian nobleman and count of Autun. According to the Annales Fontanellenses, his father was Warin of Provence.
Felix of Burgundy
Felix of Burgundy, also known as Felix of Dunwich, was a saint and the first bishop of the East Angles. He is widely credited as the man who introduced Christianity to the kingdom of East Anglia. Almost all that is known about the saint originates from The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, completed by Bede in about 731, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Bede praised Felix for delivering "all the province of East Anglia from long-standing unrighteousness and unhappiness".
Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine
Agnes of Burgundy was Duchess of Aquitaine by marriage to Duke William V and Countess of Anjou by marriage to Count Geoffrey II. She served as regent of the Duchy of Aquitaine during the minority of her son from 1039 until 1044. She was a daughter of Otto-William, Count of Burgundy and Ermentrude de Roucy and a member of the House of Ivrea.
Pontus de Tyard
Pontus de Tyard was a French poet and priest, a member of "La Pléiade".
Odette de Champdivers
Odette de Champdivers was the chief mistress of Charles VI of France. She was called la petite reine by Charles and contemporaries.
Bertha of Burgundy
Bertha of Burgundy was queen of the Franks as the second wife of King Robert II.