Marriage and Issue
Married in 1051 to Alberada of Buonalbergo (1032 – aft. July 1122) and had:
- Bohemund.
- Emma (b. 1052 or after), married to Odo the Good Marquis
Married in 1058 or 1059 to Sichelgaita and had:
- Matilda (also Mahalta, Maud, or Maude; 1059 – aft. 1085), married Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona.
- Roger Borsa.
- Mabile, married to William de Grantmesnil.
- Gersent, married to Hugh V of Maine, repudiated.
- Robert Scalio.
- Guy, Duke of Amalfi.
- Sibylla, married to Ebles de Ramerupt, 4th Count of Roucy and had 8 children.
- Olympias (renamed Helena), betrothed to Constantine Doukas, son of Michael VII in August 1074, contract broken off in 1078.
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