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http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BURGUNDIAN%20NOBILITY.htm MILO [IV] d e Tonnerre ([950/65]-1002 or after). The parentage of Milo [IV] is no t known. There are three possibilities. Firstly, he could have been th e same person as Milo [III], father of Milo [V]. This is not an idea l fit. Milo [IV] does not name Milo and Guy among his “carissimoru m filiorum” in his charter dated to [992/1005] [1]. The addition o f “carissimorum” suggests that the three sons named in the documen t were his only children, as it is difficult to imagine how he could h ave had other children whom he did not consider “carissimorum”. On e possibility is that Milo [V] and Guy would have been born after th e date of the charter. However, the document strongly suggests that i t was written with the donor´s death in mind as he requests that hi s own and his wife´s anniversaries be remembered, although it is of c ourse not impossible that he recovered from the illness from which h e was suffering and had more children. Secondly, Milo [IV] could hav e been an older son of Milo [II] who succeeded his father in the count y. The birth date ranges for Milo [IV] and for Guy, known son of Mil o [II], allow for this possibility. Thirdly, he could have been the so n of an otherwise unknown older son of Milo [II] who succeeded his pat ernal grandfather in the county. The birth date ranges are not incompa tible with this possibility either, assuming that Milo [II]´s son Gu y was born early in the date range shown for him above, while Milo [IV ] was born late in his birth date range. As can be seen, no factor poi nts conclusively to one of these possibilities being correct. It is pr eferable therefore to avoid further speculation and show his parentag e as unknown, although it should be emphasised that the suggested birt h date ranges assigned to the various members of this family are specu lative and that the conclusions could be different if they were incorr ect. Comte de Tonnerre. "Milo comes, Lambertus, Richardus, Albericus , Archanradus, Calo, Girvardus, Raynardus comes, Erembertus, Ormundus , Widricus, Milo, Achardus, Odo, Raynardus" witnessed the charter date d to [992] under which “Umbertus… et mee conjugis… Giberge” do nated property "in villa… Curtis-Secreta… in comitatu Tornodorense " to Saint-Michel de Tonnerre [2]. "…Raynardi comitis… Milonis com itis, Aremberti…" subscribed a charter dated to [997] which deals wi th the property at Coussegré [3]. “Milo comes Tornodorensis castri