Ghigo II d'Albon

Guigues II d'Albon, known as the Fat (Pinguis), born around 1025 and died around 1079, was count in Grésivaudan and Briançonnais from 1070 to 1079, count of Albon in 1079. He came from the House of Albon. He bears the cognomen “le Gras”, (Guigo Pinguis or Guigo Crassus). The numbering of the Guigonides in the House of Albon is different according to the references. Biography Guigues was born, around the 1025 or 1032. He was the son of Guigues I of Albon and Adelaide (Adelsindis/Adalsendis) from 1035 to 1052. A tradition, taken up in particular by the Europäische Stammtafeln, indicates that she could be Adelaide of Turin, daughter of Count Humbert "with White Hands", established in Maurienne, but this fact is not based on a known act. He had properties in Albon, in Grésivaudan around Grenoble (Cornillon, Oriol, Varces) as well as in Briançon. At that time, the lands of Guigues had no geographical unity.