Hugh, Count of Burgundy

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Hugh III of Châlon
Adelaide I of Burgundy
IssueOtto IV, Count of Burgundy
Reginald of Burgundy
FatherJohn, Count of Chalon
MotherMahaud of Burgundy

Hugh of Chalon (

count of Burgundy by his marriage to Adelaide, Countess of Burgundy, on 1 November 1236, when he was aged 16. He was the son of John, Count of Chalon, and his first wife, Mahat, daughter of Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
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Hugh and Adelaide had the following children:

Hugh III's wife remarried to Philip I, Count of Savoy a year after his death and she was succeeded as count by Otto, one of her children by Hugh.

References

  1. ^ Jackson-Laufer 1999, p. 19.
  2. ^ Cox 1999, p. 363.
  3. ^ Kinkade 2004, p. 184.

Sources

  • Cox, Eugene (1999). "The kingdom of Burgundy, the lands of the house of Savoy and adjacent territories". In Abulafia, David (ed.). The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 5, C.1198-c.1300. Cambridge University Press.
  • Jackson-Laufer, Guida Myrl (1999). Women Rulers Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide. ABC-CLIO. .
  • Kinkade, Richard P. (2004). "Beatrice "Contesson" of Savoy (c. 1250-1290): The Mother of Juan Manuel". La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. 2 (3, Summer): 163–225.