Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy
Hugh IV of Burgundy (9 March 1213 – 27 or 30 October 1272) was Duke of Burgundy between 1218 and 1272 and from 1266 until his death was titular King of Thessalonica. Hugh was the son of Odo III, Duke of Burgundy[1] and Alice de Vergy.
Issue
Hugh married twice, first to Yolande of Dreux when he was 16 and she 17 years of age.[2] He then married Beatrice of Navarre, when he was 45.[3] With Yolande, he had:
- Margaret, Lady of Molinot (1230s–1277), married first to William III, lord of Mont St JeanArthur II of Brittany
- Matilda II of Nevers
- John (1231–1268), who married Agnes of Dampierre and had Beatrice, heiress of Bourbon
- Henry III of Brabant
- Robert II (1248–1306), successor in the Duchy of Burgundy
With Beatrice, he had:
- Hugh, viscount of Avallon
- Margaret, lady of Vitteaux, wife of John I of Chalon-Arlay[5]
- Joan, a nun
- Beatrice, lady of Grignon (ca.1260–1329), who married Hugh XIII of Lusignan
- Isabella, who married King Rudolf I of Germany[5]
Expansion
Hugh IV, through a transaction with John l'Antique de Chalon, gave up the barony of Salon for the counties of Chalon and Auxonne in 1237, which expanded the Duchy[6] and the regional economy benefited from the growing wine trade.
Barons' Crusade
In 1239, Hugh joined the
Death
Hugh IV died on 27 October 1272 (Aged 60) at Villaines-en-Duismois, France. His burial place is unknown.
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See also
- Dukes of Burgundy family tree
References
- ISBN 0-87169-114-0.
- ^ Michael Lower, The Barons' Crusade: A Call to Arms and Its Consequences, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005), 97.
- ^ Theodore Evergates, Aristocratic Women in Medieval France, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011), 80.
- ^ a b Du Chesne, A. (1628) Histoire géneálogique des ducs de Bourgogne de la maison de France (Paris), Preuves, p. 79-80.
- ^ a b Philippe Le Bel et la Noblesse Franc-Comtoise, Frantz Funck-Brentano, Bibliothèque de l’École des chartes, Vol. 49 (1888), 9.
- ISBN 978-1-13905573-4.
- ^ Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007), 210.
- ^ Jean Richard, The Crusades, C.1071-c.1291, (Cambridge University Press, 1999) 325-327.
- ISBN 0-299-06670-3.