Adelaide Of Auxerre (1251–1290)
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Adelaide of Auxerre (1251–1290) was ruling Countess of Auxerre in 1262-1290. Alice Saunier-Seïté, Les Courtenay. Destin d'une illustre famille bourguignonne, éditions France-Empire, 1998 (ISBN 2-7048-0845-7) She was a daughter of Eudes of Burgundy and
Mathildis II of Bourbon Matilda II, Countess of Nevers (1234/35–1262), also known as Maud of Dampierre or Mathilda II of Bourbon, was a sovereign Countess of Nevers, Countess of Auxerre, Countess of Tonnerre. Matilda was a daughter of Archambaud IX of Bourbon an ...
. In 1262 she succeeded her mother as
Countess of Auxerre Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
. In 1268 she married John I of Chalon, Lord of
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, son of
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– they had one child,
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(died 1304). After her husband's death she married an
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man.


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1251 births 1290 deaths French countesses House of Burgundy French suo jure nobility Chalon-Arlay 13th-century women rulers {{Women's-History-stub