The House of Chalon-Arlay was a French noble house, a cadet branch of the

House of Ivrea The Anscarids ( la, Anscarii) or the House of Ivrea were a medieval dynasty of Frankish origin which rose to prominence in Northern Italy in the tenth century, even briefly holding the Italian throne. The main branch ruled the County of Burgun ...

. The founder of the house is

John I of Chalon-Arlay Jean I of Chalon-Arlay (1258–1315) was a French nobleman. He was the son of Jean, Count of Chalon and Laure de Commercy, a couple who had thirty castles built on the Jurassian part of the county of Burgundy around their new seigneurie of Sa ...

, fifth son of

John, Count of Chalon John (1190 – 30 September 1267), called the Old (''l'Antique''), was a French nobleman, the Count of Auxonne and Chalon-sur-Saône in his own right and regent in right of his son, Hugh III, Count of Burgundy. In contemporary documents, he wa ...

. When John III lord of Arlay married to Mary de Baux, princess of Orange, the House acquired the principality of Orange.

Notable members

lord of Arlay. *

Hugh I of Chalon-Arlay Hugh I of Chalon-Arlay (1288–1322) was lord of Arlay and of Vitteaux, and belonged to the house of Chalon-Arlay. He was the son of lord John I of Chalon-Arlay and his first wife Marguerite of Burgundy (daughter of duke Hugh IV of Burgundy), an ...

lord of Arlay. *

John II of Chalon-Arlay John II, lord of Chalon-Arlay (1312 – 25 February 1362) was a member of the House of Chalon-Arlay. He succeeded his father Hugh I lord of Arlay to this title, and was himself succeeded by his son, Hugh II lord of Arlay. Life His mother Bé ...

lord of Arlay. * Hugh II of Chalon-Arlay lord of Arlay and his brother

Louis I of Chalon-Arlay Louis I of Chalon-Arlay (1337–1366) was the second son of John II lord of Arlay and Margaret of Male. When his father died in 1362, his elder brother Hugh II lord of Arlay inherited the Lordship of Arlay and Louis became Lord of Arguel and ...

lord of Arguel & Cuiseaux *

John III of Chalon-Arlay John III of Chalon-Arlay (died 1418) was a French nobleman and a member of the House of Chalon-Arlay. He was the son of Louis I lord of Arguel, and the heir of his uncle, Louis's brother, Hugh II lord of Arlay from whom he inherited Arlay. ...

lord of Arlay, married to Mary of Baux princess of Orange. Thus the principality of Orange passed from the House de Baux to the House of Chalon-Arlay. Mary's mother was Jeanne, daughter of Amadeus III count of Geneva. *

Louis II of Chalon-Arlay Louis II of Chalon-Arlay ( – 3 December 1463), nicknamed ''the Good'', was Lord of Arlay and Arguel Prince of Orange. He was the son of John III of Chalon-Arlay and his wife, Mary of Baux-Orange, and the father of William VII of Chalon-Ar ...

prince of Orange. After the last count of Geneva from the House of his mother Mary, Louis II claimed the county but failed to acquire it. *

William VII of Chalon-Arlay William VII of Chalon (born 1415, died 1475) was a prince of Orange and lord of Arlay. He was the son of Louis II lord of Arlay and his wife Johanna of Montfaucon. He was married to Catherine of Brittany, the sister of Francis II, Duke of Br ...

prince of Orange. *

John IV of Chalon-Arlay John IV of Chalon-Arlay or John of Chalon (-15 April 1503) was a prince of Orange and lord of Arlay. He played an important role in the Mad War, a series of conflicts in which aristocrats sought to resist the expansion and centralisation of powe ...

prince of Orange. *

Philibert of Chalon Philibert de Chalon (18 March 1502 – 3 August 1530) was the last Prince of Orange from the House of Chalon. Biography Born at Nozeroy to John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Philibert served Emperor Charles V as commander in Italy, fighting in the War of ...

prince of Orange and his sister

Claudia of Chalon Claudia of Chalon-Orange (1498 – May 31, 1521, Diest) was Princess of Orange. In 1515, she married Henry III of Nassau-Breda, thus uniting the houses of Orange and Nassau. Their son, René of Chalon, was the first House of Nassau, Nassau to be ...

. The last members of the House. Philibert inherited the properties to Claudias' son,

René René ('' born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name ( Renée being the femin ...

, and then to the cousin of René,

William the Silent William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from nl, Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange ( nl, Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Re ...

. The two cousins were members of the

House of Nassau-Dillenburg The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled "Count ...

, to which the principality passed.

Family tree of House of Chalon-Arlay

Gallery of Arms of House of Chalon-Arlay

File:Blason gueules-bande or.svg, Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon. File:Blason famille fr Chalon Arlay.svg, Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon, cadet branch of the lords of Arlay. They eventually succeeded to the undifferenced arms as well as to the principality of Orange. Image:Blason famille fr Chalon Orange.svg, Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon of Orange. The 1st and 4th quarters show the arms of Chalon-Arlay (''Gules a bend Or''), the 2nd and 3rd the princes of Orange (the bugle). The blue and gold cross is the arms of Jeanne of Geneva, who married one of the Chalon princes. image:Blason Louis de Châlon (1448-1476).svg, Arms of Louis de Châlon (1448-1476) File:Blason FR Philibert de Chalon.svg, Arms of Philbert de Châlon, Prince of Orange image:Orange-chalon-bretagne.svg, Arms of Rene of Orange-Nassau-Breda (1530-1544) : overall in the center as an escutcheon is the quartered arms of Nassau and Vianden/Breda.

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Notable members

Family tree of House of Chalon-Arlay

Gallery of Arms of House of Chalon-Arlay

See also

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