Hugh IV of Burgundy (9 March 1213 – 27 or 30 October 1272) was
Duke of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy (french: duc de Bourgogne) was a title used by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, from its establishment in 843 to its annexation by France in 1477, and later by Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Spain from the House of Habsburg ...
between 1218 and 1272 and from 1266 until his death was titular
King of Thessalonica
The King of Thessalonica was the ruler of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, one of the crusader states founded in Greece in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade (1202–1204). The King of Thessalonica was not an independent ruler; the Kingdom of Thess ...
. Hugh was the son of
Odo III, Duke of Burgundy
Eudes III (1166 – July 6, 1218), commonly known in English as Odo III, was duke of Burgundy between 1192 and 1218. Odo was the eldest son of duke Hugh III and his first wife Alice, daughter of Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine.
Life
Odo did not foll ...
and
Alice de Vergy.
Issue
Hugh married twice, first to
Yolande of Dreux when he was 16 and she 17 years of age.
[Michael Lower, ''The Barons' Crusade: A Call to Arms and Its Consequences'', (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005), 97.] He then married
Beatrice of Navarre, when he was 45.
With Yolande, he had:
* Margaret, Lady of Molinot (1230s–1277), married first to William III, lord of Mont St Jean
[Du Chesne, A. (1628) Histoire géneálogique des ducs de Bourgogne de la maison de France (Paris), Preuves, p. 79-80.] and then to Guy VI, viscount of Limoges;
their daughter was the first wife of Duke
Arthur II of Brittany
*
Odo
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* Franklin Odo (born 1939), Japanese-American historian
* Seikichi Odo (1927–2002), Japanese karateka
* Yuya Odo (born 1990), J ...
(1230–1266), who married Countess
Matilda II of Nevers
*
John
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
(1231–1268), who married
Agnes of Dampierre and had
Beatrice, heiress of
Bourbon Bourbon may refer to:
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* Bourbon biscuit, a chocolate sandwich biscuit
* A beer produced by Bras ...
*
Adelaide
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, who married Duke
Henry III of Brabant
Henry III of Brabant ( 1230 – February 28, 1261, Leuven) was Duke of Brabant between 1248 and his death. He was the son of Henry II of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen. He was also a trouvère.
The disputed territory of Lothier, the form ...
*
Robert II (1248–1306), successor in the Duchy of Burgundy
With Beatrice, he had:
* Hugh, viscount of
Avallon
Avallon () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in central-eastern France.
Name
Avallon, Latin ''Aballō'', ablative ''Aballone'', is ultimately derived from Gaulish ''*Aballū'', oblique ''*Aballon-'' meaning "App ...
* Margaret, lady of Vitteaux, wife of
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 ...
[''Philippe Le Bel et la Noblesse Franc-Comtoise'', Frantz Funck-Brentano, ''Bibliothèque de l’École des chartes'', Vol. 49 (1888), 9.]
*Joan, a nun
* Beatrice, lady of Grignon (ca.1260–1329), who married
Hugh XIII of Lusignan
Hugh XIII of Lusignan, Hugh VIII of La Marche or Hugh IV of Angoulême (25 June 1259 – 1 November 1303 in Angoulême) succeeded his father Hugh XII as Seigneur de Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême in 1270.
He married at P ...
*
Isabella
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, who married King
Rudolf I of Germany
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Rudolf's election marked the end of the Great Interregnum whic ...
Expansion
Hugh IV, through a transaction with
John l'Antique de Chalon, gave up the barony of Salon for the counties of
Chalon Chalon may refer to:
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* Chalon people, a Native American tribe of California
* Chalon language, an Ohlone language spoken by the Chalon people
Places
* Chalon, Isère, formerly Châlons, in France's Isère ''département''
* Le Chalon, in ...
and
Auxonne
Auxonne ( or ) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Auxonnais'' or ''Auxonnaises''.
Auxonne is one of the sites of the defensive struc ...
in 1237, which expanded the Duchy and the regional economy benefited from the growing wine trade.
Barons' Crusade
In 1239, Hugh joined the
Barons' Crusade led by King
Theobald I of Navarre
Theobald I (french: Thibaut, es, Teobaldo; 30 May 1201 – 8 July 1253), also called the Troubadour and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne (as Theobald IV) from birth and King of Navarre from 1234. He initiated the Barons' Crusade, was famous ...
and supported by
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. The Burgundian troops allied with
Richard of Cornwall
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and rebuilt
Ascalon and negotiated a peace with
Egypt
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in 1241. Hugh was made titular king of
Thessalonica
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
in 1266,
although it had been recaptured by
Epirus
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, image_map = Epirus antiquus tabula.jpg
, map_alt =
, map_caption = Map of ancient Epirus by Heinri ...
more than 40 years before.
Death
Hugh IV died on 27 October 1272 (Aged 60) at Villaines-en-Duismois, France. His burial place is unknown.
Ancestry
See also
*
Dukes of Burgundy family tree
Duke of Burgundy (french: duc de Bourgogne) was a title used by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, from its establishment in 843 to its annexation by France in 1477, and later by Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Spain from the House of Habsburg ...
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1213 births
1272 deaths
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