Hugh of Chalon (French: ''Hugues de Chalon''; c. 975 – 4 November 1039) was a member of the House of Chalon. He was Count of Chalon and

Bishop of Auxerre The diocese of Auxerre ( la, dioecesis Antissiodorensis) is a former French Roman Catholic diocese. Its historical episcopal see was in the city of Auxerre in Burgundy, now part of eastern France. Currently the non-metropolitan Archbishop of Sens, ...

Life

Hugh was the only son of

Lambert of Chalon Lambert of Chalon (French: ''Lambert de Chalon''; before 930 - 22 February 978) was the count of Chalon from 956 to 978, and viscount of Autun. He was the son of Robert of Dijon and Ingeltrude, and the brother to Robert, viscount of Chalon and t ...

and his wife Adela (Adelais, Adelaide), and was made a canon of the Cathédrale Saint-Nazaire in

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. Upon the death of his father in 978, Hugh became Count of Chalon. Hugh's sister or rather half-sister Gerberga was married to

Henry I, Duke of Burgundy Henry I (946 – 15 October 1002), called the Great, was Duke of Burgundy from 965 to his death and Count of Nevers through his first marriage. He is sometimes known as Odo-Henry or Otto-Henry (in French ''Eudes-Henri''), since his birth name wa ...

. In 999, at the request of Duke Henry, Hugh was named

. The Benedictine house at

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had been founded in 973 by Hugh's parents. By 999 it was in need of reform, and Count Hugh gave it to

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as a priory. The large crypt of the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Auxerre was built between 1023 and 1030, when he rebuilt the earlier Romanesque structure. The crypt was immense, with three naves and six traverses. It also featured a new architectural element, a disambulatory, a passage which permitted pilgrims to circulate and visit the tombs in the crypt without disturbing the religious services attended by the clergy. Some time between 1023 and 1036, the bishop made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.Richard, Jean. ''The Crusades, C.1071-c.1291''
United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 1999. p. 17 His successor was his maternal nephew, Count

Theobald of Chalon Theobald is a Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements '' theod-'' "people" and ''bald'' "bold". The name arrived in England with the Normans. The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Theudebald, Diepold, Theobalt, Tybal ...

, son of Hugh's sister Matilda (French: ''Mathilde'').

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