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

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of Salins, including the

Château d'Arlay Arlay is a commune in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Saint-Germain-lès-Arlay was merged into Arlay. History Arlay's early importance lay in the fact ...

(upon the death of

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in 1248, the elder Jean had become regent of the county of Burgundy on behalf of his son Hugh III, his daughter-in-law Adelaide, and his grandson

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). He was Seigneur of Arlay (1266–1315) and Viscount of Besançon (1295–1315).

Marriage and issue

Around 1272 he married Marguerite of Burgundy (daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy),(FR)''Philippe Le Bel et la Noblesse Franc-Comtoise'', Frantz Funck-Brentano, ''Bibliothèque de l’École des chartes'', Vol. 49 (1888), 9. and then for a second time to Alix de Clermont-Nesle (daughter of seigneur Raoul II de Clermont-Nesle of the House of Clermont-Nesle). He had one son by Marguerite, and one daughter by Alix: *

Hugh I Hugh I may refer to: * Hugh I of Lusignan (c. 885–c. 930) * Hugh I, Count of Maine (died 933) * Hugh I, Viscount of Châteaudun (died 989 or after) * Hugh I of France (c. 939–996), a.k.a. Hugh Capet, first King of the Franks of the Capetian dy ...

(1288–1322), who became Seigneur of Arlay, Arguel and

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and viscount of Besançon (1315–1322). * Catherine of Châlon (d.1355), married 1342 to Thiébaud (Thibaut) V Seigneur (lord) of

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-Burgundy (fr) (c.1317-1366), being a widower, and bore four children.

Life

Jean I fought with the barons' league against King

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from 1294 to 1301. In 1305 he fought against Renaud of Burgundy, count of Montbéliard, to force him to recognise Jean's

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over the neighbouring castles of Dramelay, Binans and Pimorin. Jean I disappears from the historical record in 1315 and was succeeded as seigneur by his son Hugh.

References

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Marriage and issue

Life

See also

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