John of Burgundy (; 1231 – 29 September 1268) was a Count of Charolais and Lord of Bourbon. He was a younger son of Duke

Hugh IV of Burgundy Hugh IV of Burgundy (9 March 1213 – 27 or 30 October 1272) was Duke of Burgundy between 1218 and 1272 and from 1266 until his death was titular King of Thessalonica. Hugh was the son of Odo III, Duke of Burgundy and Alice de Vergy. Issue Hugh m ...

and his wife, Yolande of Dreux. John married in February 1248 to Agnes (d. 1288), the heiress of Lord

Archambaud IX of Bourbon Archambaud IX of Bourbon (died 15 January 1249), called "''Le Jeune''" ("The Young"), was a ruler (sire) of Bourbonnais in the modern region of Auvergne, France. He was the son of Archambaud VIII of Bourbon. He married Yolande I, Countess of Nev ...

from the

House of Dampierre The House of Dampierre played an important role during the Middle Ages. Named after Dampierre, in the Champagne region, where members first became prominent, members of the family were later Count of Flanders, Count of Nevers, Counts and Dukes ...

. After the death of his father-in law in 1249 John became Lord of Bourbon in right of his wife (). John and Agnes had a daughter,

Beatrice Beatrice may refer to: * Beatrice (given name) Places In the United States * Beatrice, Alabama, a town * Beatrice, Humboldt County, California, a locality * Beatrice, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Beatrice, Indiana, an unincorporated ...

(d. 1310), who inherited possessions from both of her parents. In 1272, she married the royal Prince Robert, Count of Clermont and thereby founded the

Capet The House of Capet (french: Maison capétienne) or the Direct Capetians (''Capétiens directs''), also called the House of France (''la maison de France''), or simply the Capets, ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328. It was the most s ...

ian dynasty of the

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Counts of France House of Burgundy Medieval French nobility 1231 births 1268 deaths 13th-century French people {{France-noble-stub