Reginald of Burgundy (died 1321) was

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, ''

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'', from 1282 to 1321. He was a son of Hugh of Chalon (from the House of Ivrée), sire of Salins, and his wife

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. After Reginald's death in 1322, his daughter Joanna inherited his lands, due to the insanity of her elder brother. In 1282, Reginald married Guillemette de Neufchâtel (1260-1317, heiress of the counties of

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and Belfort by her great-grandfather Thierry III de Montbéliard 1205-1283), with whom he had a son and four daughters: * Othenin de Montbéliard (Othenin the Mad, d. 1339) – count of Montbéliard under the guardianship of his uncle due to his mental handicap. *Agnès de Montbéliard (d. 1367) – married Henri de Montfaucon; they received the county of Montbéliard on the death of her elder brother. * Jeanne de Bourgogne (d. 1349) – married thrice: (1) Ulrich III, Count of Ferrette (d. 1324), and had four daughters of whom two survived,

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(wife of

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) and Ursula; (2) Rodolphe-Hesso of Zähringen, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and had two daughters, Margaret and Adelaide; then (3) count Guillaume II of Katzenelnbogen. *Marguerite de Montbéliard – married Guillaume II ''d'Antigny'', lord of the Château de Sainte-Croix ('' fr''). *Alix de Montbéliard, Lady of Montaigu (Jura), Lons (in part), and Montfleur – married her cousin Count Jean II of Chalon-Auxerre (d. 1363); their descendants succeeded as Lords of Montaigu (Jura); their son Jean III was the ancestor of the

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and Counts of Tonnerre.

Sources

* ''Le Roman d'une Principauté'', D. Seigneur. - Éditions : Cêtre (Besançon). Counts of Montbéliard Chalon-Arlay 1321 deaths Jure uxoris officeholders Year of birth unknown {{France-noble-stub