Robert of Burgundy (c. 1300 – 3 or 4 September 1317) was the only son of
Otto IV, Count of Burgundy and
Mahaut, Countess of Artois.
Life
Robert of Burgundy was disinherited before being born. Indeed, by a treaty signed on 2 March 1295, Otto IV had offered his eldest daughter
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in marriage to
Philip
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, the second son of
Philip IV of France
Philip IV (April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314), called Philip the Fair (french: Philippe le Bel), was King of France from 1285 to 1314. By virtue of his marriage with Joan I of Navarre, he was also King of Navarre as Philip I from 12 ...
, and granted her with a dowry including all his Burgundian possessions.
On 8 May 1306 Robert was betrothed to Eleanor, the youngest daughter of
Edward I of England. On 4 October of the same year,
Pope Clement V granted a dispensation allowing the union of Robert and Eleanor. Unfortunately, Eleanor died prematurely in 1311, putting abruptly an end to the marriage project.
Robert of Burgundy died on 3 or 4 September 1317 at the Hôtel d'Artois in Paris and was buried in the church of the Cordeliers, before his tomb was transferred to the royal necropolis of the
Basilica of Saint-Denis during the 19th century.
[Hellot, p.30]
Ancestry
Notes
References
* Funck-Brentano, Frantz. (1888) ''Philippe le Bel et la noblesse franc-comtoise.'' Paris: Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes.
* Hellot, Amédée. (1884) ''Chronique Parisienne Anonyme de 1316 à 1339.'' Nogent-le-Rotrou: Daupeley-Gouverneur.
* Weir, Alison. (2011) ''Britain's Royal Families : The Complete Genealogy.'' London: Random House. .
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1300s births
1317 deaths
Chalon-Arlay
Year of birth uncertain