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 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 (region), Auvergne, France.
He was the son of Archambaud VIII of Bourbon. He married Yolande ...
from the
House of Dampierre. 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 (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
Capetian dynasty of the
Bourbons.
External links
Entry at genealogie-mittelalter.de
Counts of France
House of Burgundy
13th-century French nobility
1231 births
1268 deaths
Sons of dukes
Jure uxoris lords
Heirs apparent who never acceded
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