Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy
| Hugh IV | |
|---|---|
| Duke of Burgundy | |
 Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy | |
| Spouse(s) |
Yolande de Dreux Beatrice of Navarre, Duchess of Burgundy |
| Noble family | House of Burgundy |
| Father | Odo III, Duke of Burgundy |
| Mother | Alice de Vergy |
| Born |
9 March 1213 Villaines-en-Duesmois |
| Died | 27 October 1272 (aged 59) |
Hugh IV of Burgundy (9 March 1213 – 27 or 30 October 1272) was Duke of Burgundy between 1218 and 1272. Hugh was the son of Odo III, Duke of Burgundy[1] and Alice de Vergy.
Issue
Hugh married twice, first to Yolande de Dreux when he was 16 and she 17 years of age.[2] He then married Beatrice of Navarre, when he was 45.[3] Between his two marriages he had 10 children, the following are their issues:
- From Yolande de Dreux, daughter of Count Robert III "Gasteblé" of Dreux[2] and of Braine:
- Margaret, Lady of Molinot (1229–1277), married;
- 1.William III, lord of Mont St Jean[4]
- 2.Guy VI, Viscount of Limoges;[4] their daughter was the first wife of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany
- Odo (1230–1266), who married Matilda II, Countess of Nevers
- John (1231–1268), married Agnes of Dampierre and had Beatrice, heiress of Bourbon (through Agnes)
- Adelaide of Burgundy, Duchess of Brabant, married Henry III, Duke of Brabant
- Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (1248–1306)
- Margaret, Lady of Molinot (1229–1277), married;
- From Beatrice of Champagne, daughter of Theobald I of Navarre:
- Hugh, viscount of Avallon
- Margaret, Dame de Vitteaux, wife of John I of Chalon-Arlay[5]
- Joan, a nun
- Beatrice, Lady of Grignon (ca.1260–1329), married Hugh XIII of Lusignan
- Isabella of Burgundy, Queen of Germany married Rudolf I of Germany[5]
Expansion
Hugh IV, through a transaction with John l'Antique de Chalon, gave up the barony of Salon for the counties of Chalon and Auxonne in 1237, which expanded the Duchy[6] and the regional economy benefited from the growing wine trade.
Barons' Crusade
In 1239, Hugh joined the Barons' Crusade led by King Theobald I of Navarre and supported by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.[7] The Burgundian troops allied with Richard of Cornwall and rebuilt Ascalon and negotiated a peace with Egypt in 1241.[8] Hugh was made titular king of Thessalonica in 1266,[9] although it had been recaptured by the Epirus more than 40 years ago.
Death
Hugh IV died on 27 Oct 1272 (Aged 60) at Villaines-en-Duismois, France. His burial place is unknown.
See also
References
- ↑ Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, (The American Philosophical Society, 1976), 492.
- 1 2 Michael Lower, The Barons' Crusade: A Call to Arms and Its Consequences, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005), 97.
- ↑ Theodore Evergates, Aristocratic Women in Medieval France, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011), 80.
- 1 2 Du Chesne, A. (1628) Histoire géneálogique des ducs de Bourgogne de la maison de France (Paris), Preuves, p. 79-80.
- 1 2 Philippe Le Bel et la Noblesse Franc-Comtoise, Frantz Funck-Brentano, Bibliothèque de l’École des chartes, Vol. 49 (1888), 9.
- ↑ The kingdom of Burgundy, the lands of the house of Savoy and adjacent territories, Eugene Cox, The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 5, C.1198-c.1300, ed. Rosamond McKitterick, David Abulafia, (Cambridge University Press, 1999), 362.
- ↑ Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007), 210.
- ↑ Jean Richard, The Crusades, C.1071-c.1291, (Cambridge University Press, 1999) 325-327.
- ↑ The Morea:1311-1364, Peter Topping, A History of the Crusades: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, Vol. III, ed. Harry W. Hazard, (University of Wisconsin Press, 1975), 109.
| Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy Born: 9 March 1213 Died: 27 October 1272 | ||
| Preceded by Odo III |
Duke of Burgundy 1218–1272 |
Succeeded by Robert II |