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House of Chalon-Arlay

House of Chalon-Arlay

French noble family

The House of Chalon-Arlay was a French noble house, a cadet branch of the House of Ivrea. The founder of the house is John I of Chalon-Arlay, fifth son of John, Count of Chalon. When John III lord of Arlay married to Mary de Baux, princess of Orange, the House acquired the principality of Orange.

Coat of arms of the lord of Arlay (red shield with gold bend).
Coat of arms of the lord of Chalon (red shield with gold bend) and prince of Orange (gold shield with blue bugle); over all the (claimed) county of Geneva.

Notable members

Family tree of House of Chalon-Arlay

John
count of Chalon
HOUSE OF IVREA
Hugh
count of Burgundy		John I
lord of Chalon-Arlay
HOUSE OF CHALON-ARLAY
Hugh I
lord of chalon-Arlay
John II
lord of Chalon-Arlay
Hugh II
lord of Chalon-Arlay		Louis I
lord of Arguel & Ciuseaux		Joan of Geneva
John III
lord of Chalon-Arlay		Mary
princess of Orange
Louis II "le Bon"
prince of Orange		Jean de Chalon
sire de Vitteaux (d. 1462)		Hugues de Chalon
sire de Cuiseaux
(d. 1426 s.p.)
no desc.		Alix de Chalon
dame de Bussy (d. 1457)		Marie de Chalon
dame de Cerlier (d. 1465)
William VII
prince of Orange		Louis, Lord of Chateau-Guyon
(1448–1476)
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece		Hugh de Chalon (-3 July 1490)
Lord of Château-Guyon,
married Louise of Savoy, a daughter of Duke Amadeus IX of Savoy and Yolande of Valois		Philippine de Chalon
a nun at Ste-Clarisse d'Orbe, d.1507		Jeanne de Chalon, d.15 Sep 1483; m.25 Mar 1472 Louis de Seyssel, Cte de la Chambre (d.15 Sep 1483)
John IV
lord of Chalon-Arlay
Philibert
prince of Orange		Claudia
Henry III
lord of Breda		William I
count of Nassau-Siegen
HOUSE OF NASSAU
René
prince of Orange		William I or VIII
prince of Orange
  • Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon.[1]
  • Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon, cadet branch of the lords of Arlay. They eventually succeeded to the undifferenced arms as well as to the principality of Orange.[2]
  • Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon of Orange. The 1st and 4th quarters show the arms of Chalon-Arlay (Gules a bend Or), the 2nd and 3rd the princes of Orange (the bugle). The blue and gold cross is the arms of Jeanne of Geneva, who married one of the Chalon princes.[3]
  • Arms of Louis de Châlon (1448-1476)
  • Arms of Philbert de Châlon, Prince of Orange
  • Arms of Rene of Orange-Nassau-Breda (1530-1544) : overall in the center as an escutcheon is the quartered arms of Nassau and Vianden/Breda.

See also

— Royal house —
House of Chalon-Arlay
Preceded by
(founder)
counts of Arlay
1266–1530		 Succeeded by
— Royal house —
House of Chalon-Arlay
Preceded by
House of Beaux
princes of Orange
1393–1530		 Succeeded by

References

  1. [1]
    Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (2003). Armorial general. Genealogical Publishing Co. ISBN 0-8063-4811-9.
  2. [2]
    Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (2003). Armorial general. Genealogical Publishing Co. ISBN 0-8063-4811-9.
  3. [3]
    Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (2003). Armorial general. Vol. 1. Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 398. ISBN 0-8063-4811-9.


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