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Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy

Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy

Duke of Burgundy

Hugh II of Burgundy (1084 – c. 6 February 1143) was Duke of Burgundy between 1103 and 1143. Hugh was son of Odo I, Duke of Burgundy.[1] Hugh was selected custos for the monastery of St. Benigne, and this office would be held by his descendants until the end of the twelfth century.[2]

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Marriage and issue

He married, c 1115, Matilda of Mayenne, daughter of Walter, Count of Mayenne and Adelina de Presles.[3]

They had the following:

  • Aigeline (b.1116), married Hugh I, Count of Vaudemont
  • Clemence (b.1117), married Geoffrey III of Donzy[1]
  • Odo II, Duke of Burgundy, (1118–1162) married Maria of Champagne[1]
  • Gauthier, Archbishop of Besançon (1120–1180)
  • Hugh le Roux (1121–1171) married Isabel of Chalon[1]
  • Robert, Bishop of Autun (1122–1140)[1]
  • Henry, Bishop of Autun (1124–1170)[1]
  • Raymond, Count of Grignon (1125–1156) married Agnes of Montpensier[1]
  • Sibylla (1126–1150), married Roger II of Sicily[4]
  • Ducissa (b.1128), married Raymond de Grancy
  • Matilda (1130–1159), married William VII of Montpellier[1]
  • Aremburge (b.1132),[1] Nun

Ancestry

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References

  1. [1]
    Bouchard 1987, p. 256.
  2. [2]
    Bouchard 1987, p. 129.
  3. [3]
    Power 2004, p. 508.
  4. [4]
    Houben 2002, p. 96.

Sources

  • Bouchard, Constance Brittain (1987). Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church of Burgundy, 980-1198. Cornell University Press.
  • Houben, Hubert (2002). Roger II of Sicily: A Ruler Between East and West. Cambridge University Press.
  • Power, Daniel (2004). The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries. Cambridge University Press.

See also

References

  • Bourchard, C.B. Sword, Miter and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy 980-1198, 1987
  • Richard, J. Annales de Bourgogne, 1958
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