Hugues II, duke of Burgundy

Also known as Hugues le Pacifique.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1085.

The estimated date is given by Cawley. Petit (1:270) discusses his probable age.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: soon after 6 February 1143.

The date is given by Petit (2:42).

Place of Death: unknown.

Place of Burial: Abbaye de Cîteaux.

The date is given by Petit (2:43).

Relationships

Father: Eudes I “Borel”, duke of Burgundy

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:539), by Petit (1:268), and by Bouchard (1987, p. 259; 2001, p. 54).

Mother: Sibylle de Bourgogne

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:539), by Petit (1:268), and by Bouchard (1987, p. 259). Père Anselme states that Orderic Vitalis was in error in calling her Sibylle. Petit gives her name as Mahaut. Cawley cites a charter naming her Sybilla.

Spouse: Mathilde de Mayenne

This relationship is given by Bouchard (1987, p. 258). Père Anselme (1:539) and Petit (1:283) give Mathilde, daughter of Boson I, vicomte of Turenne, which used to be the accepted version. Todd Farmerie, in a post to soc.medieval.genealogy, summarizes the reasons for the change.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Aigeline (about 1118 - after 1167) married Hugues, count of Vaudémont.

Eudes II (about 1020 - September 1162), duke of Burgundy, married Marie de Blois.

Hugues “Rufus” (about 1122 - April 1171) married (1) Isabelle de Chalon; married (2) Marguerite de Navilly.

Robert (about 1122 - 18 July 1140), bishop of Autun.

Henri (died 1 March 1170), bishop of Autun.

Raymond (about 1125 - 28 June 1156) married Agnès de Thiern.

Sibylle (about 1126 - 19 September 1150) married Roger II, king of Sicily.

(possibly) Ducissa married Raymond de Grancey.

Aremburge.

Gauthier (died 7 January 1180), archbishop of Besançon, bishop of Langres.

Mathilde (about 1135 - before 29 September 1173) married Guillaume, lord of Montpellier.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198 (Cornell University Press, 1987).

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).

Cawley, Charles. “HUGUES de Bourgogne” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Petit, Ernest. Histoire des Ducs de Bourgogne de la Race Capétienne avec des Documents Inédits et des Pièces Justificatives (Dijon, 1885-1905).