Hugues III, duke of Burgundy

Events

Date of Birth: about 1148.

The date is given by Petit (2:135).

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: August 1192.

Place of Death: Acre.

Cawley gives 7 or 25 August 1192 in Acre. Petit (3:70-71) gives 25 August in Acre. Père Anselme (1:541) gives 23 August 1192 at Tyre.

Place of Burial: Abbaye de Cîteaux.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Eudes II, duke of Burgundy.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:540), by Petit (2:134), and by Bouchard (p. 260).

Mother: Marie de Blois.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:540), by Petit (2:134), and by Bouchard (p. 260).

Spouse: Alix de Lorraine. Married by 1169.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:541), by Petit (2:151), and by Bouchard (pp. 260-261).

Spouse: Beatrix de Viennois, countess of Albon.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:541), by Petit (2:205), and by Bouchard (p. 261).

Children (by Alice):

(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.)

Eudes III (1166 - 1218), duke of Burgundy, married (1) Mafalda of Portugal; married (2) Alice de Vergy.

Alexandre (died 6 September 1205), lord of Montagu, married Beatrix de Rion.

Marie married Simon, lord of Semur.

Children (by Beatrix): .

André (1184 - 14 March 1237), count of Albon, married (1) Beatrix de Sabran; married (2) Semnoresse de Poitiers; married (3) Beatrice di Monferrato.

Mathilde married Jean, count of Auxonne and of Chalon.

Marguerite married Amadeus IV, count of Savoy.

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).

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).