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Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy

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Seal of Hugh II of Burgundy
Seal of Hugh II 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]

Marriage and issue

He married, in about 1115, Felicia-Matilda of Mayenne, daughter of Gauthier, Count of Mayenne and Adelina de Presles.

They had the following:

  • Aigeline of Burgundy (b.1116), married Hugh I, Count of Vaudemont
  • Clemence of Burgundy (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 of Burgundy (1126–1150), married Roger II of Sicily[3]
  • Ducissa (b.1128), married Raymond de Grancy
  • Matilda of Burgundy (1130–1159), married William VII of Montpellier[1]
  • Aremburge (b.1132),[1] Nun

Ancestry

Family of Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy
16. Robert II of France
8. Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
17. Constance of Arles
4. Henry of Burgundy
18. Damas I de Semur
9. Helie of Semur
2. Odo I, Duke of Burgundy
1. Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy
24. Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
12. Reginald I, Count of Burgundy
25. Ermentrude de Roucy
6. William I, Count of Burgundy
26. Richard II, Duke of Normandy
13. Adelaide of Normandy
27. Judith of Brittany
3. Sibylla of Burgundy
7. Stephanie

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Constance Brittain Bouchard, Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980–1198, (Cornell University Press, 1987), 256.
  2. ^ Constance Brittain Bouchard, Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980–1198, 129.
  3. ^ Hubert Houben, Roger II of Sicily: A Ruler Between East and West, (Cambridge University Press, 2002), 96.

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
Preceded by Duke of Burgundy
1103–1143 		Succeeded by
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