Hugh III, Count of Burgundy

Who was Hugh III, Count of Burgundy?

Hugh III of Chalon, Count of Burgundy, also known as Hugues de Bourgogne, or Hugo of Salins was Count of Burgundy jure uxoris by his marriage to countess Adelaide I of Burgundy, on 1 November 1236, when he was aged 16. He was the son of John, Count of Chalon and his first wife, Mahaud of Burgundy.

He and Adelaide had the following children:

Otto IV, Count of Burgundy

Hugh, Lord of Montbrison and Aspremont

Étienne

Reginald of Burgundy, Count of Montbéliard by his marriage to Guillemette of Neufchâtel

Henri

Jean, Lord of Montaigu

Alix, nun at Fontevraud Abbey

Elisabeth, married Count Hartmann V de Kibourg

Hippolyte, Lady of Saint-Vallier, married Count Aymar IV of Poitiers and Diois

Guyonne of Burgundy, married Thomas III of Piedmont

Marguerite, nun at Fontevraud Abbey

Agnès, Lady of Saint-Aubin, married Count Philippe II de Vienne, Lord of Pagny

Hugh III's wife remarried to Philip I, Count of Savoy a year after his death and she was succeeded as count by Otto, one of her children by Hugh.