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Hugh III of Châlon
Count of Burgundy, jure uxoris
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Seal of Hugh III of Burgundy
Born 1220
Died 1266 (aged 45–46)
Noble family House of Ivrea
Spouse(s) Adelaide I of Burgundy
Issue Otto IV, Count of Burgundy
Reginald of Burgundy
Father John, Count of Chalon
Mother Mahaud of Burgundy

Hugh of Chalon (French: Hugues; 1220–1266) was count of Burgundy by his marriage to Adelaide, Countess of Burgundy, on 1 November 1236, when he was aged 16. He was the son of John, Count of Chalon, and his first wife, Mahat, daughter of Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy.

Hugh and Adelaide had the following children:

  • Otto IV, Count of Burgundy (born 1248)
  • Hugh (fl. 1312), Lord of Montbrison and Aspremont, married Bonne daughter of Amadeus V, Count of Savoy
  • Étienne (died 1299)
  • Reginald of Burgundy (died 1322), Count of Montbéliard by his marriage to Guillemette of Neufchâtel
  • Henri
  • Jean (died 1302), Lord of Montaigu
  • Alix, nun at Fontevraud Abbey
  • Elisabeth (died 1275), married Count Hartmann V of Kyburg
  • Hippolyte, Lady of Saint-Vallier, married Count Aymar IV of Poitiers and Diois
  • Guyonne of Burgundy (died 1316), 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.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Hugo III, conde de Borgoña para niños

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