Hugh, Count of Burgundy
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Hugh III of Chalon, Count of Burgundy (1220–1266), 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 (or Mahaut) of Burgundy.
He 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 de Kibourg
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.