Duke of Burgundy Hughes of Burgundy III 
Hughes was born in 1142.1 Hughes' father was Duke Eudes of Burgundy II and his mother was Marie of Champagne. His paternal grandparents were Hugh (le Pacifique) of Burgundy II and Matilda of Mayenne; his maternal grandparents were Count of Blois and Champagne Theobald (The Great) of Blois III and Maud de Carinthia. He had a sister named Alix. He was the older of the two children. He died at the age of 50 on August 25th, 1192 in Acre.1 General Notes
Duke of Burgundy
Hugh was the eldest son of duke Eudes II and Marie of Blois. He was married twice, first to Beatrice d'Albon, then to Alice of Lorraine (daughter of duke Matthias I), and had several sons and daughters.
The rule of Hugh III marked the ending of a period of relative peace in the duchy of Burgundy. Hugh was a belligerent man and soon was involved in conflicts against king Louis VII of France over their borders. When Philip Augustus succeeded Louis in 1180, Hugh seized the opportunity and forced several men to change alliance to Burgundy. Philip II was not happy with the loss of his vassals and invaded the duchy, besieging Chatillon. The town fell and with it, its garrison, commanded by Eudes, Hugh's heir. A peace was negotiated and Hugh had to pay a high ransom for his son and give up ambitions over French territory.
Hugh then turned his energies to the Holy Land, embarking in the Third Crusade in the retinue of Philip II. He was the most trusted ally of Richard, the Lionheart and fought with him against Saladin. When Philip returned to France, he left Hugh in charge of the French troops. Hugh played a major role in the victory of the battle of Arsuf (September 7, 1191) and the conquer of Acre, where he died in the following year.
In 1187, Hugh transferred the capital of Burgundy to Dijon, and endeavoured to turn the city into a major commercial centre.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1011 d.21 Mar 1076
- b.1035 d.1074
- b.1016
- b.1058 d.23 Mar 1103 in Tarsus, Cilicie, Asia Minor
- b.1005 d.1035
- b.1035 d.06 Jul 1074
- b.1007
- b.1084 in Burgundy, France d.1143 in Saint-Nicolas-les-Citeaux, France
- b.0986 d.03 Sep 1057
- b.1020 in Bourgogne, France d.11 Nov 1087 in Besancon, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France
- b.0990 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.16 Oct 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.1065 d.23 Mar 1102
- b.1000 d.1048
- b.1031 in Longwy, Meuthe-et-Mosel, France d.30 Jun 1109
- b.1002
- b.1118 in Dijon, Cote-d'Or, Bourgogne, France d.27 Jun 1162 in Citeaux, Burgundy, France
- b.1008 in Mayenne, Maine/Pays de la Loire, France
- b.1030 in Mayenne, Maine/Pays de la Loire, France
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- b.1065 in Mayenne, Laval, Pays de la Loire, France d.1126
- b.1012 in Alluyes, Orleanais, France
- b.1030 in Alluyes, Orleanais, France d.1079
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- b.1092 in Mayenne, Laval, pays de la Loire, France d.1162 in Beaune, France
- b.1025 in Avranches, Normandy, France d.1066 in Orcop, Erging, Hertford, England
- b.1053 in Creully, Normandy, France d. in Presles, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.1029 in Conteville, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.1075 in Presles, Calvados, Normandy, France d.1109
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- b.1142 d.25 Aug 1192 in Acre
- b.0983 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.15 Nov 1037 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Touraine, France
- b.1012 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.Sep 1089 in Epernay, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
- d.10 Mar 1039
- b.1045 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.19 May 1102 in Ramula, Holy Land
- b.1000 in Le Mans, Maine, France d.13 Apr 1036
- b.1019 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Maine, Pays-de-la-Loire, France d.1090
- b.1002 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Touraine, France d.13 Apr 1085
- b.1090 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.1152 in Lagny-sur-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
- b.1003 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandie, France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie
- b.1003 in Falaise, Normandy d.1050
- b.1062 d.08 Mar 1136 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France
- b.1012
- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.1003 in France d.08 Jan 1079 in Monasteraere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.1128 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.17 Aug 1190 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1015 d.05 Jul 1065
- b.1055 d.13 Feb 1097
- b.1020
- b.1075 in Karnten, Austria d.13 Apr 1141
- b.1010
- b.1075 d.1112
- b.1020
- b.1102 in Karnten, Austria d.13 Dec 1161
- b.1034 in Cham, Oberpfaiz, Bavaria d.15 Oct 1080
- b.1050 d.08 Jan 1100
- b.1085 in Sulzbach, Ambert, Oberpfalz, Bavaria d.13 Sep 1141 in Seon
- b.1031 d.1092
- b.1050 d.1112
- b.1032
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Details of Hughes' family with Beatrix de Viennois
Details of Hughes' family with Alix of Lorraine
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I17333&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I71155&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I16667
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I71155&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I16667
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