Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy

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:

Ancestry

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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

Preceded by
Odo I
Duke of Burgundy
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Succeeded by
Odo II
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