John, Count of Chalon
John of Chalon, called the Wise ( Le Sage ) or the old ( l' Antique) (* 1190, † 1267 ), to 1237 was a Count of Chalon -sur -Saône and Auxonne and then a gentleman of Salins. He was the only son of Count Stephen III. Auxonne and his wife, Beatrice of Chalon. Father's side came from John the old House of Burgundy - Ivrea, however he took the name and emblem of his mother's family, which his posterity is called " Chalon House ".
Life
As crusaders Johann took part in the Albigensian Crusade, but he is at the siege of Toulouse and in 1226 named first in 1211 with his father at the siege of Avignon.
Since 1213, he served as co-regent with his mother in Chalon -sur -Saône, where he ruled after her death in 1227 alone. With the death of his father in 1237 he also took over Auxonne. But on June 15, 1237, he traded in Saint -Jean -de- Losne this heritage with a his brother, Duke Hugh IV of Burgundy, for the rule of Salins. Together with other towns such as Arlay, Montfaucon, Ornans, Belvoir and Vuillafans he controlled so that the southern half of the Franche -Comté ( County Palatine of Burgundy ). Salt mining in Salins also guaranteed him a fruitful source of income. A feud with Jocerand de Brancion, who was married to the last heiress of Salins, he could decide for himself to 1240. In 1245 he founded near Arlay the Benedictine Sauvement whose first abbess was his daughter Matilda.
Through political marriages Johann reached by peaceful means what his father failed by military means. Through the marriage in 1236 of his eldest son Hugo with the sister of the Count Palatine Otto III. of Burgundy, he won the vesting of his family to the entire Franche -Comté. After the childless death of the old Palatine in 1248 this succession occurred, although Johann with his son now got into a conflict about a common rule division, the first in 1256 under the mediation of King Louis IX. could be settled by France. From 1248 he supported William of Holland as Roman-German king against Conrad IV
After the death of his son in 1266 Johann took over briefly the guardianship of his grandson, Count Palatine Otto IV, before he died in 1267.
Family
Since January 1214 Johann was married to Matilda of Burgundy ( † 1242 ), daughter of Duke Hugh III. of Burgundy. Their children were:
- Hugo (* 1220, † 1266 ), Lord of Salins, 1248 Count Palatine of Burgundy
- Elisabeth ( † March 31, 1277 ) ∞ Heinrich von Vienne ( † 1233 )
- ∞ Ulrich II, Count of Pfirt († 1275 )
- ∞ Henri de Vergy, Seneschal of the Duke of Burgundy ( † 1258 ) (House Vergy )
- ∞ Henri de Brienne, Lord of Venizy († 1250 in al - Mansura, sixth crusade ) (House Brienne )
- ∞ 1250 Guillaume I de Courtenay, Seigneur de Champignelles († 1280 ) ( House France - Courtenay )
- ∞ 1260 Guichard de Beaujeu V. († 1265 ) (House Beaujeu )
- ∞ 1268 Béraud IX. de Mercœur, Governor of Champagne ( † before 1285)
In his second marriage he was since 1242/43 married to Isabella of Courtenay († September 22, 1257 ), a daughter of Robert of Courtenay. Their children were:
- John I (* probably 1243, † 1309), Lord of Rochefort and Châtelbelin, 1276 Count of Auxerre, in 1292, Count of Tonnerre
- Matilda, Abbess of Sauvement
- Robert ( † after 1245 )
- Stephan († 1302), Lord of Bouvres and Montenot
- Peter († 1272-1274 ), Lord of Châtelbelin
- Marguerite, 1263 abbess in Château -Chalon
- Guillemette, 1261 abbess in Battaut
His third wife was since 1258 Laura Commercy († October 5, 1276 ), daughter of Simon II of COMMERCY (House Broyes ). Their children were:
- John I († 1315), Lord of Arlay, Marshal of the Bishop of Liège
- Hugo " the dove " († 1319 ), archdeacon in Laon, in 1296 Bishop of Liège, 1302, Archbishop of Besançon
- Marguerite († 1328 ), Lady of Montreal; ∞ Hugo of Burgundy, Lord of Villa Ines -en- Duesmois, († 1288) ( Older house Burgundy )
- Agnes († 1350); ∞ Amadeus II, Count of Geneva ( † 1308)