Hugh III, Count of Burgundy
Hugh of Chalon or Hugo of Salins called (* 1220, † 1266 ), in the name of his wife was ( de jure uxoris ) a Count Palatine of Burgundy ( Franche -Comté ) out of the house Chalon, a tributary branch of the House of Burgundy - Ivrea. He was the eldest son of Count John " the Wise " of Chalon and his first wife, Matilda of Burgundy.
Hugo was married by his father in 1236 with Adelheid of Meranien († 1279 ), a sister of the Duke Otto II of Meranien, which at the same time the Count Palatine of Burgundy ( Otto III. ) Was. The marriage should end a generation -long conflict of the house Chalon (Burgundy - Ivrea ), which had broken out after the loss of the County Palatine of the Hohenstaufen in the 12th century. As in 1248, Otto II died childless, could succeed in the County Palatine Hugo and his wife. However, Hugo came out in a conflict with his father, who intended to intervene in the domination of the County Palatine. This went so far that Hugo should be by his father in favor of his younger half- brother, John, displaced from Chalon - Arlay. In contrast, Hugo also defended by military means. 1256 turned King Louis IX. of France in this family conflict and forced a peace in which Hugo could claim to be the rightful Count Palatine.
Hugo died in 1266, his widow remarried the following year, the future Count Philip I of Savoy, who took over the regency in the Franche -Comté for Hugo's son. From his marriage with Adelheid several children were born, including:
- Otto IV († 1303), Count Palatine of Burgundy
- Hugo († 1312), Lord of Maubusson
- Rainald († 1322), Count of Montbéliard in 1282
- Johann (†? ), Lord of Montaigu
- Elisabeth ( † 1275 ) ∞ 1254 with Count V. Hartman of Kiburg
- Hippolyte (†? ), 1 ∞ 1270 with Count Aymar IV of Valentinois; 2 ∞ 1274 with Margrave Thomas III. Piedmont