Hugh Iv, Duke Of Burgundy

From Yolande Of Dreux , daughter of Count Robert III "Gasteblé" of Dreux and of Braine :

---Margaret, Lady of Molinot (1229–1277), married William, count of Mont St Jean

--- John (1231–1268), married Agnes of Dampierre and had Beatrice Of Burgundy , heiress of Bourbon (through Agnes)

---Beatrice, Lady of Grignon (ca.1260–1329), married Hugh XIII, Count Of La Marche

---Isabelle, Lady of Vieux-Château (1270–1323), married Rudolph I, Holy Roman Emperor

In 1239, Hugh joined the Crusade organized by Emperor Frederick II and king Theobald I Of Navarre . The Burgundian troops allied with Richard Of Cornwall , who took Ascalon and negotiated a peace with Egypt in 1241 . Hugh also claimed the Kingdom Of Thessalonica , although it had been recaptured by the Byzantines some years before.

Under the rule of Hugh IV, the duchy of Burgundy expanded to include the counties of Chalon and Auxonne .

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	1213 births

	1271 deaths

	house of burgundy

	kings of thessalonica

	dukes of burgundy

	people of the sixth crusade christians

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