Noble family Burgundy Name Robert Duke | Mother Yolande of Dreux Siblings Odo, Count of Nevers | |
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Father Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy Died March 12, 1306, Vernon, France Spouse Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (m. 1279) Children Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France, Joan the Lame Parents Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundy Similar People Margaret of Burgundy - Queen of, Joan the Lame, Margaret of Provence, Louis X of France, Joan II of Navarre | ||
Robert II of Burgundy (1248 – 21 March 1306) was Duke of Burgundy between 1272 and 1306. Robert was the third son of duke Hugh IV and Yolande of Dreux.
He married Agnes, youngest daughter of Louis IX of France, in 1279 and had the following issue:
In 1284, Robert was invested with the duchy of Dauphine by Rudolf of Habsburg. This was followed by two years of warfare which was ended when King Philip IV of France paid Robert 20,000 livres tournois to renounce his claim to the Dauphine.
Robert ended the practice of giving away parts of the Burgundian estate to younger sons and as dowries to the daughters. From then on, the whole duchy, however already diminished by earlier dowries, passed unfragmented to the eldest son.
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