Auxonne county

The county of Auxonne around the main town of Auxonne in what is now the Côte-d'Or ( Région Bourgogne ) existed from the middle of the 10th century until 1237 .

Count Wilhelm III. von Mâcon and Vienne , son of Count Stephan I. "Tollkopf" (Etienne '"Tête Hardie'") from the house of Burgundy-Ivrea , had held the title of Count of Auxonne since 1127. He bequeathed this county to his younger son Stephan II , while the older, Gerald I , received Mâcon and Vienne.
Count Stephan II was married to Judith von Lothringen, a niece of Emperor Friedrich "Barbarossa" . With her he had a son and heir, Stephan III. ; he married Beatrix , heiress of the county of Chalon-sur-Saône .
Stephan III. revolted in 1209 against his liege lord, Count Palatine Otto II of Burgundy , as he was claiming the free county . Count Otto managed to put down the revolt with the support of Count Theobald IV of Champagne .
On Stephan III. was followed by his son John "the Wise" (Jean "le Sage"), who exchanged Auxonne (and Chalon-sur-Saône) for the reign of Salins in 1237 with the Duke of Burgundy , Hugo IV . Count Johann's descendants (as House Châlon) came into the possession of the Principality of Orange (Orange) in 1393 .

Johann had a sister, Beatrix, who married Mr. Simon de Joinville . She is the mother of the biographer Jean de Joinville .

Counts of Auxonne