Johann I (Chalon-Arlay)

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John I of Chalon-Arlay († February 13, 1315 ) had been lord of the Arlay lordship in Franche-Comté since 1267 .

Live and act

Johann was the founder of the Chalon-Arlay sideline of the House of Burgundy-Ivrea . He was the son of Johann von Chalon , Lord von Salins and his third wife Laure von Commercy († 1276). In 1267, when his father died, he inherited the Arlay lordship in the Jura . Johann took part in the campaigns of his brother-in-law, King Rudolf I of Habsburg , against the Counts of Burgundy and Pfirt and was granted imperial freedom, the right to mint and the protection of the Abbey of Saint-Claude . Against the resistance of the archbishop he succeeded in 1295 in acquiring the vice-county and the mayor's office of Besançon. In 1297/98 he was Marshal of the Bishop of Liège . Johann expanded his rule and gained the monopoly of resin extraction in the Jura. In 1296 he rebelled against the occupation of the Free County of Burgundy by the French King Philip IV , but surrendered in 1301 and from 1306 as governor of Burgundy, on behalf of the French king, ruled the Free County.

family

Johann was married to Margaret of Burgundy († after 1300), a daughter of Duke Hugos IV of Burgundy . They had 3 children:

In 1312 he married Alix of Flanders († after 1316), a daughter of Wilhelm of Flanders, Lord of Dendermonde, a son of Count Guido I of Flanders. Johann and Alix had a daughter

  • Katharina († 1355) ∞ Thibaut IV. Sire de Neuchâtel

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to Le Hête, she was Wilhelm's widow, not his daughter (T. Le Hête: Les Comtes Palatins de Bourgogne et leur descendance agnatique. 1995)

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SURNAME Johann I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann I of Chalon-Arlay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Arlay
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1315