Otto IV (Burgundy)

Otto IV (* between 1238 and 1248; † March 26, 1303 ) was Lord of Salins from 1266 to 1302 and Count Palatine of Burgundy from 1279 to 1302. He was the eldest son of Hugo von Salins († 1266) and Countess Palatine Adelheid of Andechs-Meranien , whose heir he took over in 1279. His preferred place of residence was Gray in what is now Haute-Saône .

In 1263 he married Philippa von Bar , daughter of Count Theobald II. A conflict with his uncle Johann I von Chalon , which worsened when Otto took possession of the Free County of Burgundy (capital: Dole ) inherited from his mother in 1279 , caused him to seek the support of the King of France. He took part in the campaigns of Philip III. (1270–1285) against Sicily and Aragon (1284–1285). His brother in arms Robert II von Artois († 1302) offered the aging, meanwhile widowed Otto the hand of his young daughter Mathilde (* probably 1270) , also called Mahaut . The wedding took place in 1285.

With King Philip IV (1268-1314) he concluded the Treaty of Evreux on June 9, 1291, in which, in the event that a male inheritance failed to materialize, Otto and Mahaut's first daughter Johanna was married to the French crown prince Ludwig , the later Louis X. (1289-1316) or another future son of the king was agreed. Heavily indebted, he agreed to the Treaty of Vincennes in 1295, which confirmed the previous agreement, but now a possible male descendant of Otto was excluded from the succession and the free county fell in any case to the king's son.

He took part in Philip IV's campaign in Flanders and was wounded and taken to Melun , where he died as a result of his injuries.

progeny

Otto's first wife, Philippa von Bar , gave him a daughter

Alix († after January 31, 1285).

With Mathilde von Artois he had three children:

Johanna II. (* Before June 1291; † 1330), 1315 Countess Palatine of Burgundy , ⚭ 1307 Philip V , † 1322, King of Navarre and France
Blanka (* probably 1295; † 1325/26 as a nun in Maubuisson ) ⚭ 1308, divorced in 1322, Charles IV , † 1328, King of Navarre and France
Robert (* 1300; † 1315), 1302 Count of Burgundy

predecessor	Office	successor
Adelheid	Count Palatine of Burgundy 1279–1303	Robert

personal data
SURNAME	Otto IV.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count Palatine of Burgundy
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1238
DATE OF DEATH	March 26, 1303