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{{Short description|13th Century Count of Chalon}}
{{ infobox noble
| name = John
| title = [[Count of Chalon]]
| image = John, Count of Chalon.jpg
| caption = John, Count of Chalon
| noble family = [[House of Ivrea]]
| father = [[Stephen III of Auxonne]]
| mother = Beatrice, Countess of Chalon
| spouse = [[Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy#Marriage and issue|Mahaud of Burgundy]] [[Hugh de Courtenay#Marriage and isssue|Isabeau or Isabel of Courtenay]] Laurette de Commercy
| issue = [[Hugh III, Count of Burgundy]] [[John I, Count of Auxerre]] [[John I of Chalon-Arlay]] [[Hugh of Chalon (archbishop of Besançon)]]
| birth_date = 1190
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date|1267|9|30|df=y}}
| death_place =
}}
'''John''' (1190 – 30 September 1267), called '''the Old''' (''l'Antique''), was a French nobleman, the Count of [[Auxonne]] and [[Chalon-sur-Saône]] in his own right and regent in right of his son, [[Hugh III, Count of Burgundy]]. In contemporary documents, he was sometimes called "Count of Burgundy", as by King [[William II of Holland|William of Germany]] in 1251.<ref>''Layettes du trésor des chartes'', iii, 3934 & 3935.</ref>

He was the son of [[Stephen III of Auxonne]] and Beatrice, Countess of Châlon.<ref>Constance Brittain Bouchard, ''Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy from 980-1198'', (Cornell University Press, 1987), 308.</ref>

On June 5, 1237, he exchanged his inherited patrimony of Auxonne and Chalon with [[Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy]] for the following territories: [[Salins-les-Bains|Salins]]<ref name="Cox362">''The kingdom of Burgundy, the lands of the house of Savoy and adjacent territories'', Eugene Cox, '''The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 5, C.1198-c.1300''', ed. [[Rosamond McKitterick]], David Abulafia, (Cambridge University Press, 1999), 362.</ref> (which was at the time the second city of the [[County of Burgundy]]), [[Belvoir, Doubs|Belvoir]], [[Vuillafans]], [[Ornans]], [[Montfaucon, Doubs|Montfaucon]], [[Arlay]], the castle of [[Les Clées|Clées]] in [[Vaud]], [[Chaussin]] and [[Orgelet, Jura|Orgelet]]. He thus became one of the most powerful nobles in the county.<ref name="Cox362" />

Although he gave charters to the towns in his territory, he also welcomed the [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friars as [[inquisitors]].

The possession of Salins, with its salt production, gave John the fortune necessary to extend his territories. To protect the trade routes, he built the following fortresses: [[Le Pin, Jura|Le Pin]], [[Montmahoux]], [[Sainte-Anne, Doubs|Saint-Anne]], [[Arguel, Doubs|Arguel]] and [[Nozeroy]]. He usually resided in [[Nozeroy]].

To avoid the customs imposed by the Count of Pontarlier, he bought the forests in the region around [[Pontarlier]] and [[Jougne]], which he logged, creating new roads. He founded the towns of [[Châtelblanc]], [[Chaux-Neuve]] and [[Rochejean]], the last of which contains his name.

==Family==
He had three wives and 16 children.

He married Mahaud (or Mahaut) of Burgundy,{{sfn|Kinkade|2020|p=183}} the daughter of [[Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy]] and [[Beatrice of Albon]]. She died March 26, 1242. They had the following children:
*Elisabeth of Burgundy (1210–1277). In 1248, she married Henry I de Vergy.
*Blanche de Chalon (died 1306). In 1260, she married Guichard V de Beaujeu, and Béraud IX de Mercœur in 1268.
*[[Hugh III, Count of Burgundy|Hugh III]] (1220–1267),{{sfn|Kinkade|2020|p=183}} who became Count of Burgundy by his marriage to [[Adelaide I of Burgundy]].
*Margaret (died 1262) married Henry de Brienne.

He remarried to Isabeau (or Isabel) of Courtenay, the daughter of [[Robert of Courtenay, Lord of Champignelles|Robert I of Courtenay]]. They had the following children:
*[[John I, Count of Auxerre|John]] (1243–1309), seigneur de Rochefort. He became [[Count of Auxerre]] by his marriage to Alix de Bourgogne-Auxerre.
*Stephen (died 1302), Seigneur de Rouvres.
*Peter (died 1272) Seigneur de Châtel-Belin, in 1268, he married [[Beatrice of Savoy, Lady of Villena|Beatrice]], the daughter of [[Amadeus IV of Savoy]]{{sfn|Kinkade|2004|p=216-217}}

Upon Isabeau's death September 22, 1257, he remarried to Laurette de Commercy, the daughter of Simon II, Seigneur de Commercy, and Matilda, Countess of Saarbrücken. They had the following children:
*[[Jean Ier de Chalon-Arlay|John I of Châlon]] (1259–1316), seigneur d'Arlay. Founder of the Châlon-Arlay branch of the house of Ivrea. In 1272, he married Margaret, daughter of [[Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy]].
*[[Hugh of Chalon (archbishop of Besançon)|Hugh]] (died 1312), [[prince-bishop of Liège]] (1295–1301), and [[Archbishop of Besançon]] .
*Margaret (died 1328), who married Hugh of Burgundy.
*Agnes (died 1350). In 1285, she married [[Amadeus II of Geneva|Amedeus II]], Count of Geneva

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite journal |title= Beatrice "Contesson" of Savoy (c. 1250-1290): The Mother of Juan Manuel |last=Kinkade |first=Richard P. |journal=La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures |volume=2| issue = 3, Summer |year=2004 |pages=163–225 }}
*{{cite book |title=Dawn of a Dynasty: The Life and Times of Infante Manuel of Castile |first=Richard P. |last=Kinkade |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=2020 }}

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[[Category:1190 births]]
[[Category:1267 deaths]]
[[Category:Counts of Chalon]]
[[Category:Chalon-Arlay]]

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