Alix de Méranie

Alix or Adelaide Ire of Burgundy (1209 - 1279) is countess of Burgundy (1248 - 1279) and duchess Alix d' Andechs and of Méranie of the house of Wittelsbach by his/her father and death of his older brother without heir

Biography

1209 it is born from the duke Othon Ier d' Andechs and of Moravie (count de Bourgogne by marriage) and of the countess Béatrice II of Burgundy
1236 November 1st, it marries the count Hugues III of Trawl-net resulting from a branch junior by the Maison by Ivrée of which it has children:

1248 the future count Othon IV of Burgundy (of the House of Ivrée)
Hugues, alive in 1312, lord of Montbouson and Aspremont
Etienne († 1299)
Renaud of Burgundy († 1322), count de Montbéliard by marriage with Guillemette de Neufchâtel
Henri
Jean († 1302), lord of Montaigu, buried with Faverney then transferred in the church from the abbey of Cherlieu, on March 5th 1309, at the same time as sound brother Othon IV
Alix, nun with the Abbey of Fontevraud
Elisabeth († 1275), married in 1254 with the count Hartmann V of Kibourg († 1263),
Hippolyte, lady of Saint-Vallier, married in 1270 with Aymar IV of Poitier († 1319), count de Valentinois and of Diois
Guyonne of Burgundy († 1316), married towards 1274 with the prince Thomas III of Piedmont (1248 - 1282)
Marguerite, nun with the Abbaye of Fontevraud
Agnès, lady of Aubin Saint, married in 1259 with the count Philippe II of Vienna († 1303), lord of Pagny

1248 her brother, the count Othon III of Burgundy and duke of Andechs and Méranie dies with old 40 years without heir by aillant it designated as heiress to the county to Burgundy what marks the fine German Impériale line male direct of the Count Palatines of Burgundy of the Maison of Hohenstaufen and Maison to Andechs and the restoration to the line to Count Palatines of Burgundy of the French House of Ivrée. The county of Burgundy thus returns under the suzerainty of the duchy of Burgundy and of King de France since the first time of its history in the absence of suzerainty subsidiary of the German Emperors and heritage of the kingdom of Burgundy by the Germans (see 1st count Otte-Guillaume of Burgundy)
1267 her husband Hugues III of Trawl-net dies and his/her beautiful father the count Jean Ier de Chalon dies in 1268 and Adélaide finds itself then only without the assistance of his two preceding regents vis-a-vis the emperor Rodolphe Ier de Habsbourg which wants to restore the vassalage of the county of Burgundy with the saint worsens German (and who undoubtedly by defect cancels the German titles of duke Margrave of Andechs and Moravie d' Adelaide, to check)
1267 the July 11th it remarie with old 58 years with the count Philippe Ier of Savoy which becomes count de Bourgogne by marriage and with which it does not have a child
1279 the March 8th it dies in Évian-the-Baths in Haute-Savoie at the edge of the Lac Léman with old 70 years. It was buried in the church of the Abbaye of Cherlieu.
His/her son Othon IV of Burgundy succeeds to him like count de vassal Bourgogne of the duchy of Burgundy and the King de France

See too

House of Ivrée
County of Burgundy
History of Burgundy
History of the Franche-Comté
List of the dukes of Burgundy
List of the counts de Bourgogne

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