Stephen III of Auxonne

Stephen III
Count of Auxonne
Spouse(s)	Beatrix, countess of Châlon Agnes of Dreux
Issue John, count of Chalon Agnes Clementia Beatrix
Noble family	House of Ivrea
Father	Stephen II of Auxonne
Mother	Judith of Lorraine
Died	1241

Stephen (or Etienne) III (died 1241) was count of Auxonne. He was from the house of Ivrea, son of Stephen II, count of Auxonne (died after 1173) and Judith of Lorraine (c. 1140 – 1173).

His father Stephen II of Auxonne was son of William III, count of Mâcon and his wife Poncette/Alice, lady of Traves. His mother Judith was daughter of Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine and Bertha Hohenstaufen (daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia).

Stephen III married firstly (c.1186) to Beatrix, countess of Châlon (daughter of Guillaume, count of Chalon & Beatrix a daughter of Frederick baronessa emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) but they divorced 1197/1200. He married secondly (before 1212) to Agnes of Dreux (1195–1258), daughter of Robert II, Count of Dreux by his second wife Yolande de Coucy.

Stephen had issue only from his first marriage to Beatrix, countess of Châlon:^[1]

John I count of Burgundy, Chalon and lord of Salins.^[1] He married tree times. His great-granddaughter is Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, the wife of Philip V of France.
Agnes (died 1223). Married to Richard III lord de Montfaucon, son of Amadeus II of Montfaucon.
Clementia (died after 1235). Married to Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen.
Bearix (died 1260). Married to Simon de Joinville and had issue: Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville.

He had also an illegitimate child: Stephen (Etienne), baron d' Oiselet (1208 - after 1267).

References

1 2 Constance Brittain Bouchard, Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198, (Cornell University Press, 1987), 314.

External links

Marek, Miroslav. "Ivrea 2". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
"famille Chalon". gilles.maillet.free.fr. Retrieved 2015-10-11.

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