Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundy

Yolande of Dreux
Yolande of Dreux
Born	1212
Died	1248 (aged 35–36)
Noble family	Dreux
Spouse(s)	Hugh IV of Burgundy
	Issue Margaret, Lady of Molinot; Odo, Count of Nevers; John; Adelaide of Burgundy, Duchess of Brabant; Robert II, Duke of Burgundy;
Father	Robert III of Dreux
Mother	Alianor de St. Valéry

Yolande of Dreux (1212–1248) was Duchess of Burgundy as the first wife of Hugh IV of Burgundy (duke of Burgundy between 1218 and 1271).[1]

She was the daughter of Count Robert III "Gasteblé" of Dreux[1] and of Braine, and his wife Alianor de St. Valéry.

Issue

Yolande's children with Hugh IV of Burgundy included:

Margaret, Lady of Molinot (1229–1277), who married 1st(after 1239) William III (d. 1256), lord of Mont St Jean and 2nd Guy VI (d. 1263), viscount of Limoges
Odo, count of Nevers and Auxerre (1230–1266)[2]
John (1231–1268), who married Agnes and had Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of Bourbon
Alice (1233–1273), who married Henry III, Duke of Brabant
Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (1248–1306)[2]

Michael Lower, The Barons' Crusade: A Called to Arms and Its Consequences, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005), 97.
(FR)Michelle Bubenicek, Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle:Yolande de Flandre, Droit et politique au XIV siecle, (Ecole des Chartes, 2002), 54.

Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundy House of Dreux Born: 1212 Died: 1248
Preceded by Alice of Vergy	Duchess consort of Burgundy 1218–1248	Succeeded by Beatrice of Navarre

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