Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundy
{{About|the Duchess of Burgundy|her cousin |Yolande of Brittany}}
{{ infobox royalty|consort=yes
| name = Yolande of Dreux
| succession = Duchess consort of Burgundy
| reign = 1229 – 30 October 1248
| house = Dreux
| father = Robert III of Dreux
| mother = Alianor de St. Valéry
| spouse = Hugh IV of Burgundy
| issue = {{plainlist|
- Margaret, Lady of Molinot
- Odo, Count of Nevers
- John
- Adelaide, Duchess of Brabant
- Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
}}
| birth_date = 1212
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death year and age|1248|1212}}
| death_place =
}}
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).{{sfn|Lower|2005|p=97}}
She was the daughter of Count Robert III "Gasteblé" of Dreux{{sfn|Lower|2005|p=97}} and of Braine, and his wife Alianor de St. Valéry.{{sfn|Morvan|2009|loc=table 5}}
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{{sfn|Morvan|2009|loc=table 5}}
- Odo, count of Nevers and Auxerre (1230–1266){{sfn|Bubenicek|2002|p=54}}
- John (1231–1268), who married Agnes and had Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of Bourbon{{sfn|Morvan|2009|loc=table 5}}
- Alice (1233–1273), who married Henry III, Duke of Brabant{{sfn|Morvan|2009|loc=table 5}}
- Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (1248–1306){{sfn|Bubenicek|2002|p=54}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book |first=Michelle |last=Bubenicek |title=Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle:Yolande de Flandre, Droit et politique au XIV siecle |language=French |publisher=Ecole des Chartes |year=2002 }}
- {{cite book |first=Michael |last=Lower |title=The Barons' Crusade: A Called to Arms and Its Consequences |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |year=2005 }}
- {{cite book |title=La Chevalerie bretonne et la formation de l'armee ducale, 1260-1341 |first=Frederic |last=Morvan |language=French |publisher=Presses Universitaires de Rennes |year=2009 }}
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{{succession box|title=Duchess consort of Burgundy|before=Alice of Vergy|after=Beatrice of Navarre|years=1218–1248}}
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Category:Duchesses of Burgundy
Category:13th-century French nobility
Category:13th-century French women
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