John II, lord of Chalon-Arlay (1312 – 25 February 1362) was a member of the
House of Chalon-Arlay
Chalon-Arlay was a noble house of the Holy Roman Empire. They were the lords of Arlay in the county of Burgundy and a cadet branch of the ruling house of the county, the House of Ivrea. The founder of the house was John I of Chalon-Arlay, fifth ...
. He succeeded his father
Hugh I lord of Arlay to this title, and was himself succeeded by his son,
Hugh II lord of Arlay.
Life
Born in 1312, John was the son of
Hugh I lord of Arlay and Béatrice de La Tour-du-Pin (1275–1347), the daughter of the
comte Humbert I. Before 1332, he married Marguerite of Mello (
House of Mello, daughter of the lord of
Château-Chinon
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and of
Sainte-Hermine
Sainte-Hermine () is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Saint-Jean-d'Hermine.
Geography
The river Smagne flows southwestward thr ...
Dreux IV of Mello, and of Eleanor of Savoy, daughter of the
Duke of Aosta
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and
Count of Savoy
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Amadeus V). With Marguerite he had the following children:
* John of Chalon (died 1360) Seigneur d'
Auberive
*
Hugh II lord of Arlay (1334–1388) Seigneur d'
Arlay
Arlay is a commune in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Saint-Germain-lès-Arlay was merged into Arlay.
History
Arlay's early importance lay in the fact ...
, in 1363 married Blanche,
Dame
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de
Frontenay
*
Louis I of Chalon-Arlay (died 1366) Seigneur d'
Arguel, married Marguerite of Vienne in 1363 (daughter of the
Seigneur de Pymont Philippe de Vienne)
* Marguerite of Châlon (1338–1392), married c.1356 to
comte Etienne de Montbéliard and Seigneur de Montfaucon.
In 1361, he remarried to Marie of Geneva, daughter of
Amadeus III, Count of Geneva.
References
Sources
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1312 births
1362 deaths
Lords in France
Chalon-Arlay