Hugh the Black
Template:Redirect Template:Infobox nobility Hugh the Black (died 952) was Duke of Burgundy from 923 until his death in 952. He was a Bosonid through his father, who was the younger brother of Boso of Provence.
Hugh was the son of Richard of Autun, duke of Burgundy, and Adelaide of Auxerre. He succeeded his older brother Rudolph as duke of Burgundy, when Rudolph was elected king of West Francia, in 923.<ref name=NewCamb>Template:Cite book</ref>
Following Rudolph's death in 936, Hugh may have had aspirations to follow his brother onto the throne and refused to recognize Louis IV as king of West Francia. As a result, Louis sent Hugh the Great who captured Auxerre and Sens.<ref>Jean Dunbabin, France in the making: 843-1180, (Oxford University Press, 2000), 65.</ref> The Duchy of Burgundy was divided between Hugh the Great and Hugh the Black.<ref name=NewCamb />
It is unknown whether Hugh married. He probably died without living offspring, as he was succeeded<ref>Constance B. Bourchard, Those of my Blood: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001), 146-147.</ref> by Gilbert of Chalon, who became the ruler of the Duchy of Burgundy de facto (he was not duke de jure).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>