Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
Template:Infobox royalty Robert II (1248 – 21 March 1306) was Duke of Burgundy between 1272 and 1306 as well as titular king of Thessalonica.
Robert was the third son of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, and Yolande of Dreux.Template:Sfn
He married Agnes, youngest daughter of Louis IX of France, in 1279.Template:Sfn They had the following children:
- Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1294–1315)Template:Sfn
- Blanche (1288–1348), married Edward, Count of SavoyTemplate:Sfn
- Margaret (1290–1315), married king Louis X of FranceTemplate:Sfn
- Joan (1293–1348), married count of Maine and Valois, king Philip VI of FranceTemplate:Sfn
- Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (1295–1350)Template:Sfn
- Louis, Prince of Achaea (1297–1316), married Matilda of HainautTemplate:Sfn
- Mary (1298–1336) married Edward I, Count of BarTemplate:Sfn
- Robert, Count of Tonnerre (1302–1334), married Joanna, heiress of Tonnerre
In 1284, Robert was invested with the duchy of Dauphiné by Rudolf of Habsburg.Template:Sfn This was followed by two years of warfare which was ended when [[Philip IV of France|King PhilipTemplate:NbspIV]] of France paid Robert 20,000 Template:Lang to renounce his claim to the Dauphiné.Template:Sfn He was among the French negotiators for the 1303 Treaty of Paris that ended the 1294–1303 Gascon War.Template:Sfnp
Robert ended the practice of giving away parts of the Burgundian estate to younger sons and as dowries to the daughters. From then on, the entire duchy (albeit diminished by earlier dowries) passed via primogeniture unfragmented to the duke's eldest son.
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