Robert II, Duke of Burgundy

Robert II of Burgundy (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 duke Hugh IV and Yolande of Dreux.

He married Agnes, youngest daughter of Louis IX of France, in 1279. They had the following children:

• Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1282–1315)
• Blanche (1288–1348), married Edward, Count of Savoy
• Margaret (1290–1315), married king Louis X of France
• Joan (1293–1348), married count of Maine and Valois, king Philip VI of France
• Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (1295–1350)
• Louis, Prince of Achaea (1297–1316), married Matilda of Hainaut
• Mary (1298–1336) married Edward I, Count of Bar
• 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. This was followed by two years of warfare which was ended when King Philip IV of France paid Robert 20,000 livres tournois to renounce his claim to the Dauphiné. He was among the French negotiators for the 1303 Treaty of Paris that ended the 1294–1303 Gascon War.

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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• Dukes of Burgundy family tree

1. Duke of Burgundy
2. Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy
3. House of Burgundy
4. Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
5. Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy
6. Duchy of Burgundy
7. Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy
8. Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
9. House of Valois-Burgundy
10. Odo II, Duke of Burgundy
11. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy
12. Henry, son of Robert I of Burgundy
13. Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
14. Philip the Bold
15. Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France
16. Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundy
17. Odo I, Duke of Burgundy
18. Robert of Burgundy
19. Louis of Burgundy
20. Portuguese House of Burgundy