Chalon-Arlay

This page is a list of the lords of Chalon-Arlay (in the county of Burgundy) and the principality of Orange. The lords of Chalons and Arlay were a cadet branch of the ruling house of the county of Burgundy, the Anscarids or House of Ivrea.^[1]

For more details, and a family tree, see below.^[2]

Lord of Chalon-Arlay[]

John, Count of Chalon, founder of the seigneurie of Chalon-Arlay
John I of Chalon-Arlay (1258-1315), seigneur of Arlay (1266-1315) and vicomte of Besançon (son of the above).
Hugh I of Chalon-Arlay (1288-1322), seigneur of Arlay and of Vitteaux (son of the above).
John II of Chalon-Arlay (1312-), seigneur of Arlay (son of the above).
Hugh II of Chalon-Arlay (1334-1388) seigneur of Arlay (son of the above).

John III of Chalon-Arlay (?-1418) seigneur d'Arlay and prince of Orange (nephew of the former).
Louis II of Chalon-Arlay (1390-1463), seigneur of Arlay and Arguel and prince of Orange (son of the former).
William VII of Chalon-Arlay (?-1475), prince of Orange (son of the former).
John IV of Chalon-Arlay (1443-1502), prince of Orange, seigneur of Arlay, of Nozeroy and of Montfort (son of the former)
Philibert of Chalon (1502-1530), prince of Orange, seigneur of Arlay and seigneur of Nozeroy (son of the former, died childless)
René of Chalon (1519-1544) prince of Orange, stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, of the Diocese of Utrecht and of Guelders (nephew of the former, died childless, succeeded as prince of Orange by William the Silent).

Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon.^[3]
Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon, cadet branch of the lords of Arlay. They eventually succeeded to the undifferenced arms as well as to the principality of Orange.^[4]
Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon of Orange. The 1st and 4th quarters show the arms of Chalon-Arlay (Gules a bend Or), the 2nd and 3rd the princes of Orange (the bugle). The blue and gold cross is the arms of Jeanne of Geneva, who married one of the Chalon princes.^[5]
Arms of Louis de Châlon (1448-1476)
Arms of Rene of Orange-Nassau-Breda (1530-1544) : overall in the center as an escutcheon is the quartered arms of Nassau and Vianden/Breda.

^ Grew, Marion Ethel (1947). The House of Orange. 36 Essex Street, Strand, London W.C.2: Methuen & Co. Ltd.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Ross, Kelley L., Ph.D. "Counts of Burgundy, The Free County, Franche Comté,(capital Besançon) 914-1678 AD". Retrieved 21 April 2011.
^ Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (2003). Armorial general. Genealogical Publishing Co. ISBN 0-8063-4811-9.
^ Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (2003). Armorial general. Genealogical Publishing Co. ISBN 0-8063-4811-9.
^ Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (2003). Armorial general. Vol. vol.1. Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 398. ISBN 0-8063-4811-9. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)