Hugh the Black

Hugh the Black
Duke of Burgundy
Father	Richard, Duke of Burgundy
Mother	Adelaide of Auxerre

Hugh the Black (died 952) was Duke of Burgundy from 923 until his death. He was a Bosonid through his father, who was the younger brother of Boso of Provence.

Hugh was the son of Duke Richard of Autun and Adelaide of Auxerre. He, and his brother Boso, succeeded their older brother Rudolph in Burgundy, when the latter was elected King of France, as Raoul.^[1] Following Raoul's death, Hugh refused to recognized Louis IV as king of France. In response, Louis sent Hugh the Great who captured Auxerre and Sens.^[2] By 936, the duchy of Burgundy was divided between Hugh the Great and Hugh the Black.^[3]

It is unknown whether Hugh married. He probably died without living offspring, as he was succeeded in Burgundy by Gilbert of Chalon.

References

^ Burgundy and Provence:879-1032, Constance B. Bourchard, The New Cambridge Medieval History c.900 - c.1024, Vol. III, Ed. Timothy Reuter, (Cambridge University Press, 1999), 336.
^ Jean Dunbabin, France in the making: 843-1180, (Oxford University Press, 2000), 65.
^ Burgundy and Provence:879-1032, Constance B. Bourchard, The New Cambridge Medieval History c.900 - c.1024, Vol. III, 336.

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