 robert ii of burgundy (1248 â 21 march 1306) was duke of burgundy between 1272 and 1306. robert was the third son of duke hugh iv and yolande of dreux. he married agnes, youngest daughter of louis ix of france, in 1279anne echols and marty williams, an annotated index of medieval women, (marcus weiner publishing inc., 1992), 19. and had the following issue: *hugh v, duke of burgundy (1282â1315) *blanche (1288â1348), married edward, count of savoy *margaret (1290â1315), married king louis x of france *joan (1293â1348), married count of maine and valois, king philip vi of france *odo iv, duke of burgundy (1295â1350) *louis, king of thessalonica (1297&ndash;1316), married matilda of hainaut *mary (1298â1336) married edward i, count of bar *robert, count of tonnerre (1302â1334), married joanna, heiress of tonnerre in 1284, robert was invested with the duchy of dauphinÃ© by rudolf of habsburg.the kingdom of burgundy, the lands of the house of savoy and adjacent territories, eugene cox, the new cambridge medieval history: volume 5, c.1198-c.1300, ed. david abulafia, rosamond mckitterick, (cambridge university press, 1999), 371. 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 dauphinÃ©. 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 whole duchy, however already diminished by earlier dowries, passed unfragmented to the eldest son. ==notes==  ==see also== *dukes of burgundy family tree ==external links== * medieval lands project on robert ii of burgundy     {{persondata |name= robert ii, duke of burgundy |alternative names= robert ii de bourgogne (french) |short description= duke of burgundy (1272-1306) |date of birth= 1248 |place of birth= 
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