Ed Burgundy (Earl of Nevers)

In 1248, a contract was concluded under which Ed married the wealthy heiress Matilda de Bourbon-Dampierre , daughter and heiress of Arsambo IX Young , Senor de Bourbon, as well as great-granddaughter of Matilda de Courtenay , the ruler of the Burgundian counties of Nevers , Auxerre and Tonner . Thanks to this marriage, Ed, the heir to the Duke of Burgundy Hugo IV , was to add these counties to the Duchy of Burgundy in the future, significantly expanding its territory. At the same time, Ed's younger brother Jean married Arshambo's younger sister, Agnes , thanks to which he was to inherit the lord Bourbon .

However, Ed had to wait for the bulk of the legacy for a long time. After the death in 1254 of his wife’s mother, Yolanda de Chatillon , Ed and Matilda inherited Donzi , Persh-Gue and Monmirai . Only in 1257 after the death of Countess Matilda de Courtenay, Ed and Matilda received Nevers, Auxerre and Tonner.

In 1262, Ed's wife, Matilda , died. The spouses did not have sons, only four daughters - Yolanda , Margarita , Alice and Jeanne, who were supposed to inherit the possessions. But, since the daughters were minors, Ed continued to govern the counties.

In 1265, Ed went to the Kingdom of Jerusalem , where he died under the protection of Acre . According to Situ's obituary, he died on August 4, 1266 . Ed's death led Never, Auxerre, and Tonner to separate. Initially, Yolanda, Ed's eldest daughter, tried to keep all three counties behind her, but this caused dissatisfaction among the younger daughters, who claimed their part in the inheritance. They appealed to the Paris Parliament, as a result of which in 1273 only County Nevers was retained for Yolanda, the remaining two counties went to Margarita and Alice.

Wife: from February 1248 (contract) Matilda II de Bourbon-Dampierre , Dame de Bourbon, Countess Nevers, Auxerre and Tonner, daughter of Arsambo IX Molodoy , Senor de Bourbon, and Yolanda de Chatillon , ladies de Donzi. Children:

• Yolanda (c. 1248/1249 - June 2, 1280), Countess Nevers from 1262; 1st husband: from June 1265, Jean Tristan of France (April 8, 1250 - August 3, 1270), Count of Valois and Krepi from 1269, Count of Nevers (by right of wife) from 1265; 2nd husband: from March 1272, Robert III of Bethune (c. 1247 - September 17, 1322), senor Bethune from 1264, Count of Nevers (by his wife's right) 1272-1280, count of Flanders from 1305
• Margarita (1249-1308), Countess Tonner from 1273; husband: from November 18, 1268, Charles I of Anjou (March 21, 1227 - January 7, 1285), king of Sicily in 1266–1282, Naples from 1266, count of Anjou and Maine from 1246, count of Provence and Vorkalkye from 1246 , titular king of Jerusalem from 1277 , king of Albania since 1272 , prince of Achaea from 1278
• Alice (1254–1290), Countess Auxerre from 1273; husband: Jean I de Chalon (1243 - November 10, 1309), senor de Rochefort since 1266, Count of Auxerre (by right of wife) from 1273
• Jeanne (c. 1253 - 1271)

• DUKES of BURGUNDY 1032–1361 (English) (unavailable link) . Foundation for Medieval Genealogy . Date of treatment January 2, 2012. Archived January 5, 2012.
• Histoire d'Auxerre, de Nevers et de Tonnerre du IXème au XIVème (Fr.) (unavailable link) . Date of treatment January 2, 2012. Archived on February 5, 2012.
• Odo von Burgund, Graf von Nevers, Auxerre und Tonnerre (German) (link unavailable) . Die Genealogie der Franken und Frankreichs - Die fränkischen Adelsgeschlechter des Mittelalters. Date of treatment January 2, 2012. Archived on May 19, 2014.