ROBERT de Bourgogne, son of HUGUES IV Duke of Burgundy [Capet] & his first wife Yolande de Dreux ([1245/48]-Vernon-sur-Seine, Eure 21 Mar 1306, bur Abbaye de Cîteaux). The testament of “Hugo dux Burgundiæ”, dated Sep 1272, with the consent of “liberorum meorum...Odonis primogeniti mei quondam comitis Nivernensis, Ioannis quondam domini Borbonensis et Roberti filii mei”, appointed “dictum Robertum filium meum” as his heir and listed all his castles[452]. He received the duchy of Burgundy from his father 23 Oct 1272, the latter retaining the usufruct. He succeeded his father in 1272 as ROBERT II Duke of Burgundy. His succession was challenged by Robert III Count of Flanders and Robert Comte de Clermont, in the name of their wives, daughters of Robert's deceased older brothers. Philippe III King of France was appointed arbitrator, and found in favour of Duke Robert II. He bought the Vicomté de Dijon in 1276. He planned the annexation of the county of Burgundy by betrothing his son Jean to the heiress, but the marriage did not take place. After disputing the succession of Viennois, following the death in 1282 of Jean de Bourgogne Dauphin de Viennois, he assigned his rights to Jean's sister Anne and her husband Humbert de la Tour du Pin 25 Jan and 23 Feb 1286. Philippe IV King of France appointed him Lieutenant at Lyon in 1294, and Governor of Franche-Comté in Jan 1297, and granted him Pontailler-sur-Saône in Mar 1303. He held the first place in the Council of the king of France. The testament of “Roberz Dux de Borgoigne”, dated 25 Mar 1298 (N.S.), established “Hugue mon fil...au Duchesme de Borgoigne, au Contée de Chalon, en la terre de Monreaul”, bequeathed property to “Odoz mes fils...Loys...li enfans de quoi ma...famme Agnes...est grosse, se il est fils”, and provided dowries for “Blanche ma premiere fille...Marguerite...Iehanne”, and appointed “...monseignour Guillaume seignor de Montagu, Iehan de Vergy seignor de Fouvenz et Liebaut seignor de Beffroimont mes...cosins...” among the executors[453]. By virtue of his will 25 Mar 1298, the duchy of Burgundy ceased to be a family possession, becoming a state with territorial unity.
m (contract 20 Oct 1272, [Mar] 1273) AGNES de France, daughter of LOUIS IX King of France & his wife Marguerite de Provence (1260-château de Lantenay, Côte d'Or 19 or 20 Dec 1325, bur Abbaye de Cîteaux). An anonymous chronicle of the kings of France, written [1286/1314], records that the fourth daughter of "li rois Loois...[et] Marguerite la fille au conte de Provence" married "au duc de Bourgoigne"[454]. She was regent of Burgundy during the minority of her son Duke Hugues from 1306 until 9 Nov 1311. The necrology of Cîteaux records the death "XIII Kal Jan" of "Agnes ducissa Burgundiæ filia Ludovici regis Francorum"[455].
Duke Robert II & his wife had [eleven] children: