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- BIOGRAPHY
Otto was born about 1248, the son of Hugues 'de Châlons', Count Palatine of Bourgogne, and Adelheid de Meran. By his mother he was a grandson of Beatrix von Hohenstaufen, daughter and heiress of Otto II von Hohenstaufen, Count Palatine of Burgundy. By his father he was descended from another branch of the counts of Burgundy.
Upon his father's death in 1266, Otto became comte de Châlons. On the death of his mother Adelheid in 1279 he inherited the county of Burgundy. However he was unable to secure real power in the county until the death without progeny of her second husband Philippe de Savoie, count of Savoy, in 1285.
In 1263 Otto married Philippa de Bar, daughter of Thibaud II, comte de Bar, and Jeanne de Toucy. Their daughter Alix did not have progeny. Philippa died about 1290, and before 1 May 1291 he married Mathilde d'Artois, heiress of Artois, daughter of Robert II, comte d'Artois, and Amicie de Courtenay, heiress of Conches and Méhun-sur-Yèvre. They had four children of whom Blanche and Jeanne would have progeny, both marrying kings of France. Both his son Robert and elder daughter Jeanne would succeed him in the county.
Otto died in Ornans on 17 March 1302. His titles were inherited by his son Robert, who did not have progeny.
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