Chalon-Arlay

"House of Chalon" redirects here. For the ruling houses of Chalon, see County of Chalon.

Chalon-Arlay was a noble house of the Holy Roman Empire. They were the lords of Arlay in the county of Burgundy and a cadet branch of the ruling house of the county, the House of Ivrea.^[2] The founder of the house was John I of Chalon-Arlay, fifth son of John, Count of Chalon. When John III, lord of Arlay, married Mary de Baux, princess of Orange, the House acquired the principality of Orange.

House Coat of Arms: arms of the lord of Arlay (red shield with gold bend).
Parent House: House of Ivrea
House Succession: They eventually succeeded to the undifferenced arms as well as to the principality of Orange.^[1]

For more details, and a family tree, see below.^[3]

List of lords

Lords of Chalon-Arlay

• John, Count of Chalon, founder of the seigneurie of Chalon-Arlay
• John I of Chalon-Arlay (1258–1315), seigneur of Arlay (1266–1315) and vicomte of Besançon (son of the above).
• Hugh I of Chalon-Arlay (1288–1322), seigneur of Arlay and of Vitteaux (son of the above).
• John II of Chalon-Arlay (1312–), seigneur of Arlay (son of the above).
• Hugh II of Chalon-Arlay (1334–1388) seigneur of Arlay (son of the above).

Lords of Chalon-Arlay and Princes of Orange

• John III of Chalon-Arlay (?–1418) seigneur d'Arlay and prince of Orange (nephew of the former).
• Louis II of Chalon-Arlay (1390–1463), seigneur of Arlay and Arguel and prince of Orange (son of the former).
• William VII of Chalon-Arlay (?–1475), prince of Orange (son of the former).
• John IV of Chalon-Arlay (1443–1502), prince of Orange, seigneur of Arlay, of Nozeroy and of Montfort (son of the former)
• Philibert of Chalon (1502–1530), prince of Orange, seigneur of Arlay and seigneur of Nozeroy (son of the former, died childless)
• René of Chalon (1519–1544) prince of Orange, stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, of the Diocese of Utrecht and of Guelders (nephew of the former, died childless, succeeded as prince of Orange by William the Silent).

Family tree

John count of Chalon HOUSE OF IVREA

Hugh count of Burgundy

John I lord of Chalon-Arlay HOUSE OF CHALON-ARLAY

Hugh I lord of chalon-Arlay

John II lord of Chalon-Arlay

Hugh II lord of Chalon-Arlay

Louis I lord of Arguel & Ciuseaux

Joan of Geneva

John III lord of Chalon-Arlay

Mary princess of Orange

Louis II "le Bon" prince of Orange

Jean de Chalon sire de Vitteaux (d. 1462)

Hugues de Chalon sire de Cuiseaux (d. 1426 s.p.) no desc.

Alix de Chalon dame de Bussy (d. 1457)

Marie de Chalon dame de Cerlier (d. 1465)

William VII prince of Orange

Louis, Lord of Chateau-Guyon (1448–1476) Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Hugh de Chalon (-3 July 1490) Lord of Château-Guyon, married Louise of Savoy, a daughter of Duke Amadeus IX of Savoy and Yolande of Valois

Philippine de Chalon a nun at Ste-Clarisse d'Orbe, d.1507

Jeanne de Chalon, d.15 Sep 1483; m.25 Mar 1472 Louis de Seyssel, Cte de la Chambre (d.15 Sep 1483)

John IV lord of Chalon-Arlay

Philibert prince of Orange

Claudia

Henry III lord of Breda

William I count of Nassau-Siegen HOUSE OF NASSAU

René prince of Orange

William I or VIII prince of Orange

Gallery of arms

• 
  Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon.^[4]
• 
  Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon of Orange. The 1st and 4th quarters show the arms of Chalon-Arlay (Gules a bend Or), the 2nd and 3rd the princes of Orange (the bugle). The blue and gold cross is the arms of Jeanne of Geneva, who married one of the Chalon princes.^[5]
• 
  Arms of Louis de Châlon (1448–1476)
• 
  Arms of Philbert de Châlon, Prince of Orange
• 
  Arms of Rene of Orange-Nassau-Breda (1530–1544): overall in the center as an escutcheon is the quartered arms of Nassau and Vianden/Breda.