John I of Chalon-Arlay


Jean I of Chalon-Arlay was a French nobleman. He was the son of Jean, Count of Chalon and Laure de Commercy, a couple who had thirty castles built on the Jurassian part of the county of Burgundy around their new seigneurie of Salins, including the Château d'Arlay. He was Seigneur of Arlay and Viscount of Besançon.

Marriage and issue

Around 1272 he married Marguerite of Burgundy, and then for a second time to Alix de Clermont-Nesle. He had one son by Marguerite, and one daughter by Alix:
Jean I fought with the barons' league against King Philip IV of France from 1294 to 1301. In 1305 he fought against Renaud of Burgundy, count of Montbéliard, to force him to recognise Jean's suzerainté over the neighbouring castles of Dramelay, Binans and Pimorin. Jean I disappears from the historical record in 1315 and was succeeded as seigneur by his son Hugh.