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Burgundy

Burgundy

Timeline

436   Attila the Hun attacks Burgundy, wiping out royal family.

516   Sigismund becomes king of Burgundy.

532   Franks invade the kingdom of Burgundy.

561   Clotaire I dies, and the Frankish kingdom is divided; Sigebert I becomes king of Austrasia, Chilperic I becomes king of Neustria, Charibert becomes king of Paris, and Guntram becomes king of Burgundy.

639   Dagobert I succeeded by Clovis II as king of the Franks in Neustria and Burgundy

651   Clovis II king of Neustria and Burgundy, marries the future Saint Bathilde

1003   King Robert II of France invades Burgundy, but fails.

1032   Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, becomes King of Burgundy.

1146   Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vezelay, Burgundy

1315   Eudes IV succeeds Hugh V as Duke of Burgundy.

1363   Philip the Bold becomes duke of Burgundy.

1423   English with Burgundian soldiers defeat the French, who were supported by the Scots, at Verneuil. The English-Burgundian alliance was strengthened by the marriage of the Duke of Bedford to Anne of Burgundy. Anne was sister of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Philip the Good had allied Burgundy with England after his father was murdered in 1419 by the French Dauphin, son of Charles VI of France.

1477   Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. This marks the end of the Burgundian Wars.

1529   Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France sign the Treaty of Cambrai, or the "Ladies' Peace". Francis abandons his claims in Italy, but is allowed to retain Burgundy.