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Duke of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Saône which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Bald's kingdom of West Franks...

, from the 9th century to 1482.

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rect 174 129 324 169 Richard of Autun
rect 407 138 521 166
rect 90 189 184 214 Rainier II of Hainaut
rect 219 189 271 213
rect 322 191 422 216 Hugh the Black
rect 500 189 534 206 Willa of Burgundy
rect 571 189 705 206 Hugh of Vienne
rect 198 244 242 274 Emma of Paris
rect 4 235 151 282 Rudolph of France
Rudolph of France
Rudolph was the Duke of Burgundy between 921 and 923 and King of Western Francia from thereafter to his death. Rudolph inherited the duchy of Burgundy from his father, Richard the Justiciar...


rect 411 218 484 245 Ermengarde of Burgundy
rect 543 215 730 240 Gilbert of Chalon
rect 254 265 339 312 Hugh the Great
Hugh the Great
Hugh the Great or Hugues le Grand was duke of the Franks and count of Paris, son of King Robert I of France and nephew of King Odo. He was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France. His eldest son was Hugh Capet who became King of France in 987...


rect 564 278 610 308
rect 366 255 505 283 Lietaud of Macon
rect 255 288 317 316 Robert of Vermandois
Robert of Vermandois
Robert of Vermandois was Count of Meaux after his father, Heribert II, Comte de Vermandois and his wife, Adele of France....


rect 60 335 152 379 Hugh Capet
rect 460 329 545 362 Otto, Duke of Burgundy
rect 589 328 708 362 Liutgard of Chalon
rect 296 374 385 403 Otto-Henry of Burgundy
rect 527 377 605 403 Adelbert II of Italy
rect 27 388 176 421 Robert II of France
Robert II of France
Robert II , called the Pious or the Wise , was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine....


rect 450 415 465 458 Otto-William of Burgundy
rect 6 461 151 521 Henry I Capet
rect 156 478 241 494 Hélie of Semur
rect 313 473 419 507 Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
Robert I Capet or Robert I of Burgundy, known as Robert the Old was duke of Burgundy between 1032 to his death...


rect 494 475 600 506 Ermengarde of Anjou
rect 420 528 491 557 Hildegard of Burgundy
rect 528 516 641 563 William VIII of Aquitaine
William VIII of Aquitaine
William VIII , born Guy-Geoffrey , was duke of Gascony , and then duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitiers between 1058 and 1086, succeeding his brother William VII ....


rect 16 542 101 570 Hugh of Burgundy (1034–1059)
rect 337 553 404 581 Constance of Burgundy
Constance of Burgundy
Constance of Burgundy was the daughter of Duke Robert I of Burgundy and Helie de Semur-en-Brionnais. She was Queen consort of Castile and León by her marriage to Alfonso VI of Castile. She was the granddaughter of King Robert II of France, the second monarch of the French Capetian dynasty...


rect 457 557 570 584 Alfonso VI of Castile
Alfonso VI of Castile
Alfonso VI , nicknamed the Brave or the Valiant, was King of León from 1065, King of Castile and de facto King of Galicia from 1072, and self-proclaimed "Emperor of all Spain". After the conquest of Toledo he was also self-proclaimed victoriosissimo rege in Toleto, et in Hispania et Gallecia...


rect 13 643 101 688 Robert of Burgundy, Bishop of Langres
rect 111 645 201 688 Renauld of Burgundy, abbot of St. Pierre
rect 244 644 295 671 Beatrice of Burgundy (born 1063)
rect 330 644 379 673 Guy I of Vignory
rect 408 644 470 673 Hélie of Burgundy (born 1061)
rect 511 644 621 692 Henry, Count of Portugal
Henry, Count of Portugal
Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal was Count of Portugal from 1093 to his death. He was brother of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy, and Odo I, Duke of Burgundy, all sons of Henry, the heir of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy. His name is Henri in modern French, Henricus in Latin, Enrique in modern Spanish...


rect 639 644 736 692 Theresa, Countess of Portugal
Theresa, Countess of Portugal
Theresa of Portugal was the first ruler of independent Portugal...


rect 583 699 688 746 Alfonso I of Portugal
rect 35 712 94 745 Sybille of Nevers
rect 147 703 293 748 Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy
Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy
Hugh I was duke of Burgundy between 1076 and 1079. Hugh was son of Henry of Burgundy and grandson of duke Robert I. He inherited Burgundy from his grandfather, following the premature death of Henry, but abdicated shortly afterwards to his brother Eudes I. He briefly fought the Moors in the...


rect 291 710 408 743 Sybille of Burgundy (1065-1103)
rect 445 710 547 741 Eudes I of Burgundy
rect 155 761 252 793 Bertrand of Toulouse
Bertrand of Toulouse
Bertrand of Toulouse was count of Toulouse, and was the first count of Tripoli to rule in Tripoli itself....


rect 281 760 350 792 Hélie of Burgundy
Helie of Burgundy
Helie of Burgundy was the daughter of Eudes I and Sibylla of Burgundy.In June 1095, she married Bertrand of Toulouse, as his second wife. The two had one son, Pons of Tripoli ....


rect 419 761 501 792 Henry of Burgundy (1083-1131)
rect 533 761 601 792 Florine of Burgundy
Florine of Burgundy
Florine of Burgundy was the daughter of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy and Sybilla of Burgundy.Her maternal grandparents were William I, Count of Burgundy and his wife Stephanie.Florine was married to Sweyn the Crusader, a son of Sweyn II of Denmark....


rect 639 761 724 792 Sweyn the Crusader
Sweyn the Crusader
Sweyn the Crusader was a Danish crusader. He was a son of the Danish king Sweyn Estridsen, and husband of Florine of Burgundy. He is famous for his participation in the First Crusade, which he primarily spent fighting the Turks. On his way to Jerusalem in 1097, he and 1,500 other Danish knights...


rect 119 801 236 834 Matilda of Mayenne
rect 329 800 434 830 Hugh II of Burgundy
rect 36 848 111 880 Aremburge of Burgundy
rect 120 848 170 880 Ducissa of Burgundy
rect 199 848 299 894 Raymond of Grignon
rect 357 845 415 877 Clemence of Burgundy
rect 433 848 492 880 Henry III of Donzy
rect 512 848 598 893 Henry of Burgundy, Bishop of Autun
rect 602 855 692 887 Hugh the Red
rect 49 884 127 916 Roger II of Sicily
Roger II of Sicily
Roger II was King of Sicily, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, later became Duke of Apulia and Calabria , then King of Sicily...


rect 147 886 216 917 Sybille of Burgundy
rect 307 891 432 938 Gauthier of Burgundy
rect 474 898 542 931 Aigeline of Burgundy
rect 562 900 652 931 Hugh I of Vaudemont
rect 653 888 737 932 Robert of Burgundy, Bishop of Autun
rect 4 921 72 951 Matilda of Burgundy
rect 105 921 211 951 William VII of Montpellier
William VII of Montpellier
William VII of Montpellier was the eldest son of William VI and of his wife Sibylle.Aged around 15, he inherited the lordship of Montpellier from his father in 1146 under the tutelage of his grandmother, Ermessende of Melgueil...


rect 251 956 357 986 Eudes II of Burgundy
rect 414 956 496 984 Marie of Champagne (1128-1190)
rect 215 1004 282 1032 Alice of Burgundy (1146-1192)
rect 357 1004 492 1032 Mahaut of Limais
rect 528 1004 623 1032 Robert IV of Auvergne
rect 107 1043 203 1068 Beatrice d'Albon
rect 271 1043 374 1068 Hugh III of Burgundy
rect 446 1043 543 1068 Alice of Lorraine
rect 5 1085 125 1118 Amadeo IV of Savoy
rect 160 1085 227 1118 Anne of Burgundy
Anne of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy
Anne of Burgundy , was a Countess Consort of Savoy; married in 1222 to Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy.-References:...


rect 274 1093 399 1126 Beatrice of Montferrat
Beatrice of Montferrat
Beatrice of Montferrat was an Italian noblewoman and the suo jure Lady of Saint-Bonnet. She was the eldest daughter of William VI, Marquess of Montferrat, and the third wife of Guigues VI of Viennois, by whom she had two sons. She married a total of four times...


rect 439 1088 562 1131 Guigues VI of Viennois
Guigues VI of Viennois
Andrew Guigues VI , known as André de Bourgogne, Dauphin of Viennois, was the Count of Albon, Briançon, Grenoble, and Oisans from 1228 until his death. He was the son of Hugh III of Burgundy and Béatrice of Albon...


rect 563 1088 631 1117 Mahaut of Burgundy
rect 645 1074 736 1121 John, Count of Chalon
John, Count of Chalon
John , called the Old , was a French nobleman, the Count of Auxonne and Chalon-sur-Saône in his own right and regent of the County of Burgundy in right of his son, Hugh III....


rect 70 1141 132 1173 Simon I of Semur
rect 167 1143 260 1175 Marie-Ducissa of Burgundy
rect 291 1146 340 1175 Alice of Burgundy (born 1177)
rect 379 1144 467 1175 Bernard VII of Mercœur
rect 478 1145 576 1190 Alexander of Montagu
rect 610 1156 706 1176 Beatrice of Rion
rect 11 1186 172 1217 Infanta Teresa, Countess of Flanders
Infanta Teresa, Countess of Flanders
Infanta Theresa of Portugal was a Portuguese infanta , being the third daughter of Portuguese 1st King Afonso Henriques and Maud of Savoy. She was born c. 1157 and died in 1218 in Veurne, Flanders.Around 1183 she married Philip of Alsace, Count of Flanders, becoming Countess consort of Flanders...


rect 222 1186 326 1217 Eudes III of Burgundy
rect 371 1186 453 1217 Alice of Vergy
Alice of Vergy
Alice de Vergy was duchess consort of Burgundy as the second spouse of Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy. She was regent the of Burgundy during the minority of her son 1218–28....


rect 76 1227 151 1261 Humbert III de Thoire
rect 189 1227 246 1261 Beatrice of Burgundy (born 1216)
rect 287 1230 358 1262 Joanna of Burgundy
Joanna of Burgundy
Joanna of Burgundy was a daughter of Reginald of Burgundy and his wife Guillemette of Neufchatel.She married three times:* With Ulrich II of Pfirt . They had two daughters:** Joanna , married Albert II, Duke of Austria...


rect 402 1229 520 1261 Raoul II of Lusignan
Raoul II of Lusignan
Raoul II of Lusignan or Raoul II de Lusignan , was the son of Raoul I of Lusignan and his second wife, Alix d'Eu...


rect 521 1229 586 1261 Alice of Burgundy (1204-1266)
rect 618 1229 713 1259 Robert I of Clermont
rect 25 1264 163 1312 Beatrice of Champagne
rect 214 1273 319 1305 Hugh IV of Burgundy
rect 373 1277 483 1309 Yolande de Dreux (1212-1248)
rect 58 1323 163 1367 Isabelle of Burgundy
Isabelle of Burgundy
Isabella of Burgundy , Lady of Vieux-Château, was the second and last Queen consort of Rudolph I of Germany.- Family :She was the second daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and his second wife Beatrice of Champagne....


rect 204 1331 336 1367 Rudolf I of Habsburg
rect 346 1324 436 1369 Hugh, Viscount of Avallon
rect 469 1328 534 1359 Maguerite of Chalon
rect 535 1325 620 1367 Beatrice, Lady of Grignon
rect 662 1326 729 1370 Hugh VIII of La Marche
rect 89 1382 162 1413 Alice of Burgundy (1233-1273)
rect 193 1382 287 1413 Henry III of Brabant
rect 324 1382 487 1413 Marguerite, Lady of Molinot
rect 528 1380 608 1406 William III of Mont-St. Jean
rect 425 1414 545 1443 Maud of Dampierre
Maud of Dampierre
Maud of Dampierre or Mathilda II of Bourbon was a daughter of Archambaud IX of Bourbon and Yolande de Châtillon, countess of Nevers. As heiress to the counties of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre, she was married off to Odo, son and heir of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy...


rect 605 1407 721 1444 Eudes of Nevers and Auxerre
rect 445 1451 519 1487 Joanna of Burgundy (1253-1271)
rect 548 1454 617 1485 Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily
Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily
Margaret of Burgundy was the second wife of Charles I of Sicily, and by marriage Queen consort of Sicily.The second daughter of Odo, Count of Nevers, and Maud of Dampierre, Margaret was Countess of Tonnerre by inheritance from 1262 until her death...


rect 652 1452 737 1485 Charles I of Naples
rect 466 1489 600 1535 Yolande of Burgundy
Yolande of Burgundy
Yolande II or Yolande of Burgundy , was the daughter of Odo of Burgundy, and Matilda II, Countess of Nevers....


rect 320 1495 416 1528 Jean Tristan of France
Jean Tristan of France
John Tristan of France was a French prince of the Capetian dynasty. He was jure uxoris Count of Nevers from 1265 to 1270, Count of Auxerre and Tonnerre and also Count of Valois and Crépy ....


rect 637 1499 737 1530 Robert III of Flanders
Robert III of Flanders
Robert III of Flanders , also called Robert of Bethune and nicknamed The Lion of Flanders , was Count of Nevers 1273–1322 and Count of Flanders 1305–1322.-History:...


rect 30 1437 101 1467 John of Burgundy (1231-1268)
rect 146 1431 262 1474 Agnes of Dampierre
Agnes of Dampierre
Agnes of Dampierre was Lady of Bourbon and heiress of all Bourbon estates. She was the daughter of Archambaud IX de Dampierre and Yolande I, Countess of Nevers. She married John of Burgundy, the son of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy...


rect 21 1480 117 1522 Beatrice of Burgundy, Dame de Bourbon
rect 160 1480 270 1525 Robert, Count of Clermont
Robert, Count of Clermont
Robert of France was made Count of Clermont in 1268. He was son of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence...


rect 88 1526 195 1544 Duke of Bourbon
Duke of Bourbon
Duke of Bourbon is a title in the peerage of France. It was created in the first half of the 14th century for the eldest son of Robert of France, Count of Clermont and Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of the lordship of Bourbon...


rect 263 1535 368 1566 Robert II of Burgundy
rect 430 1536 581 1566 Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
Agnes of France , Daughter of France by birth, was the youngest daughter of Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. She served as regent of Burgundy during the minority of her son.- Family :...


rect 18 1632 84 1664 Joanna of Burgundy (1290-1317)
rect 132 1628 211 1672 Philip VI of France
Philip VI of France
Philip VI , known as the Fortunate and of Valois, was the King of France from 1328 to his death. He was also Count of Anjou, Maine, and Valois from 1325 to 1328...


rect 55 1283 139 1626 Robert of Tonnerre
rect 178 1589 246 1622 Joanna of Tonnerre
rect 217 1629 320 1659 Hugh V of Burgundy
rect 355 1579 423 1609 Blanche of Burgundy (1288–1348)
rect 456 1579 513 1609 Edward of Savoy
rect 469 1622 552 1652 Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France
rect 357 1616 435 1663 Louis X of France
Louis X of France
Louis X of France, , called the Quarreler, the Headstrong, or the Stubborn was the King of Navarre from 1305 and King of France from 1314 until his death...


rect 536 1579 617 1621 Louis of Burgundy
Louis of Burgundy
Louis of Burgundy , Prince of Achaea and titular King of Thessalonica, was a younger son of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy and Agnes of France....


rect 657 1577 727 1623 Matilda of Hainault
rect 296 1672 398 1702 Eudes IV of Burgundy
rect 571 1667 675 1699 Jeanne III, Countess of Burgundy
Jeanne III, Countess of Burgundy
Joan of Burgundy , also known as Jeanne de Bourgogne or Jeanne de France, was the eldest daughter of King Philip V of France and Joan II of Burgundy....


rect 583 1626 668 1656 Philip V of France
Philip V of France
Philip the Tall was King of France as Philip V and, as Philip II, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne. He reigned from 1316 to his death and was the penultimate monarch of the House of Capet. Considered a wise and politically astute ruler, Philip took the throne under questionable...


rect 9 1705 110 1765 Jeanne I, Countess of Auvergne
rect 182 1714 295 1759 Philip of Burgundy, Count of Auvergne
Philip of Burgundy, Count of Auvergne
Philip of Burgundy was Count of Auvergne and Boulogne and the only son and heir of Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, and of Joan III, Countess of Burgundy. His mother was the daughter of King Philip V of France and of Joan II, Countess of Burgundy.He married Joan I, Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne, in c...


rect 74 1770 144 1801 Joanna of Burgundy
Joanna of Burgundy
Joanna of Burgundy was a daughter of Reginald of Burgundy and his wife Guillemette of Neufchatel.She married three times:* With Ulrich II of Pfirt . They had two daughters:** Joanna , married Albert II, Duke of Austria...


rect 153 1771 220 1801 Marguerite of Burgundy (born 1345)
rect 228 1770 351 1817 Philip I of Burgundy
rect 391 1770 557 1814 Marguerite III of Dampierre
rect 617 1714 705 1744 John II of France
John II of France
John II , called John the Good , was the King of France from 1350 until his death. He was the second sovereign of the House of Valois and is perhaps best remembered as the king who was vanquished at the Battle of Poitiers and taken as a captive to England.The son of Philip VI and Joan the Lame,...


rect 604 1769 720 1817 Philip II of Burgundy
rect 3 1854 90 1886 Amadeo VIII of Savoy
rect 126 1855 194 1886 Mary of Burgundy (1386-1422)
rect 222 1857 293 1888 Catherine of Burgundy
rect 330 1857 424 1888 Leopold IV, Duke of Austria
Leopold IV, Duke of Austria
Leopold IV of Austria, Duke of Further Austria was an Austrian Habsburg Duke of the Leopoldinian Line.He was the second son of Leopold III. His eldest brother Duke William of Inner Austria took him as his effective co-ruler, putting him in particular charge of Further Austria, which also meant...


rect 442 1857 552 1903 Philip II, Count of Nevers
Philip II, Count of Nevers
Phillip II, Count of Nevers was the youngest son of Philip the Bold and Margaret III of Flanders....


rect 586 1857 658 1904 Bonne of Artois
Bonne of Artois
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rect 7 1906 107 1939 Joanna of St. Pol
rect 141 1893 269 1940 Antoine of Brabant
rect 307 1893 391 1939 Elisabeth, Duchess of Luxembourg
Elisabeth, Duchess of Luxembourg
Elisabeth of Görlitz was Duchess regnant of Luxembourg from 1411 to 1443.-Life:Elisabeth was the only daughter and heiress of John of Görlitz, the third son of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. He was Duke of Lusatia and Görlitz, and also Elector of Brandenburg for a brief period...


rect 463 1906 577 1939 William II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing
William II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing
Duke William II of Bavaria-Straubing KG was also count William VI of Holland, count William IV of Hainaut and count William V of Zeeland. He ruled from 1404 until 1417, when he died of a dog bite. William was a son of Albert I and Margaret of Brieg.-Biography:William, allied with the Hooks, was...


rect 632 1908 705 1939 Marguerite of Burgundy (1374-1441)
rect 376 1941 488 1988 John the Fearless
rect 139 1949 314 1982 Margaret of Bavaria-Straubing
rect 3 1993 85 2024 Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
Adolph I of Cleves was 2nd. Count of Cleves and 4th. Count of Mark.- Life :He was the son of Adolph III, Count of Mark, and Margaret of Julich ....


rect 127 1994 192 2027 Mary of Burgundy (1393-1463)
rect 232 1994 299 2027 Anne of Burgundy
Anne of Burgundy
Anne of Burgundy, Duchess of Bedford was a daughter of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and his wife Margaret of Bavaria.-Marriage:...


rect 340 1994 412 2027 John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, KG , also known as John Plantagenet, was the third surviving son of King Henry IV of England by Mary de Bohun, and acted as Regent of France for his nephew, King Henry VI....


rect 515 1996 585 2027 Agnes of Burgundy
Agnes of Burgundy
Agnes of Burgundy was the daughter of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria. Her maternal grandparents were Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and Margaret of Brieg.-Marriage and issue:...


rect 629 1996 721 2027 Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
Charles de Bourbon was the oldest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne.He was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1434 to his death, although due to the imprisonment of his father after the Battle of Agincourt, he acquired...


rect 32 2029 123 2075 Louis, Dauphin de France (1397–1415)
rect 153 2032 274 2074 Margaret of Burgundy (1393-1441)
Margaret of Burgundy (1393-1441)
Margaret of Burgundy was the daughter of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, and Margaret of Bavaria. Her maternal grandparents were Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and Margaret of Brieg....


rect 306 2040 402 2072 Arthur III of Brittany
rect 189 2077 308 2122 Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy
Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy
Isabella of Portugal was a Portuguese infanta of the House of Aviz, the only surviving daughter of King John I of Portugal and his wife Philippa of Lancaster. Her most notable siblings were Henry the Navigator, Peter, Duke of Coimbra, and King Edward of Portugal...


rect 366 2074 494 2121 Philip III of Burgundy
rect 554 2041 648 2074 Bonne of Artois
Bonne of Artois
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rect 559 2076 670 2124 Michelle of Valois
Michelle of Valois
Michelle of France was a Duchess consort of Burgundy. She was a daughter of Charles VI of France and Isabella of Bavaria-Ingolstadt...


rect 203 2134 272 2164 Antoine of Burgundy
rect 276 2134 324 2164 Joseph of Burgundy
rect 317 2167 439 2217 Charles I of Burgundy
rect 505 2137 601 2166 Margaret of York
Margaret of York
Margaret of York – also by marriage known as Margaret of Burgundy – was Duchess of Burgundy as the third wife of Charles the Bold and acted as a protector of the Duchy after his death. She was a daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the sister of...


rect 497 2168 612 2215 Catherine of Valois
Catherine of Valois
Catherine of France was the Queen consort of England from 1420 until 1422. She was the daughter of King Charles VI of France, wife of Henry V of Monmouth, King of England, mother of Henry VI, King of England and King of France, and through her secret marriage with Owen Tudor, the grandmother of...


rect 139 2185 256 2217 Isabelle of Bourbon
rect 224 2222 450 2266 Mary of Burgundy
Mary of Burgundy
Mary of Burgundy ruled the Burgundian territories in Low Countries and was suo jure Duchess of Burgundy from 1477 until her death...


rect 411 2222 559 2266 Maximilian I of Habsburg


When Charles died in an attempt to conquer Lorraine in 1477, both Louis XI, King of France
Louis XI of France
Louis XI , called the Prudent , was the King of France from 1461 to 1483. He was the son of Charles VII of France and Mary of Anjou, a member of the House of Valois....

, and Maximilian of Habsburg
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Maximilian I , the son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor of Portugal, was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death, though he was never in fact crowned by the Pope, the journey to Rome always being too risky...

 claimed the Burgundian inheritance. Eventually, the Duchy of Burgundy
Duchy of Burgundy
The Duchy of Burgundy , was heir to an ancient and prestigious reputation and a large division of the lands of the Second Kingdom of Burgundy and in its own right was one of the geographically larger ducal territories in the emergence of Early Modern Europe from Medieval Europe.Even in that...

 and Artois
Artois
Artois is a former province of northern France. Its territory has an area of around 4000 km² and a population of about one million. Its principal cities are Arras , Saint-Omer, Lens and Béthune.-Location:...

 reverted to France, while the Low Countries
Low Countries
The Low Countries are the historical lands around the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse rivers, including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany....

 and the Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France...

 came under Habsburg rule. Despite the loss of the Duchy, the Habsburgs still used the title of Duke of Burgundy for their Burgundian territories.

See also

  • Count of Burgundy
  • County of Burgundy
    County of Burgundy
    The Free County of Burgundy , was a medieval county , within the traditional province and modern French region Franche-Comté, whose very French name is still reminiscent of the unusual title of its count: Freigraf...

  • Duchy of Burgundy
    Duchy of Burgundy
    The Duchy of Burgundy , was heir to an ancient and prestigious reputation and a large division of the lands of the Second Kingdom of Burgundy and in its own right was one of the geographically larger ducal territories in the emergence of Early Modern Europe from Medieval Europe.Even in that...

  • Duke of Burgundy
    Duke of Burgundy
    Duke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Saône which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Bald's kingdom of West Franks...

  • King of Burgundy
    King of Burgundy
    The following is a list of the Kings of the two Kingdoms of Burgundy, and a number of related political entities devolving from Carolingian machinations over family relations.- Kings of the Burgundians :...

  • Kingdom of Burgundy
    Kingdom of Burgundy
    Burgundy is a historic region in Western Europe that has existed as a political entity in a number of forms with very different boundaries. Two of these entities - the first around the 6th century, the second around the 11th century - have been called the Kingdom of Burgundy; a third was very...

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