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The following is a list of the Kings of Burgundy
Kingdom of Burgundy

Burgundy is a region of Western Europe which has existed as a political entity in a number of forms with very different boundaries. Two of these entities have been called the Kingdom of Burgundy, and a third Kingdom of Burgundy was very nearly created....
.

Burgundians
Burgundians

File:Roman Empire 125.svgThe Burgundians were an East Germanic language Germanic tribes which may have emigrated from mainland Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, whose old form in Old Norse still was Burgundarholmr , and from there to mainland Europe....
 had left Bornholm
Bornholm

Bornholm is a Denmark island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming....
 c.300 and settled near the Vistula
Vistula

The Vistula , is the longest river in Poland at 1,047 km in length. It drains an area of 194,424 km? , of which 168,699 km? lies within Poland ....
. Jordanes
Jordanes

Jordanes , was a 6th century Roman bureaucrat , who turned his hand to history later in life.Though he also wrote Romana , a book about the history of Rome, his most known work is his Getica, written in Constantinople about AD 551 ....
 relates that in this area they were thoroughly defeated by the Gepids in the 4th century and then moved to the Rhineland
Rhineland

The Rhineland is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. After the collapse of the First French Empire in the early 19th century, the German-speaking regions at the middle and lower course of the Rhine were annexed to the kingdom of Prussia....
.



Flavius Aëtius
Flavius Aëtius

Flavius A?tius or simply A?tius, , dux et patricius, was a Roman Empire general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was an able military commander and the most influential man of the Western Roman Empire for two decades ....
 moves the Burgundians into Sapaudia (Upper Rhône Basin
Rhône River

The Rhone, or the Rh?ne is one of the major rivers of Europe, originating in Switzerland and running from there through the south-eastern corner of France....
).



Merovingian Kings






United with Neustria
Neustria

The territory of Neustria or Neustrasia, meaning "new [western] land", originated in 511, made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel, approximating most of the north of present-day France, with Paris and Soissons as its main cities....
 under one king, but with separate administration (613–751)

Carolingian Kings


The sons of Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks with his father, Charlemagne, from 813....
 divided the Frankish kingdom in the treaty of Verdun
Verdun

Verdun is a city in the Meuse Departments of France in Lorraine in northeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although it is not the capital, but the slightly smaller Bar-le-Duc....
 in 843.






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The following is a list of the Kings of Burgundy
Kingdom of Burgundy

Burgundy is a region of Western Europe which has existed as a political entity in a number of forms with very different boundaries. Two of these entities have been called the Kingdom of Burgundy, and a third Kingdom of Burgundy was very nearly created....
.

Kings of the Burgundians

The Burgundians
Burgundians

File:Roman Empire 125.svgThe Burgundians were an East Germanic language Germanic tribes which may have emigrated from mainland Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, whose old form in Old Norse still was Burgundarholmr , and from there to mainland Europe....
 had left Bornholm
Bornholm

Bornholm is a Denmark island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming....
 c.300 and settled near the Vistula
Vistula

The Vistula , is the longest river in Poland at 1,047 km in length. It drains an area of 194,424 km? , of which 168,699 km? lies within Poland ....
. Jordanes
Jordanes

Jordanes , was a 6th century Roman bureaucrat , who turned his hand to history later in life.Though he also wrote Romana , a book about the history of Rome, his most known work is his Getica, written in Constantinople about AD 551 ....
 relates that in this area they were thoroughly defeated by the Gepids in the 4th century and then moved to the Rhineland
Rhineland

The Rhineland is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. After the collapse of the First French Empire in the early 19th century, the German-speaking regions at the middle and lower course of the Rhine were annexed to the kingdom of Prussia....
.

  • Gebicca (late 4th century – c.407)
  • Gundomar I (c.407 – 411), son of Gebicca
  • Giselher (c.407 – 411), son of Gebicca
  • Gunther (c.407 – 436), son of Gebicca


Flavius Aëtius
Flavius Aëtius

Flavius A?tius or simply A?tius, , dux et patricius, was a Roman Empire general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was an able military commander and the most influential man of the Western Roman Empire for two decades ....
 moves the Burgundians into Sapaudia (Upper Rhône Basin
Rhône River

The Rhone, or the Rh?ne is one of the major rivers of Europe, originating in Switzerland and running from there through the south-eastern corner of France....
).

  • Gunderic/Gundioc (436–473) opposed by
    • Chilperic I
      Chilperic I of Burgundy

      Chilperic I was the King of Burgundy from 473 until his death. He succeeded his brother Gundioch and co-ruled with his nephews Godomar, Gundobad, Chilperic II of Burgundy, and Godegisel....
      , brother of Gundioc (443–c.480)
  • division of the kingdom among the four sons of Gundioc:
    • Gundobad
      Gundobad

      Gundobad, Patrician of the Western Roman Empire also became King of Burgundy , after his father Gundioc of Burgundy, though he had to fight off three brothers to seize his title....
       (473–516 in Lyon, king of all of Burgundy from 480),
    • Chilperic II
      Chilperic II of Burgundy

      Chilperic II was the King of Burgundy from 473 until his death, though initially co-ruler with his father from 463. He began his reign in 473 after the partition of Burgundy with his brothers Godegisel, Godomar, and Gundobad; he ruled from Valence and his brothers ruled respectively from Geneva, Vienne, and Lyon....
       (473–493 in Valence)
    • Gundomar/Godomar (473–486 in Vienne)
    • Godegisel (473–500, in Vienne and Geneva)
  • Sigismund
    Sigismund of Burgundy

    File:Herma of Saint Sigismund in Plock Cathedral.PNGSigismund was king of the Burgundians from 516 to his death. He was the son of king Gundobad, whom he succeeded in 516....
    , son of Gundobad (516–523)
  • Godomar
    Godomar

    Godomar , son of king Gundobad, was king of Kingdom of Burgundy. He ruled Burgundy after his elder brother's death in 524 until 534.Both he and his brother Sigismund of Burgundy were defeated in battle by Clovis' sons....
     or Gundimar, son of Gundobad (523–532)


Burgundy under Frankish Kings


Gradually conquered by the Frankish kings Childebert I
Childebert I

Childebert I was the Frankish King of the Franks, a Merovingian dynast, one of the four sons of Clovis I who shared the kingdom of the Franks upon their father's death in 511....
 and Clothar I from 532 – 534

Merovingian Kings


  • Childebert I
    Childebert I

    Childebert I was the Frankish King of the Franks, a Merovingian dynast, one of the four sons of Clovis I who shared the kingdom of the Franks upon their father's death in 511....
    , 534–558 (central parts)
  • Theudebert I
    Theudebert I

    File:Theodebert_I_534_548_king_of_Metz.jpgTheudebert I was the Merovingians king of Austrasia from 533 to his death in 548. He was the son of Theuderic I and the father of Theudebald....
    , 534–548 (northern parts)
  • Chlothar I, 534–561 (southern parts), eventually uniting the entire kingdom


  • Guntram
    Guntram

    Saint Guntram was the king of Kingdom of Burgundy from 561 to 592. He was a son of Chlothar I and Ingunda. On his father's death , he became king of a fourth of the kingdom of the Franks, and made his capital at Orl?ans....
     (561–592)


  • Childebert II, 592–595
  • Theuderic II, 595–613


United with Neustria
Neustria

The territory of Neustria or Neustrasia, meaning "new [western] land", originated in 511, made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel, approximating most of the north of present-day France, with Paris and Soissons as its main cities....
 under one king, but with separate administration (613–751)

Carolingian Kings


  • Pippin the Younger, 751–768
  • Carloman
    Carloman, son of Pippin III

    Carloman I was the king of the Franks from 768 until his death in 771. He was the second surviving son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon....
    , 768–771
  • Charlemagne
    Charlemagne

    Charlemagne was List of Frankish kings from 768 to his death. He expanded the Franks kingdoms into a Carolingian Empire that incorporated much of Western Europe and Central Europe....
    , 771–814
  • Louis the Pious
    Louis the Pious

    Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks with his father, Charlemagne, from 813....
    , 814–840
  • Lothar I, 840–855, king under his father since 817


The sons of Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks with his father, Charlemagne, from 813....
 divided the Frankish kingdom in the treaty of Verdun
Verdun

Verdun is a city in the Meuse Departments of France in Lorraine in northeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although it is not the capital, but the slightly smaller Bar-le-Duc....
 in 843. Burgundy was divided between the brothers

  • Charles the Bald
    Charles the Bald

    File:Charles le Chauve denier Bourges after 848.jpgCharles the Bald , Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia , was the youngest son of the Emperor Louis the Pious by his second wife Judith, daughter of Welf....
    , who received the smaller part, west of the river Saone
    Saône

    The Sa?ne is a river of eastern France. It is a right tributary of the River Rh?ne River . Rising at Viom?nil in the Vosges department, it joins the Rh?ne in Lyon ....
    . This entity was officially called     regnum burgundiae (kingdom of Burgundy), but since the King of France delegated administrations to Dukes, the territory became known as the Duchy of Burgundy
    Duchy of Burgundy

    The Duchy of Burgundy was a feudal territory once existing within the France in the Middle Ages. It roughly conforms to the modern Bourgogne. Existing between 843 and 1477, the Duchy was ruled by a succession of Duke of Burgundy, whose extinction with the death of Charles the Bold in 1477 led to the Duchy being absorbed into the French crown...
     or Bourgogne
    Bourgogne

    Bourgogne is one of the 26 regions of France of France.The region of Bourgogne is both larger than the old Duchy of Burgundy and smaller than the area ruled by the Duke of Burgundy....
    .


  • Lothair I
    Lothair I

    Lothair I , king of Italy and crowned Carolingian Empire King of Italy, Emperor of the Romans and was Empire of the Franks .Lothair was the eldest son of the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious and his wife Ermengarde of Hesbaye, daughter of Ingerman of Hesbaye, duke of Hesbaye....
     received the larger part, east of the river Saone
    Saône

    The Sa?ne is a river of eastern France. It is a right tributary of the River Rh?ne River . Rising at Viom?nil in the Vosges department, it joins the Rh?ne in Lyon ....
    , which retained the name of Kingdom of Burgundy


After Lothar's death in 855, his realm was divided between his sons. The Burgundian territories were divided between:

  • Lothair II, who received the northern parts.
  • Charles
    Charles of Provence

    Charles of Provence was the Carolingian List of Kings of Burgundy from 855 until his early death in 863.Charles was the youngest son of Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde of Tours....
    , who received the southern parts including Provence
    Provence

    Provence is a region of southeastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative regions of France of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur....
    , Lyon
    Lyon

    ||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
     and Vienne
    Vienne

    Vienne is a d?partement of France, named after the Vienne River....
    . His realm was called the     regnum provinciae (kingdom of Provence).


For the kings of Provence before its union with the rest of Burgundy, see the list of dukes, kings, counts, and margraves of Provence
List of dukes, kings, counts, and margraves of Provence

The land of Provence has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe. Its independent existence has its origins in the frontier nature of the dukedom in Merovingian Gaul....
.

Kingdom of Upper Burgundy

  • Lothar II, 855–869


Lothar subsumed his portion of Burgundy into the Kingdom of Lotharingia
Lotharingia

Lotharingia or Duchy of Lorraine was a short-lived kingdom in western Europe, the aggregate of territories belonging to Lothair, King of Lotharingia , who received it in 855 from his Carolingian father, Lothair I , Carolingian Empire....
 and at his brother Charles'
Charles of Provence

Charles of Provence was the Carolingian List of Kings of Burgundy from 855 until his early death in 863.Charles was the youngest son of Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde of Tours....
 death, gained some northern districts of the deceased's kingdom. When Lothar II died in 869, his realm was divided between his uncles Charles the Bald
Charles the Bald

File:Charles le Chauve denier Bourges after 848.jpgCharles the Bald , Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia , was the youngest son of the Emperor Louis the Pious by his second wife Judith, daughter of Welf....
 and Louis the German
Louis the German

Louis the German , was a grandson of Charlemagne and the third son of the succeeding Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye....
 in the Treaty of Mersen.

When Emperor Charles the Fat
Charles the Fat

Charles the Fat was the Duke of Swabia from 876, King of Italy from 879, Carolingian Empire from 881, King of Germany from 882, and King of France from 884....
, who until 884 had reunited all Frankish kingdoms except for kingdom of Provence, died in 888, the nobles and leading clergy of Upper Burgundy assembled at St Maurice and elected Rudolph
Rudolph I of Burgundy

Rudolph I, born 859, died October 25, 912, King of Burgundy from his election in 888 until his death.Rudolph belonged to the elder Welf family and was the son of Conrad II of Auxerre, from whom he inherited the lay abbacy of Agaunum, making him the most powerful magnate in Upper Burgundy - present-day western Switzerland and the Franche Co...
, count of Auxerre, from the Elder Welf family, as king. At first, he tried to reunite the realm of Lothar II, but opposition by Arnulf of Carinthia
Arnulf of Carinthia

Arnulf of Carinthia was the Carolingian King of Germany from 887 and Holy Roman Emperor from 896 until his death. He was the illegitimate son of Carloman, King of Bavaria, and his concubine, Liutswind, of Carantanians origin, daughter of one Count Ernst....
 forced him to focus on his Burgundian territory.

  • Rudolf I
    Rudolph I of Burgundy

    Rudolph I, born 859, died October 25, 912, King of Burgundy from his election in 888 until his death.Rudolph belonged to the elder Welf family and was the son of Conrad II of Auxerre, from whom he inherited the lay abbacy of Agaunum, making him the most powerful magnate in Upper Burgundy - present-day western Switzerland and the Franche Co...
     (888–912)
  • Rudolf II
    Rudolph II of Burgundy

    Rudolf II was king of Upper Burgundy , Lower Burgundy , and Italy . He was the son of Rudolph I of Burgundy, and it is presumed that his mother was his father's known wife, Guilla of Provence....
     (912–937)


In 933 Rudolph ceded his claims to the kingdom of Italy to Hugh of Arles and in return gained the kingdom of Provence, thus reuniting the two territories.

  • Conrad I
    Conrad of Burgundy

    Conrad the Peaceful was the king of Burgundy from 937 until his death. He was the son of King Rudolph II of Burgundy, the first king of a united Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia....
     (937–993)
  • Rudolph III (993–1032)


In 1032 the kingdom of Burgundy was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire as a third kingdom, the Kingdom of Arles
Kingdom of Arles

File:Map Kingdom Arelat EN.pngThe Kingdom of Burgundy or of Arles was a Franks dominion surrounding Arles, established in 933, by combining Upper Burgundy and Lower Burgundy....
, with the King of Germany or Emperor as King of Burgundy.

Kingdom of Burgundy (Arelat) as part of the Holy Roman Empire


Salian (Frankish) Dynasty


  • Conrad II
    Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor

    Conrad II was the son of a mid-level nobleman in Franconia, Henry of Speyer and Adelaide of Alsace, who inherited the titles of count of Speyer and of Worms, Germany as an infant when Henry died at age twenty....
    , king 1032-1039, emperor since 1027
  • Henry III
    Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor

    Henry III , called the Black or the Pious, was a member of the Salian Dynasty of Holy Roman Empire. He was the eldest son of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor and Gisela of Swabia and his father made him duke of Bavaria in 1026, after the death of Henry V, Duke of Bavaria....
    , king 1039, emperor 1046-1056
  • Henry IV
    Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

    Henry IV was King of Germany from 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 until his forced abdication in 1105. He was the third emperor of the Salian dynasty and one of the most powerful and important figures of the 11th century....
    , king 1056, emperor 1084-1105
  • Henry V
    Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor

    Henry V was King of Germany and Holy Roman Empire , the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. Henry's reign coincided with the final phase of the great Investiture Controversy, which had pitted pope against emperor....
    , king 1105-1125, emperor 1111-1125


Supplinburger


  • Lothar III
    Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor

    Lothair III of Supplinburg , was rulers of Saxony , King of Germany , and Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137. He was the son of Count Gebhard of Supplingburg....
    , king 1125-1137, emperor 1133-1137


Staufen (or Hohenstaufen
Hohenstaufen

The House of Hohenstaufen was a dynasty of List of German Kings and Emperors , many of whom were also crowned Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Swabia....
 dynasty)


  • Conrad III
    Conrad III

    Conrad III may refer to:*Conrad III of Germany*Conrad III of Provence *Conrad III of Dachau*Conrad III of Jerusalem*Conrad III of Wittelsbach, Archbishop of Salzburg...
    , king 1138-1152
  • Frederick I Barbarossa
    Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

    Frederick I Barbarossa was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt am Main on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March, crowned King of Italy in Pavia in 1154, and finally crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV on 18 June 1155....
    , king 1152, emperor 1155-1190
  • Henry VI
    Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor

    Henry VI was King of Germany from 1190 to 1197, Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197 and King of Sicily from 1194 to 1197....
    , king 1190, emperor 1191-1197


  • Philip of Swabia
    Philip of Swabia

    Philip of Swabia was king of Germany and duke of Swabia, the rival of the emperor Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor....
    , rival king 1198-1208
  • Otto IV of Brunswick
    Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor

    Otto IV of Brunswick was one of two rival kings of the Holy Roman Empire from 1198 on, sole king from 1208 on, and emperor from 1209 on. The only king of the Welf dynasty, he was deposed in 1215....
     (House of Welf
    Welf

    The House of Welf is a European dynasty that has included many Germany and United Kingdom monarchs from the 11th to 20th century.The House of Welf is the older branch of the House of Este, a dynasty whose oldest known members lived in Lombardy in the 9th century....
    ), rival king 1208-1215, emperor 1209-1215


  • Frederick II
    Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

    Frederick II , of the House of Hohenstaufen dynasty, was an Kingdom of Italy pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215....
    , king 1212, emperor 1220-1250
  • Conrad IV, king 1237-1254 (until 1250 under his father)


Rectorate of Burgundy

Under the kings Conrad I
Conrad of Burgundy

Conrad the Peaceful was the king of Burgundy from 937 until his death. He was the son of King Rudolph II of Burgundy, the first king of a united Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia....
 and Rudolph III, royal power had weakened while local nobles, such as the Counts of Burgundy, had gained prominence.

After the early death of Emperor Henry III
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry III , called the Black or the Pious, was a member of the Salian Dynasty of Holy Roman Empire. He was the eldest son of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor and Gisela of Swabia and his father made him duke of Bavaria in 1026, after the death of Henry V, Duke of Bavaria....
, his widow Agnes of Poitou acted as Regent for his young son Henry IV
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry IV was King of Germany from 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 until his forced abdication in 1105. He was the third emperor of the Salian dynasty and one of the most powerful and important figures of the 11th century....
. She made Rudolf von Rheinfeld duke of Swabia
Swabia

Swabia, Suabia, or Svebia is both a historic and linguistics region in Germany. Swabia consists of much of the present-day state of Baden-W?rttemberg , as well as the Bavarian Swabia ....
 and also conferred on him the regal powers over Burgundy. However, when Rudolf was elected anti-king, Roman king Henry IV
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry IV was King of Germany from 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 until his forced abdication in 1105. He was the third emperor of the Salian dynasty and one of the most powerful and important figures of the 11th century....
 in 1079 stripped him of his powers and delegated them to the Prince-bishop
Prince-Bishop

A Prince-Bishop is a bishop who is a territorial Prince of the Church on account of one or more secular principalities, usually pre-existent titles of nobility held concurrently with their inherent clerical office....
s of Lausanne and Sitten (both in present Switzerland).

When William III, count of Burgundy
William III, Count of Burgundy

William III, Count of Burgundy inherited his father William II of Burgundy's counties county of Burgundy and count of M?con as his only son, following William II's assassination by his barons....
 was assassinated in February 1127, King Lothar III
Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor

Lothair III of Supplinburg , was rulers of Saxony , King of Germany , and Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137. He was the son of Count Gebhard of Supplingburg....
 supported the claims of William's uncle Duke Conrad of Zähringen, grandson of Rudolf von Rheinfeld to the countship and conferred on him the regal powers over Burgundy.

Lacking a proper title, the Zähringer called themselves dukes and rectors of Burgundy, in order to gain the status of dukes of Burgundy. The royal chancellory however consistently avoided this term and the effective power of the rector
Rector

The word rector has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate an academic, religious or political administrator.The word "rector" also appears in many modern languages, such as Albanian, Dutch language, Spanish language, Catalan language and Romanian language....
 (in Roman law, a generic term for provincial governor) was restricted to the possessions of the Zähringer east of the Jura.

Any attempts to enforce the Zähringer's claims and to extend royal authority into the western and southern parts of the kingdom failed, most notably a military campaign in 1153. After these failures, Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick I Barbarossa was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt am Main on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March, crowned King of Italy in Pavia in 1154, and finally crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV on 18 June 1155....
, gained a firm hold of the western districts in 1156 by marrying Beatrix, heiress to the countship of Burgundy. This success permanently confined the Zähringer between Jura and Alps, where they used their regal powers to expand their possessions. In 1218, Berthold V of Zähringen died without issue.

After this, King Frederick II
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick II , of the House of Hohenstaufen dynasty, was an Kingdom of Italy pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215....
 conferred the title of the rector of Burgundy on his young son Henry
Henry (VII) of Germany

Henry VII was King of Sicily from 1212, King of Germany from 1220, and Duke of Swabia from 1216. He was the son and co-king of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and elder brother of Conrad IV of Germany....
, in order to keep the heirs of Zähringer possessions away from the regal powers associated with that title. This appointment was only of momentary importance and after Henry had been elected king of Germany in April 1220, the title disappeared for good. Also, the decline of royal power inside the kingdom of Burgundy
Kingdom of Burgundy

Burgundy is a region of Western Europe which has existed as a political entity in a number of forms with very different boundaries. Two of these entities have been called the Kingdom of Burgundy, and a third Kingdom of Burgundy was very nearly created....
 remained irreversible.

See also

  • Burgundy
    Burgundy

    Burgundy is a region historically situated in modern-day France and Switzerland....
  • Duchy of Burgundy
    Duchy of Burgundy

    The Duchy of Burgundy was a feudal territory once existing within the France in the Middle Ages. It roughly conforms to the modern Bourgogne. Existing between 843 and 1477, the Duchy was ruled by a succession of Duke of Burgundy, whose extinction with the death of Charles the Bold in 1477 led to the Duchy being absorbed into the French crown...
  • 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 Sa?ne which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Bald's West Franks....
  • County of Burgundy
    County of Burgundy

    The Free County of Burgundy, in German Freigrafschaft Burgund, was a medieval county , within the traditional province and modern French region Franche-Comt?, whose very French name is still reminiscent of the unusual title of its count: Freigraf ....
  • Count of Burgundy
  • Dukes of Burgundy family tree
    Dukes of Burgundy family tree

    This is a family tree of the Duke of Burgundy, from the 9th century to 1482.Image:BurgundyDukes.pngrect 174 129 324 169 Richard of Autun...