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King of Burgundy - Burgundy under Frankish Kings
Gradually conquered by the Frankish kings Childebert I and Clothar I from 532 – 534
King of Burgundy - Merovingian Kings
- Childebert I, 534–558 (central parts)
- Theudebert I, 534–548 (northern parts)
- Chlothar I, 534–561 (southern parts), eventually uniting the entire kingdom
- Childebert II, 592–595
- Theuderic II, 595–613
United with Neustria under one king, but with separate administration (613–751)
King of Burgundy - Carolingian Kings
- Pippin the Younger, 751–768
- Carloman, 768–771
- Charlemagne, 771–814
- Louis the Pious, 814–840
- Lothar I, 840–855, king under his father since 817
The sons of Louis the Pious divided the Frankish kingdom in the treaty of Verdun in 843. Burgundy was divided between the brothers
- Charles the Bald, who received the smaller part, west of the river Saone. 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 or Bourgogne.
- Lothar I received the larger part, east of the river Saone, 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:
- Lothar II, who received the northern parts.
- Charles, who received the southern parts including Provence, Lyon and Vienne. His realm was called the regnum provinciae (kingdom of Provence).
King of Burgundy - Kingdom of Provence or Lower Burgundy
- Charles, 855–863
- Louis II, Emperor and king of Italy, received the bulk of the Charles' territories.
- Charles the Bald, 875–877, Emperor and king of Italy
- Louis the Stammerer, 877–879
- Boso of Provence, 879–887
- Louis the Blind, 887–928
- Hugh of Arles, 928–933
In 933 Hugh ceded the kingdom of Provence to Rudolf II, king of Upper Burgundy, thus reuniting the two territories.
King of Burgundy - Kingdom of Upper Burgundy
Lothar subsumed his portion of Burgundy into the Kingdom of Lotharingia and at his brother Charles' 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 and Louis the German in the Treaty of Mersen.
When Emperor Charles the Fat, 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, 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 forced him to focus on his Burgundian territory.
- Rudolf I (888–912)
- Rudolf II (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 (937–993)
- Rudolph III (993–1032)
In 1032 the kingdom of Burgundy was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire as a third kingdom, with the King of Germany or Emperor as King of Burgundy.
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