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Counts of Burgundy

This is a list of the counts of Burgundy (i.e., of the region known as "Franche-Comté", not to be confused with the Duchy of Burgundy) from 867 to 1678.

• Odo (count of Mâcon, Dijon, Autun, and Burgundy, 867-870)
• Rodfried (870-895)
• Hugh the Black (921-952)
• Otto William (986-1026)
• Renaud I (1026-1057)
• William I the Great (1057-1087, also count of Mâcon, 1078-1085
• Renaud II (1087-1097, also count of Mâcon, 1085)
• Stephen I (titular count, 1097-1102)
• Renaud III (titular count of Burgundy, 1102-1127; count of Mâcon, 1127-1148, count of Burgundy, 1127-1148)
  • William II the German (de facto count, 1097-1125; count of Mâcon, 1097)
  • William III the Child (1125-1127; count of Mâcon, 1125)
• Beatrice I (1148-1184)
  • Frederick Barbarossa (1156-1190; Holy Roman Emperor, 1155-1190)
• Otto I (1190-1200)
• Jeanne I (1200-1205)
• Beatrice II (1205-1231)
  • Otto II (1208-1231; Duke of Méranie, 1204-1231)
• Otto III (1231-1248; Duke of Méranie, 1234-1248)
• Adelaide I (1248-1279)
  • Hugh of Chalon (1248-1266)
  • (Philip I of Savoy, 1267-1279)
• Otto IV (titular count, 1279-1295; count of Burgundy, 1295-1302; count of Chalon, 1267)
• Robert (titular count, 1302-1315)
• Jeanne II (1315-1330; countess of Artois, 1329-1330)
  • Philip (1315-1322; count of Poitiers, 1311; king of France and king of Navarre, 1316-1322)
• Jeanne III (countess of Artois and Burgundy, 1330-1347; duchess of Burgundy, 1318-1347)
  • Eudes IV (count of Artois and Burgundy, duke of Burgundy 1330-1347)
• Philip of Rouvre (count of Artois and Burgundy, 1347-1361; duke of Burgundy (1349-1361; count of Auvergne and Boulogne, 1360-1361)
• Margaret (countess of Artois and Burgundy, 1361-1382)
• Louis de Mâle (count of Flanders, Nevers, Rethel, and Burgundy, duke of Brabant, 1382-1383)
• Margaret of Dampierre (countess of Burgundy and Artois, and duchess of Burgundy, with Philip of Rouvre, 1357-1361; countess of Auvergne and Boulogne, with Philip of Rouvre, 1360-1361; countess of Burgundy, Artois, Flanders, Nevers, and Rethel, 1383-1405; duchess of Burgundy, with Philip the Bold, 1369-1404)
  • Philip the Bold (duke of Burgundy, 1364-1404; Count of Burgundy, 1383-1404)
• John the Fearless (count of Burgundy and Artois, duke of Burgundy, 1405-1419)
• Philip the Good (count of Burgundy and Artois, duke of Burgundy, 1419-1467)
• Charles the Bold (count of Burgundy and Artois, duke of Burgundy, 1467-1477)
• Mary (countess of Burgundy and Artois, duchess of Burgundy, 1477-1482)
  • Maximilian I (count of Burgundy and Artois, duke of Burgundy, 1477-1482; Holy Roman Emperor, 1493-1519)
• Philip the Fair (count and duke of Burgundy, 1482-1506; king of Castile, 1506)
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (count of Burgundy and Artois, 1506-1558; king of Spain, 1516-1558; Holy Roman Emperor, 1519-1558)
• Philip II of Spain (king of Spain, count of Burgundy and Artois, 1558-1598
• Isabella Clara Eugenia and Archduke Albert (joint count and countess of Burgundy and Artois, 1598-1621)
• Philip IV of Spain (king of Spain, count of Burgundy, 1621-1665; count of Artois, 1621-1659)
• Charles II of Spain (king of Spain, 1665-1700, count of Burgundy, 1665-1678)
• In 1678 the County of Burgundy passes to Maria Theresa of Spain and Louis XIV of France under the Treaty of Nijmegen; in 1715, Louis XV inherits Burgundy directly.

See also

• Franche-Comté
• Duchy of Burgundy

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