- Upper Burgundy
Upper Burgundy (also Transjurane Burgundy " _fr. Bourgogne transjurane", also Transjurania) is the part of
Burgundy west of theJura mountains .It was a dukedom of the
Carolingian Empire , ruled by Hugbert, son ofBoso of Arles , from 859 ruled bymargrave s underLouis the German .It was reunited with the kingdom of
Lower Burgundy in937 (seeKingdom of Burgundy ), and merged into theKingdom of Arles in1032 .Its area corresponds largely to western
Switzerland (the parts west of theBrünig-Napf-Reuss line ), including theRomandy , the cantons of Berne,Aargau andValais , as well as adjacent parts of French "départements"Haute-Savoie andAin .*
Lothar II ,855 –869 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. WhenLothar II died in869 , his realm was divided between his unclesCharles the Bald andLouis the German in theTreaty of Mersen .When Emperor
Charles the Fat , who until884 had reunited all Frankish kingdoms except forkingdom of Provence , died in888 , the nobles and leading clergy of Upper Burgundy assembled at St Maurice and elected Rudolph, count of Auxerre, from theElder Welf family, as king. At first, he tried to reunite the realm ofLothar II , but opposition byArnulf 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 toHugh of Arles and in return gained the kingdom of Provence, thus reuniting the two territories.*Conrad I (
937 –993 )
* [Rudolph ceded his claims to the kingdom of Italy toHugh 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, theKingdom of Arles , with the King of Germany or Emperor as King of Burgundy.ee also
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Burgundy
*Lower Burgundy
*Kings of Burgundy
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