Kingdom of Burgundy
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Was a realm in southern France and Western Switzerland, established in 933 by the merger of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Burgundy. It was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire in 1033 and from then on was one of the empire's three constituent realms, together with the Kingdom of Germany and the Kingdom of Italy. By the mid-13th century at the latest, however, it had lost its concrete political relevance.
Establishment
January 934: After the reverses suffered by Hugh, in recent years, the Italian nobles went to Burgundy to recall King Rudolf in Italy but, having learned of it, Hugh of Arles sent his messengers to offer the King of Burgundy, Rudolf II, all the territories he had governed in Provence, on the condition that Rudolph never set foot again in Italy. Rudolf accepted and thus, in that year, the kingdom of Arles or the two Burgundies originated from the union of Transjurana Burgundy and Provence.
Chronology
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The merger of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Burgundy under King Rudolf II led to the establishement of the Kingdom of Arles.
The Magyars (or Hungarians) successfully conquered the Carpathian Basin (corresponding to the later Kingdom of Hungary) by the end of the ninth century, and launched a number of plundering raids thoughout Europe.
January 936: Magyar attacks against Upper Burgundy (in 935).
February 936: Magyar attacks against Upper Burgundy (in 935). The territories were left after the raid.
January 938: In 937, the Hungarians raided France as far west as Reims, Lotharingia, Swabia, Franconia, the Duchy of Burgundy and Italy as far as Otranto in the south.
February 938: In 937, the Hungarians raided France as far west as Reims, Lotharingia, Swabia, Franconia, the Duchy of Burgundy and Italy as far as Otranto in the south. After the ride they left these territories.
The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.
3.1.Incoronation of Otto I
East Frankish King Otto I was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.
February 962: Count Aubry of Mâcon bought the Lordship of Salins in 942, whose importance at the time was based primarily on its convenient location between France, Germany and Italy.
February 962: Genf County was established in the IX Century.
February 962: The county of Viviers with the main town of Viviers on the Rhône already existed in Carolingian times.
February 962: Swabia was one of the Stem Duchies of the Holy Roman Empire.
February 962: In 958, the Landgraviate of Nellenburg was first mentioned as a branch of the Eberhardinger family.
Expansion during the rule of Humbert I in the County of Savoy.
January 1004: Foundation of the Savoy State.
January 1035: In 1034, the Aosta Region was conquered by the County of Savoy, under the leadership of Count Humbert I.
January 1044: Conquests of Savoy until 1044.
January 941: In 940, the Andalusis, led by the Saracen pirate chief Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri, occupied and colonized Toulon, establishing the Muslim stronghold of Fraxinetum in the region.
January 943: In 942, the Andalusi settlement at Nice and Grenoble was established by the Saracens from Fraxinetum, led by their leader, Yusuf al-Kalus.
January 951: The County of Provence, not to be confused with the Marquisate of Provence, was a large sovereign and independent county within the Holy Roman Empire, which arose in the mid-10th century as a fief of the kingdom of Arles.
January 973: Thea area of Schwyz is acquired by the Landgraviate of Lenzburg.
January 1000: c.999 Sitten acquired the region of Valais.
January 1001: During the Middle Ages, starting around the 10th century, Faucigny became an independent baronial lordship.
January 1001: Around 1000, the area of Ticino ended up in the hands of the Milanese.
January 1001: The County of Pfirt with the main town of Pfirt (French: Ferrette) in Alsace was created in the 11th century from the lordship of Hohenpfirt Castle.
January 1033: The first documented mention (Loupa) of Laupen dates back to 1032.
January 1033: The initially relatively small town of Lausanne belonged to the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy from 888 to 1032. During the 11th century, Lausanne developed into a political, economic and religious center. The city became the center of the secular rule of the bishops.
January 1033: Establishment of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel.
January 1035: The dynasty of Ulrich count of Fenis (Hasenburg) took over the town of Neuchâtel and its territories in 1034, establishing Neuenburg County.
January 1071: Amidst the chaos of feudal rule, the Counts of Albon began to rise above other feudal lords and acquire dominance over the region. Their story begins with Guigues I the Old (died 1070), Lord of Annonay and Champsaur.
January 1081: The bishop of Basel enfeoffed the Count of Frohburg in Buchsgau.
January 1097: The lords of Cossonay were a noble family from Vaud. In a deed of donation to the Romainmôtier monastery from 1096, Ulrich is mentioned for the first time as a representative.
January 1098: Conquests of Savoy until 1098.
January 1101: Wilhelm I, who was born in the second half of the 11th century, is documented as the first Count of Gruyeres. Around 1100 he took part in the Crusades along with many young men from Gruyères.
January 1101: In the 11th century, Lyon regained greater supra-regional importance when the Catholic Church gave the city the main seat over Gaul (Primacy of the Gaules), which it still has today.
January 1101: The Unspunnen castle probably existed as a round tower since the early 12th century.
January 1101: In the 12th century, the Zähringers gained a significant position of power in what is now south-west Germany and what is now Switzerland, without actually being able to form a coherent or well-founded duchy in the sense of a unified dominion.
January 1129: Conquests of Savoy until 1129.
January 1147: Signau is first mentioned between 1130 and 1146 as Sigenowo.
January 1155: Establishment of the Geneva Bishopric.
January 1164: The Orange Principality was constituted in 1163, when Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I elevated the Burgundian County of Orange (consisting of the city of Orange and the land surrounding it) to a sovereign principality within the Empire.
January 1170: Barbarossa separated an area from the rest of Burgundy in 1169 and made it a county palatine.
January 1176: Little can be reported from the first known century of Weissenburg rule. It is perhaps worth mentioning that the Schübelmatt document from 1175 shows a number of Burgundian nobles in the entourage of Berthold IV von Zähringen. The Lords of Weissenburg are also mentioned for the first time.
January 1179: In 1178 Lucerne gained its independence from the jurisdiction of the Murbach Abbey, and most probably the foundation of the city took place in the same year.
January 1181: The Zähringers acquire new possessions in Solothurn.
January 1201: Tellenburg is the ruins of a hilltop castle from the 12th century above the municipality of Frutigen in the canton of Bern.
January 1201: Sumiswald becomes an independent domain.
January 1201: Expansion of the Hababsurg possessions in central Switzerland.
Disestablishment
January 1221: Based on Gustav Droysen's Holy Roman Empire Map at the time of the Hohenstaufen dynasty.
Selected Sources
Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany)
Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 26-27
Leyser, K. (1982): Medieval Germany and its neighbours, 900-1250, London (UK), p. 50
Reuter, T. (1995): The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024, Cambridge (UK), p. 543
Reuter, T. (1995): The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024, Cambridge University Press, p. 543
