Burgundy (Rudolph)

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One of the kingdoms that emerged from the division of the Frankish Empire after the death of Charles the Fat.

Establishment

January 888: When Emperor Charles the Fat died in 888, after having been deposed the year before, Rudolf managed to get himself elected king of all Transjurana Burgundy.

Chronology

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1. Frankish Partitions

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.

1.1.Partition of the Frankish realm after the death of Charles the Fat

After the Death of Charles the fat, Oddo was proclamated King of West francia.

1.2.Burgundian annexion of Basel

Charles the Simple, the West Frankish Emperor, invaded Burgundy.

January 912: In 911, taking advantage of the struggle between the king of the eastern Franks or of Germany, Conrad I of Franconia and that of the western Franks or of France, Charles the Simple, Rudolf took the city of Basel away from Conrad.

1.3.Burgundian Annexion of Argovia and Turgovia

During the election of the East Frankish Emperor, the King of Burgundy annexed territories in modern-day Switzerland.

January 920: In 919, after the death of Conrad I of Germany, the Magyars raided Saxony, Lotharingia and West France.

2. Burgundian Invasion of Lotharingia

Was the invasion of Lotharingia by Burgundian king Rudolph I.

January 889: Rudolph I of Burgundy, who was supported by the Alsatian and Lorraine nobles, invaded the Kingdom of Lotharingia (an area that at the time referred to the low countries, the border areas of modern-day Germany and France as well as most of Switzerland), occupying Alsace and most of Lorraine. He was then crowned king of Lotharingia, by the bishop of Toul.

February 889: The new king of East Francia (Germany), Arnulf of Carinthia, compelled Rudolph of Burgundy to accept the title of King of Transjuran Burgundy, which also included the diocese of Besançon. Additionally, Rudolph was forced to renounce any claims to Alsace and Lorraine.

3. Hungarian invasions of Europe

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 918: Between 917 and 925, the Magyars raided through Basel, Alsace, Burgundy, Provence and the Pyrenees.

February 918: Between 917 and 925, the Magyars raided through Basel, Alsace, Burgundy, Provence and the Pyrenees. The Magyars then left the raided territories.

February 920: End of the 919 Magyar raid in Saxony, Lotharingia and West France.

January 927: In 926, the Hungarians ravaged Swabia and Alsace, campaigned through present-day Luxembourg and reached as far as the Atlantic Ocean.

February 927: In 926, the Hungarians ravaged Swabia and Alsace, campaigned through present-day Luxembourg and reached as far as the Atlantic Ocean. After the raid, the Magyars left the occupied territories.

4. Unification of the two Burgundies

The merger of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Burgundy under King Rudolf II led to the establishement of the Kingdom of Arles.

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.