Regents of Burgundy

The Burgundians were originally a Germanic tribe that crossed the Rhine in AD 407 and created a kingdom with Worms as capital. From the year 413 had they the status of roman allies (foederati). But this first Burgundian kingdom was destroyed by the Huns in 436 and the Burgundians then resettled to Savoy where they with Roman permission established a new kingdom. During the latter half of the fourth century the territory of the Burgundians expanded so that it covered the south eastern part of present day France with the exception of Provence. Even after the kingdom was conquered by the Franks 534 the region continued to be called Burgundy and thereby also several different states that throughout history existed there.

c. 407 c. 413-436 436-443 443-473 473-516 473-474 473-486 473-500 516-523 516-534	Gebicca Gundahar (Gunther) Dissolved Gundioc Gundobad (Lyon) Chilperic (Genève) Gundomar (Besançon) Godegisel (Vienne) Sigismund Gudomar
The kingdom is conquered by the Franks 532-534 but it is restored as a Frankish part kingdom as a result of inheritance divisions within the Frankish royal dynasty. Burgundy
561-593 593-596 596-613 613-629 629-639	Guntchramn Childebert II Theuderic II Chlotar II Dagobert I
639-657 658-673 673 673-675	Chlodovech II Chlotar III Theuderic III Childeric II
675-676 676 676-691 691-695 695-711	Theuderic III (restored) Chlodovech III Theuderic III (re-restored) Chlodovech IV Childebert III
711-721 721-737 737-743 743-751 751-768 768-771	Chilperich II Theuderic IV Interregnum Childeric III Pépin le Bref (the Short) Carloman
The Frankish kingdom is reunited 771 whereby Burgundy de facto cease to be a separate part kingdom. A new state that is also called Burgundy emerge when the kingdom of Provence is created after another inheritance division 855. Provence
855-863	Charles
Divided between Italy and Lotharingia 863

When the Frankish kingdom is dissolved at the end of the eight century, local leaders are proclaimed as kings in several smaller kingdoms. Two of them (Provence and the Juran kingdom) are also called Lower and Upper Burgundy or Cisjuran and Transjuran Burgundy. These two kingdoms united 933 and formed the kingdom of Burgundy, which is also called Arles after its capitol.

At the same time as the Burgundian kingdoms were created a Burgundian duchy emerged in West Francia (Francia) as well as a Burgundian county. When the county as a part of the kingdom of Burgundy united with Germany 1033 its count Renaud I refused to pay homage to Holy Roman Emperor. A consequence of this was that Renaud's fief thereafter was called the Free County of Burgundy, which in French is called Franche Comté.

Duchy of Burgundy Different Dynasties		Franche Comté Different Dynasties
884-921 921-923 923-943 938-943	Richard d'Autun Raoul d'Autun * Gilbert de Chalon	-900 900-921 921-936 923-952 952-956	Conrad Richard d'Autun Raoul d'Autun *
	Hugues d'Arles **		Hugues d'Arles Gilbert d'Arles
Houses of Capet & Ivrea		House of Narbonne
938-956 956-965 965-1002 1002-1017 1002-1015 1017-1032	Hugues II Otton Henri Robert II Otte-Guillaume Henri I	956-971 971-975 975-979 979-995	Liétaud I Albéric II Liétaud II Albéric III
		House of Ivrea
House of Capet-Burgundy		995-1027 1027-1057	Otte-Guillaume Renaud I
1032-1076 1076-1093 1093-1102 1102-1143 1143-1162 1162-1192 1192-1218 1218-1273 1273-1305 1305-1315 1315-1349 1349-1361 1361-1363	Robert I Hugues I Eudes I Hugues II Eudes II Hugues III Eudes III Hugues IV Robert II Hugues V Eudes IV Philippe I To France	1057-1087 1087-1097 1098-1125 1125-1127 1127-1148 1148-1185	Guillaume I Renaud II Guillaume II Guillaume III Renaud III Béatrice I
		House of Hohenstaufen
		1185-1189 1189-1200 1200-1231	Frédéric Barberousse Otton I Béatrice II
House of Valois-Burgundy		Different Dynasties M = Meran, Ch = Chalon, Ca = Capet, N = Nevers
1363 -1404 1404-1419 1419-1467 1467-1477 1477-1482 1482-	Philippe II (den djärve) Jean (den orädde) Philippe III (den gode) Charles (den djärve) Marie To France	1231-1234 1234-1248 1248-1278 1278-1303 1303-1315 1315-1329	Otton II Otton III Adélaïde Otton IV Robert Jeanne I	M M M Ch Ch Ch
The regents over the Burgundian lands after 1482 can be seen on this page.		1329-1347 1347-1361 1361-1382 1382-1384	Jeanne II Philippe I Marguerite Louis II	Ca Ca Ca N
		Franche Comté is united with the duchy of Burgundy in a personal union 1384-1482. Therafter is it a part of the house of Habsburg's Burgundian lands until 1678 when it is conquered by France.