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Upper and Lower Burgundy, about 900. A member of the Elder House of Welf, Rudolph was the son of the Upper Burgundian king Rudolph I and Guilla of Provence. [2] Following his ascent to the throne in 912, Rudolph II entered into a border conflict with the neighbouring dukes of Swabia and campaigned the Thurgau and Zürich estates.
King Frederick II then conferred the title of the rector of Burgundy on his young son Henry, to keep the Zähringer heirs from the regal powers associated with that title. This appointment was of only momentary importance, and after Henry had been elected king of Germany in April 1220, the title disappeared for good.
The Kingdom of Burgundy, known from the 12th century [1]: 140 as the Kingdom of Arles, [a] [2] was a realm established in 933 by the merger of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Burgundy under King Rudolf II.
Rudolph was succeeded as king of Burgundy by his son, Rudolph II. [1] Rudolph I's widow, queen Guilla, married Hugh of Arles in 912. This Rudolph is frequently confused with his nephew Rudolph of France, who was the second duke of Burgundy and ninth king of France.
Chlothar II defeated Brunhilda and her great-grandson, Sigibert II, reunifying the kingdom. By that time the realms of Neustria , Burgundy and Austrasia had developed regional identities. In order to appease the local nobility, Austrasia was usually ruled by separate king, often a son or brother of the king ruling in Neustria and Burgundy.
In 877 Boso of Provence, brother-in-law of Charles the Bald, crowned himself as the king of Burgundy and Provence. His son Louis the Blind was king of Provence from 890 and Emperor between 901 and 905. Rudolph II of Burgundy established the Kingdom of Burgundy in 933.
Meanwhile, Boso's child son Louis, later known as Louis the Blind, became king of Lower Burgundy in Valence in 890. [1]: 139 In 933, Rudolph's son and heir Rudolph II acquired Lower Burgundy and merged the two kingdoms into a single Kingdom of Burgundy.
Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy (French, Raoul; also referred to as Ralph), Duke of Burgundy from 921 and King of West Francia from 923 to 936; Rudolph I, King of Burgundy, elected in 888 after the death of Charles the Fat. He died in 912; Rudolph II, King of Burgundy, son of Rudolph I, and ruled (Upper) Burgundy from 912 to 937; also king of ...