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Kingdom of Arles. The Kingdom of Burgundy, known from the 12th century [1]: 140 as the Kingdom of Arles, also referred to in various context as Arelat, the Kingdom of Arles and Vienne, or Kingdom of Burgundy-Provence, [2] was a realm established in 933 by the merger of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Burgundy under King Rudolf II.
Hugh (c. 880–947), known as Hugh of Arles or Hugh of Provence, was the king of Italy from 926 until his death. He belonged to the Bosonid family. During his reign, he empowered his relatives at the expense of the aristocracy and tried to establish a relationship with the Byzantine Empire. He had success in defending the realm from external ...
Born c. 986 Constance was the daughter of William I, Count of Provence and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, daughter of Fulk II of Anjou. [1] She was the sister of Count William II of Provence. Constance was married to King Robert, after his divorce from his second wife, Bertha of Burgundy. [2] The marriage was stormy; Bertha's family opposed her ...
During what has become known as the Battle of Arles (471), near Arelate, presently Arles, Euric defeated a Roman army, killing three Roman counts and Anthemiolus, son of the Roman emperor Anthemius. Previous Visigothic kings had officially ruled only as legates of the Roman emperor but Euric was the first to declare his complete independence ...
The Kingdom of Upper Burgundy was a Frankish dominion established in 888 by the Welf king Rudolph I of Burgundy within the territory of former Middle Francia.It grew out of the Carolingian margraviate of Transjurane Burgundy (Transjurania, French: Bourgogne transjurane) southeast of (Latin: trans in the sense of 'beyond') the Jura Mountains together with the adjacent County of Burgundy ...
Carolingian kings. Pippin the Younger, 751–768. Carloman, 768–771. Charlemagne, 771–814. Louis the Pious, 814–840. Lothair I, 840–855, king under his father after 817. The sons of Louis the Pious divided the Frankish kingdom in the treaty of Verdun in 843. Burgundy was divided between the brothers. Charles the Bald received the ...
Hugh of Arles was the first known count of Vienne from sometime before 905 until 926, when he was in Italy claiming the Iron Crown of Lombardy. In his absence, Louis the Blind , king of Provence , transferred Vienne to his own son, Charles-Constantine .
Charles of Provence (855–863) On his death, Provence was divided between his surviving brothers, Lothair II and the Emperor Louis II. The bulk went to Louis. Louis II (863–875), also Holy Roman Emperor from 855 On his death, as with his Kingdom of Italy, Louis's Provence went to his uncle Charles the Bald . Charles the Bald (875–877 ...