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Under the Ancien Régime, the duke of Burgundy was the premier lay peer of the kingdom of France. Beginning with Robert II of France ( r. 996–1031 ), the title was held by the Capetians, the French royal family. In 1032 King Henry I of France granted the duchy to his younger brother, Robert, who founded the House of Burgundy.
- 5 January 1477 (fief), 22 March 1761 (courtesy title)
- Peerage of France
Under the Ancien Régime, the duke of Burgundy was the premier lay peer of the kingdom of France. Beginning with Robert II of France ( r. 996–1031 ), the title was held by the Capetians, the French royal family. In 1032 King Henry I of France granted the duchy to his younger brother, Robert, who founded the House of Burgundy.
The House of Burgundy ( / ˈbɜːrɡəndi /) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, descending from Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, a younger son of King Robert II of France. The House ruled the Duchy of Burgundy from 1032 to 1361 and achieved the recognized title of King of Portugal. The last member of the House was Philip of Rouvres, who ...
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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.
The House of Valois-Burgundy ( French: Maison de Valois-Bourgogne, Dutch: Huis van Valois-Bourgondië ), or the Younger House of Burgundy, was a noble French family deriving from the royal House of Valois. It is distinct from the Capetian House of Burgundy, descendants of King Robert II of France, though both houses stem from the Capetian dynasty.
- 6 September 1363
- House of Valois
This is a family tree of the Dukes of Burgundy, from the 9th century to 1482. When Charles died in an attempt to conquer Lorraine in 1477, both Louis XI, King of France, and Maximilian of Habsburg claimed the Burgundian inheritance. Eventually, the Duchy of Burgundy and Artois reverted to France, while the Low Countries and the Franche-Comté came under Habsburg rule. Despite the loss of the ...
The Duchy of Burgundy ( / ˈbɜːrɡəndi /; Latin: Ducatus Burgundiae; French: Duché de Bourgogne) emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians, which after its conquest in 532 had formed a constituent part of the Frankish Empire. Upon the 9th-century partitions, the French remnants of the ...
