Upper Burgundy

Upper Burgundy

Upper Burgundy (also Transjurane Burgundy " _fr. Bourgogne transjurane", also Transjurania) is the part of Burgundy west of the Jura mountains.

It was a dukedom of the Carolingian Empire, ruled by Hugbert, son of Boso of Arles, from 859 ruled by margraves under Louis the German.

It was reunited with the kingdom of Lower Burgundy in 937 (see Kingdom of Burgundy), and merged into the Kingdom of Arles in 1032.

Its area corresponds largely to western Switzerland (the parts west of the Brünig-Napf-Reuss line), including the Romandy, the cantons of Berne, Aargau and Valais, as well as adjacent parts of French "départements" Haute-Savoie and Ain.

*Lothar II, 855–869

Lothar subsumed his portion of Burgundy into the Kingdom of Lotharingia and at his brother Charles' death, gained some northern districts of the deceased's kingdom. When Lothar II died in 869, his realm was divided between his uncles Charles the Bald and Louis the German in the Treaty of Mersen.

When Emperor Charles the Fat, who until 884 had reunited all Frankish kingdoms except for kingdom of Provence, died in 888, the nobles and leading clergy of Upper Burgundy assembled at St Maurice and elected Rudolph, count of Auxerre, from the Elder Welf family, as king. At first, he tried to reunite the realm of Lothar II, but opposition by Arnulf of Carinthia forced him to focus on his Burgundian territory.

*Rudolf I (888–912)
*Rudolf II (912–937)

In 933 Rudolph ceded his claims to the kingdom of Italy to Hugh of Arles and in return gained the kingdom of Provence, thus reuniting the two territories.

*Conrad I (937–993)
* [Rudolph ceded his claims to the kingdom of Italy to Hugh of Arles and in return gained the kingdom of Provence, thus reuniting the two territories."

*Conrad I (937–993)
*Rudolph III (993–1032)

In 1032 the kingdom of Burgundy was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire as a third kingdom, the Kingdom of Arles, with the King of Germany or Emperor as King of Burgundy.

ee also

*Burgundy
*Lower Burgundy
*Kings of Burgundy


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