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The 'Duchy of Burgundy', today Bourgogne, has its origin in the small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Saône which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Bald's kingdom of West Franks.
As it was known as their kingdom of Burgundy to France, the name Burgundy was attached over centuries to this border region, as most lands of the Burgundians lost central power and disintegrated into principalities known by other names. The Western kings appointed governors to this province with the title of Duke, and eventually the ducal position became hereditary.

Contents

List of Dukes of Burgundy

House of Valois

House of Valois-Burgundy

House of Habsburg

House of Habsburg-Spain

House of Habsburg

Other claimants

See also

Further reading

List of Dukes of Burgundy

===Bosonid dynasty===
The first margrave (''marchio''), later duke (''dux''), of Burgundy was Richard of the House of Ardennes, whose duchy was created from the merging of several regional counties of the kingdom of Provence which had belonged to his brother Boso.
His descendants and their relatives by marriage ruled the duchy until its annexation over a century later by the French crown, their suzerain.

★ Richard ''the Justiciar'' (880–921)

★ Rudolph (921–923), then King of France

★ Hugh ''the Black'' (923–952)

★ Gilbert (952–956)
===Robertian dynasty===

★ Odo (956–965)

★ Otto I Henry ''the Great'' (965–1002)

★ Otto II William (1002–1004)
===House of Capet===

In 1004, Burgundy was annexed by the king, of the House of Capet. Otto II William continued to rule what would come to be called the Free County of Burgundy. His descendants formed another House of Ivrea.

★ Robert (1004–1016) (also king of France as 'Robert II')

★ Henry (1016–1032) (also king of France as 'Henry I')
===House of Burgundy===
The House of Burgundy was a cadet branch of the House of Capet descended from Henry I's younger brother Robert. Most of the dukes of the family bore the names Henry and Eudes, which is sometimes spelled Odo.

★ Robert I (1032–1076)

★ Hugh I (1076–1079)

★ Eudes I the Red (1079–1103)

★ Hugh II (1103–1143)

★ Eudes II (1143–1162)

★ Hugh III (1162–1192)

★ Eudes III (1192–1218)

★ Hugh IV (1218–1271)

★ Robert II (1272–1306)

★ Hugh V (1306–1315)

★ Eudes IV (1315–1349)

★ Philip I of Rouvre (1349–1361)

House of Valois

The last of the direct descendants of Robert I left the duchy to his heir by proximity of blood, the French king, John the Good, of the House of Valois.

★ John I the Good (1361–1363)

House of Valois-Burgundy

★ Philip II the Bold (1363–1404)

★ John II the Fearless (1404–1419)

★ Philip III the Good (1419–1467)

★ Charles I the Bold (1467–1477)

★ Mary I the Rich (1477–1482)

House of Habsburg

In 1477, the territory of the Duchy of Burgundy was annexed by France. In the same year, Mary married Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, giving the Habsburgs control of the remainder of the Burgundian Inheritance.
Although the territory of the Duchy of Burgundy itself remained in the hands of France, the Habsburgs remained in control of the title of Duke of Burgundy and the other parts of the Burgundian inheritance, notably the Low Countries and the Free County of Burgundy in the Holy Roman Empire. They often used the term Burgundy to refer to it, e.g. the Burgundian Circle, until the late 18th century, when the Austrian Netherlands were lost to French Republic.

★ Maximilian I (1477–1482 with his wife; regent 1482–1494)

★ Philip IV the Handsome (German: ''Philipp der Schöne''; French: ''Philippe le Beau''), titular 'Duke of Burgundy' as 'Philip IV' (1482–1506)

★ Charles II (Emperor Charles V and King Charles I of Spain) 1506–1555

House of Habsburg-Spain

★ Philip V (King Philip II of Spain) 1555–1598

★ Philip VI (King Philip III of Spain) 1598–1621

★ Philip VII (King Philip IV of Spain) 1621–1665

★ Charles III (King Charles II of Spain) 1665–1700

House of Habsburg

★ Charles IV (Emperor Charles VI) 1713–1740

★ Maria Theresa 1740–1780

★ Joseph (Emperor Joseph II) 1780–1790

★ Leopold (Emperor Leopold II) 1790–1792

★ Francis (Emperor Francis II) 1792–1795

Other claimants

The title was shortly claimed by king Philip V of Spain (Philip VIII) of the House of Bourbon between 1700–1706 when the succession of the Spanish throne was disputed between the Houses of Habsburg and Bourbon.
At the same time, various members of the French royal family, most notably Louis, Dauphin of France, the father of Louis XV of France, also used the title.

See also

★ Burgundy

★ Kingdom of Burgundy

★ King of Burgundy

★ Duchy of Burgundy

★ Duke of Burgundy

★ County of Burgundy

★ Count of Burgundy

★ Dukes of Burgundy family tree

Further reading

★ Calmette, Joseph. Doreen Weightman, trans. ''The Golden Age of Burgundy; the Magnificent Dukes and Their Courts''. New York: W.W. Norton, 1962.

★ Chaumé, Maurice. ''Les Origines du Duché de Bourgogne''. 2v. in 4 parts. Dijon: Jobard, 1925 (Darmstadt: npub, 1977).

★ . ''Armies of Medieval Burgundy 1364–1477''. London: Osprey, 1983. ISBN 0-85045-518-9.

★ Vaughan, Richard. ''Valois Burgundy''. London: Allen Lane, 1975. ISBN 0713909242.