Kingdom of Arles
| 933–15th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The Kingdom of Burgundy within Europe at the beginning of the 11th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Burgundy in the 12th–13th century: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Capital | Arles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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• 912–937 (first) | Rudolph II | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1410–1437 (last) | Sigismund | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | High Middle Ages | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
• Rudolph III pledged succession to King Henry II of Germany | May 1006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• Rudolph III died without issue; kingdom inherited by Emperor Conrad II | 6 September 1032 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• Emperor Charles IV detached the County of Savoy | 1361 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• Dauphin Charles made Imperial Vicar of Burgundy | 7 January 1378 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 15th century | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 April 1803 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Kingdom of Burgundy (Latin: Regnum Burgundiae), also known as the Kingdom of Arles (Latin: Regnum Arleatense), was a realm established in 933 by the unification of Lower Burgundy with the Upper Burgundy. As an independent kingdom, it was ruled by monarchs from the Elder House of Welf until 1032, when it was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire, becoming one of the empire's three constituent realms, together with the Kingdom of Germany and the Kingdom of Italy. By the 13th century it went through the process of feudal fragmentation, and since the 14th century the imperial rule over the kingdom became mainly nominal, weakening further during the 15th century.
Its territory stretched from the Mediterranean Sea in the south to the High Rhine in the north, and from the Western Alps in the east to the Rhône basin in the west, thus encompassing almost all of the historical Burgundian lands, and roughly corresponding to the present-day French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes and Franche-Comté, as well as the region of Romandy in western Switzerland.