 859 - 912 (53 years)
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| Name |
Rudolf I of Burgundy |
| Suffix |
King of Burgundy |
| Birth |
859 |
Bourgogne, Marne, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Acceded |
888 |
| Name |
Rudolph I |
| Death |
25 Oct 912 |
Transjurane, Bourgogne, France |
| Notes |
- Acceded: 888
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07414
http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps05/ps05_166.htm
Rudolph founded, 888 A.D., the kingdom of Jurane Burgundy {Encycl. Brit., 1956 Ed., 4:406}. Wife is Willa or Gisele.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_I_of_Burgundy
«b»Rudolph I«/b», born 859, died «u»October 25 «/u», «u»912 «/u», King of (Upper or Transjurane) Burgundy from his election in 888 until his death.
Rudolph belonged to the «u»elder Welf «/u» family and was the son of «u»Conrad, Count of Auxerre «/u», from whom he inherited the lay abbacy of «u»St Maurice en Valais «/u», making him the most powerful magnate in Upper Burgundy - present-day western «u»Switzerland «/u» and the «u»Franche Comté «/u».
After the deposition and death of «u»Charles the Fat «/u», the nobles and leading clergy of Upper Burgundy met at St Maurice and elected Rudolph as king. Apparently on the basis of this election, Rudolph claimed the whole of «u»Lotharingia «/u», taking much of modern Lorraine and Alsace - but his claim was contested by «u»Arnulf of Carinthia «/u», the new king of East Francia or Germany, who rapidly forced Rudolph to abandon Lotharingia in return for recognition as king of Burgundy. However, hostilities between Rudolph and Arnulf seem to have continued intermittently until 894.
Rudolph's relationships with his other neighbours were friendlier. His sister Adelaide married «u»Richard the Justiciar, duke of Burgundy «/u» (the present day Burgundy, part of west Francia), and his daughters, another Adelaide, married «u»Louis the Blind «/u» of Provence (Lower Burgundy), and Willa, married «u»Boso of Tuscany «/u».
Rudolph was succeeded as king of Burgundy by his son, «u»Rudolph II «/u». Rudolf I's widow, «u»queen Guilla «/u», married in 912 «u»Hugh of Arles «/u».
This Rudolph is frequently confused with his nephew «u»Rudolph of France «/u», who was the second «u»duke of Burgundy «/u» and ninth «u»king of France «/u».
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| Person ID |
I5755 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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