Kingdom of Arles
The Kingdom of Burgundy, known from the 12th century: 140 as the Kingdom of Arles, also referred to in various context as Arelat, the Kingdom of Arles and Vienne, or Kingdom of Burgundy-Provence, was a realm established in 933 by the merger of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Burgundy under King Rudolf II. It was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire in 1033 and from then on was one of the empire's three constituent realms, together with the Kingdom of Germany and the Kingdom of Italy. By the mid-13th century at the latest, however, it had lost its concrete political relevance.: 35
| 933–1378 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Kingdom of Burgundy within Europe at the beginning of the 11th century | |||||||||||||||||
Burgundy in the 12–13th century: | |||||||||||||||||
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| Capital | Arles | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||
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• 912–937 (first) | Rudolph II | ||||||||||||||||
• 1346–1378 (last) | Charles IV | ||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | High Middle Ages | ||||||||||||||||
• Union of Upper and Lower kingdoms | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1361 | |||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1378 | ||||||||||||||||
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Its territory stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the High Rhine River in the north, roughly corresponding to the present-day French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes and Franche-Comté, as well as western Switzerland. Until 1032 it was ruled by independent kings of the Elder House of Welf.