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Tree: Burgundians
| Tree Name | Burgundians | |
| Description | The Burgundians were an East Germanic tribe that initially lived west of the Vistula river (in present-day Poland). They migrated westward and eventually settled in the Roman province of Germania Secunda along the Middle Rhine. In 406, they crossed the Rhine with other tribes and invaded Roman Gaul. They established a kingdom in the region that would later become known as Burgundy. The Burgundians were eventually conquered by the Franks in the 6th century and absorbed into Frankish society. The Kingdom of the Burgundians: Founded in the 5th century, by the Germanic Burgundian Tribe. Their kingdom initially included parts of present-day eastern France, western Switzerland, and northern Italy. They were known for their legal code, the Lex Burgundionum. The kingdom was eventually conquered by the Franks in the 6th century and became part of the Merovingian Frankish kingdom. Guntram, one of the sons of Clovis I, was the first Merovingian king to rule Burgundy as a distinct kingdom. He inherited the territory after his father's death and the subsequent division of the Frankish kingdom among his sons in 561. The Duchy of Burgundy: Was ruled by a cadet branch of the French royal family. The Duchy included territories in eastern France, the Low Countries, and parts of present-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The extinction of the Valois-Burgundian dynasty led to the absorption of the Duchy into the French crown lands. The Burgundian Netherlands, part of the larger Duchy, played a significant role in the Dutch Revolt and the Habsburg-Valois rivalry. The first documented king of the Burgundians was Gjúki (Gebicca), who lived in the late 4th century. However, this kingdom was established much earlier than the Kingdom of Burgundy that is often associated with the region and the dukes of the House of Valois. The more well-known Kingdom of Burgundy, also known as the Kingdom of Arles, had Rudolf I as its first king, crowned in 888. Amalgar and his wife: | |
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