List of Burgundian royal consorts explained

This article lists queens, countesses, and duchesses consort of the Kingdom, County, Duchy of Burgundy.

Queen consort of Burgundy

Queen consort of the Burgundians (till 534)

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Grimhild?She is a mythological queen mentioned in the Nibelungenlied who was a witch, who cast a spell on Sigurd making him leave his wife, Brynhildr, for Gudrun. Gebicca
Dietlind of BechelarenRüdiger, Count of BechelarenShe is a mythological queen mentioned in the Nibelungenlied as being married to Giselher. Giselher
Brynhildr the ValkyrieKing BudliShe is a mythological queen, a valkyrie, based on the stories of the Völsunga saga and some Eddic poems treating the same events. Under the name Brünnhilde she appears in the Nibelungenlied. Brynhildr is probably inspired by the Visigothic princess Brunhilda of Austrasia, who married Merovingian king Sigebert I in 567. The history of Brynhildr includes fratricide, a long battle between brothers, and dealings with the Huns.Gunther
Sister of RicimerRechila, Suevic King of Galicia???472Gondioc
Caretena????493
[1]
Chilperic II
Ostrogotha of the OstrogothsTheodoric the Great
(Bosonid)
475 494 or 496516
husband's accession
520Sigismund
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse

Frankish Burgundy (534–855)

Merovingian dynasty (534–751)

Queen consort of Burgundy/Orléans, 561–613
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Vénérandea slave?????Guntram
MarcatrudeMagnar (Magnacaire d’Outre-Jura)?565?566?
Austerchild?? 567after 580
Faileube??????Childebert II
Ermenberga of the VisigothsWitteric, King of the Visigoths?606607
repudiated
?Theuderic II
United to Austrasia in 612 and passed Neustria in 613.
Queen of Neustria, Paris, Burgundy and Austrasia, 613–629
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Bertrude of VermandoisWagon II, Count of Vermandois582?613?618/619Chlothar II
Sichilde
[2]
?c. 590 61818 October 629
husband's death
ap. 627
Queen of Neustria and Burgundy, 629–691
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Gomentrude
?598 628629
répudiée
after 630 Dagobert I
Nanthild the Saxon
?c. 610 c. 62919 January 639
husband's death
642
Ragintrudis
?610?????
Wulfefundis
??????
Bertechildis
??????
BalthildAnglo-Saxon aristocrat626 or 62764927 November 655 or 658
husband's death
30 January 680Clovis II
Amatilda
??????Chlothar III
Bilichild of Austrasia
Sigebert III of Austrasia654 668 673
invasion of Neustria and Burgundy
675Childeric II
Clotilda of Heristal
Ansegisel650before 680679
Became Queen of All the Franks
699Theuderic III
United with Austrasia to form a single Frankish state
Queen of Neustria, Burgundy, Aquitaine, and Austrasia
Edonne
Most likely this a fabricated name of the wife of Childebert III and mother of Dagobert III whose name is unknown.Childebert III
No Merovingian or Burgundian queens have been recorded beyond the obscure Edonne.
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse

Carolingian dynasty (751–855)

Frankish Queen consort of Burgundy, 751–843
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Bertrada of Laon
Charibert, Count of Laon710/27 740November 751
as sole-Queen consort of the Franks
24 September 768
husband's death
12 July 783Pepin I
Gerberga???24 September 768
as co-Queen consort of the Franks
4 December 771
husband's death
?Carloman I
Gerperga of the Lombards
Desiderius, King of the Lombards?770
as co-Queen consort of the Franks
771
repuditated
?Charles I
Hildegard
Gerold of Vinzgouw
(Agilolfings)
758771
as sole-Queen consort of the Franks
774
as Queen consort the Lombards
781
as co-Queen consort the Lombards
30 April 783
Fastrada of Franconia
Raoul III of Franconia765784
as sole-Queen consort of the Franks and co-Queen consort the Lombards
10 October 794
Luitgard of Sundgau
Luitfrid II, Count of Sundgau
(Etichonids)
776794
as sole-Queen consort of the Franks and co-Queen consort the Lombards
4 June 800
Ermengarde of Hesbaye
Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye
(Robertians)
778794/5 813
as Holy Roman Empress and Queen consort of the Franks 817
as senior Holy Roman Empress
3 October 818Louis I
Judith of Bavaria
Welf I, Count of Altdorf(Elder Welfs)805 819
as senior Holy Roman Empress and Queen consort of the Franks
20 June 840
husband's death
19/23 April 843
After the Treaty of Verdun
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Hugh of Tours
(Etichonids)
800/4 15 October 82120 March 851Lothair I
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
After Lothar's death in 855, his realm was divided between his sons. The Burgundian territories were divided between:

Lower Burgundy (855–863)

See main article: List of consorts of Provence. After the division of the Carolingian Empire by the Treaty of Verdun (843), the first of the fraternal rulers of the three kingdoms to die was Lothair I, who divided his middle kingdom in accordance with the custom of the Franks between his three sons. Out of this division came the Kingdom of Provence, given to Lothair's youngest son, Charles. A heritage of royal rule was thus inaugurated in Provence that, though it was often subsumed into one of its larger neighbouring kingdoms, it was just as often proclaiming its own sovereigns.

Carolingian dynasty (855–879)

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Engelberga of ParmaAdelchis I, Count of Parma
(Supponids)
8305 October 851 24 January 863
husband's accession
12 August 875
husband's death
896-901Louis II
Richilde of ProvenceBivin of Gorze, Count of the Ardennes
(Bosonid)
845870 12 August 875
husband's ascession
6 October 877
husband's death
2 June 910Charles III
Adelaide of ParisAdalard of Paris
(Girardids)
850/853 February 875 6 October 877
husband's accession
10 April 879
husband's death
10 November 901Louis III
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse

Bosonid dynasty (879–933)

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Ermengard of ItalyLouis II
(Carolingian)
835/852/855 June 876 10 April 879
husband's accession
11 January 887
husband's death
22 June 896Boso I
Anna of ConstantinopleLeo VI the Wise
(Macedonian)
888 around 900912Louis IV
AdelaideRudolph I
(Elder Welf)
-91428 June 928
husband's death
943
Alda (or Hilda)??after 9245 June 928
husband's accession
before 932
marriage annulled
?Hugh I
Marozia of Tusculum, Senatrix and Patricia of RomeTheophylact I, Count of Tusculum
(Tusculani)
890932December 932
933
Provence ceases to be a separate kingdom.
932/937
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse

In 933, Provence ceases to be a separate kingdom as Hugh exchanged it with Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy for the throne of Northern Italy.

Welf dynasty (888–1032)

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Bertha of SwabiaBurchard II, Duke of Swabia
(Hunfridings)
907 922933
husband's accession
11 July 937
husband's death
after 2 January 966Rudolph I
Adelane-935/40950s?23 March 963/4Conrad I
Matilda of FranceLouis IV of France
(Carolingian)
94396426/27 January 981/2
Aldiud--after 981/219 October 993
husband's death
-
Agaltrudis--before 12 January 994 21 March 1008
or
18 February 1011
Rudolph II
Ermengarde of SavoyHumbert I, Count of Savoy
(Savoy)
-24 April/28 July 1011 6 September 1032
husband's death
25/27 August 1057
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse

In 1032 the kingdom of Upper and Lower Burgundy was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire as a third kingdom, the Kingdom of Burgundy (later known as Kingdom of Arles), with the King of Germany or Emperor as King of Burgundy.

Upper Burgundy (855–1032)

Carolingian dynasty (855–888)

Lothair II subsumed his portion of Burgundy into the Kingdom of Lotharingia and at his brother Charles' death, gained some northern districts of the deceased's kingdom. When Lothair II died in 869, his realm was divided between his uncles Charles the Bald and Louis the German in the Treaty of Meerssen.

When Emperor Charles the Fat, who until 884 had reunited all Frankish kingdoms except for kingdom of Provence, died in 888, the nobles and leading clergy of Upper Burgundy assembled at St Maurice and elected Rudolph, count of Auxerre, from the Elder House of Welf, as king. At first, he tried to reunite the realm of Lothair II, but opposition by Arnulf of Carinthia forced him to focus on his Burgundian territory.

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
TeutbergaBoso the Elder
(Bosonids)
-855 29 September 855
as Queen of Lotharingia
8 August 869
husband's death
before 25 November 875Lothair II
Lothair II's empire divided between his uncles in the Treaty of Meerssen.
(869-888)
Ermentrude of OrléansOdo I, Count of Orléans
(Orléans)
-855 8 August 869
as Queen of West Franks
6 October 869Charles the Bald
Richilde of ProvenceBivin of Gorze
(Bosonids)
-870
as Queen of West Franks, Queen of Italy, and Holy Roman Empress
6 October 877
husband's death
2 June 910
Adelaide of ParisAdalard of Paris
(Paris)
-February 8756 October 877
as Queen of West Franks
10 April 879
husband's death
10 November 901Louis the Stammerer
Emma of AltdorfWelf
(Welf)
-8278 August 869
as Queen of East Franks
31 January 876Louis the German
Liutgard of SaxonyLiudolf, Duke of Saxony
(Liudolfing)
840/5029 November 87428 August 876
as Queen of Saxony, Bavaria, and East Franks
20 January 882
husband's death
17 November 885Louis the Younger
Richardis of SwabiaErchanger of Nordgau-86220 January 882
as Holy Roman Empress, and Queen of East and West Franks
13 January 888
husband's death
18 September 894/6Charles the Fat
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse

Welf dynasty (888–1032)

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Guilla of ProvenceBoso of Provence
(Bosonids)
873 885/888 888
husband's accession
25 October 911
husband's death
912-924Rudolph I
Bertha of SwabiaBurchard II, Duke of Swabia
(Hunfridings)
907 92211 July 937
husband's death
after 2 January 966Rudolph II
Adelane-935/40950s?23 March 963/4Conrad I
Matilda of FranceLouis IV of France
(Carolingian)
94396426/27 January 981/2
Aldiud--after 981/219 October 993
husband's death
-
Agaltrudis--before 12 January 994 21 March 1008
or
18 February 1011
Rudolph II
Ermengarde of SavoyHumbert I, Count of Savoy
(Savoy)
-24 April/28 July 1011 6 September 1032
husband's death
25/27 August 1057
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
In 1032 the kingdom of Upper and Lower Burgundy was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire as a third kingdom, the Kingdom of Burgundy (later known as the Kingdom of Arles), with the King of Germany or Emperor as King of Burgundy.

Holy Roman Empress, Queen consort of the Kingdom of Burgundy (1032–1378)

Salian dynasty (1032–1125)

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Herman II, Duke of Swabia
(Conradines)
11 November 995 1016 6 September 1032
husband's accession
26 March 1027 4 June 1039
husband's death
14 February 1043 Conrad II
William V, Duke of Aquitaine
(Ramnulfids)
1025 21 November 1043 25 December 1046 5 October 1056
husband's death
14 December 1077Henry III
Otto, Count of Savoy
(Savoy)
21 September 1051 13 July 1066 21 March 1084 27 December 1087 Henry IV
Vsevolod I, Grand Prince of Kiev
(Rurikids)
1071 14 August 1089 14 August 1089 31 December 1105
husband's deposition
20 July 1109
Henry I of England
(Normandy)
7 February 1101 7 January 1114 23 May 1125
husband's death
10 September 1167 Henry V
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse

Hohenstaufen dynasty (1138–1208)

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Gertrude of Sulzbach
Queen of the Romans in opposition
Berengar II, Count of Sulzbach
(Sulzbach)
1114 1136 7 March 1138
husband's accession
never Empress 14 April 1146Conrad III
Adelheid of Vohburg
Queen of the Romans
Diepold III, Margrave of Vohburg
(Vohburg)
1128 1147 4 March 1152
husband's accession
never Empress March 1153
marriage annulled
after 1187 Frederick I
Renaud III, Count of Burgundy
(Ivrea)
1148 9 June 1156 15 November 1184
Constance of SicilyRoger II of Sicily
(Hauteville)
2 November 1154 27 January 1186 10 June 1190
husband's accession
14 April 1191 28 September 1197
husband's death
27 November 1198 Henry VI
Irene Angelina
Queen of the Romans
Isaac II Angelos
(Angelos)
1177/1181 25 May 1197 6 March 1198
husband's accession
never Empress27 August 1208 Philip of Swabia
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse

Welf dynasty (1208–1215)

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Beatrice of SwabiaPhilip
(Hohenstaufen)
April/June 1198 23 July 1212 11 August 1212Otto IV
Marie of BrabantHenry I, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
1190 after 19 May 1214 5 July 1215
husband's deposition
9 March/14 June 1260
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse

Hohenstaufen dynasty (1212–1254)

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Constance of AragonAlfonso II of Aragón
(Barcelona)
1179 5 August 1209 9 December 1212
husband's accession
22 November 122023 June 1222Frederick II
John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem
(Brienne)
1212 9 November 1225 25 April 1228
John of England
(Plantagenet)
1214 15/20 July 1235 1 December 1241
<----> Bianca Lancia A child of Manfred I Lancia
(Aleramici - Lancia)
c. 1200 c. 1244?
Evidence for marriage is dubious
c. 1244
Margaret of BabenbergLeopold VI, Duke of Austria
(Babenberg)
1204 29 November 122523 March 1227never Empress 4 July 1235 husband dethroned;
12 February 1242 husband's death
29 October 1266 Henry (VII)
Elisabeth of BavariaOtto II, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
1227 1 September 1246 never Empress 21 May 1254
husband's death
9 October 1273Conrad IV
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse

House of Habsburg (1273–1291)

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Gertrude of Hohenberg
Queen of the Romans
Burchard V, Count of Hohenberg 1225 1245 29 September 1273 never Empress 16 February 1281 Rudolf I
Isabelle of Burgundy
Queen of the Romans
c. 1270 6 February 1284 never Empress 15 July 1291
husband's death
c. 1323
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse

House of Wittelsbach (1314–1347)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Beatrix of Świdnica
Queen of the Romans
1290 1308 20 October 1314
husband's election
never Empress 24 August 1322 Louis IV
Margaret, Countess of HainautWilliam of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut 1311 26 February 1324 January 1328 11 October 1347 23 June 1356
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse

House of Luxembourg (1346–1378)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Blanche of Valois
Queen of the Romans
1316 May 1329 11 July 1346
husband's election (in opposition)
never Empress 1 August 1348 Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Anne of Bavaria
Queen of the Romans
Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
26 September 1329 4 March 1349 17 June 1349
husband's election (without opposition)
never Empress 2 February 1353
c. 133927 May 13535 April 1355
coronation with husband
11 July 1362
1347 21 May 1363 1 November 1368
coronation
29 November 1378
husband's death
14 February 1393
Joanna of Bavaria
Queen of the Romans
Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
c. 136229 September 1370 10 June 1376 never Empress 31 December 1386 Wenceslaus, King of the Romans
Sophia of Bavaria
Queen of the Romans
John II, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
13762 May 1389 never Empress 20 August 1400
husband's deposition
26 September 1425
In 1378, Charles IV appointed the Dauphin of France as the permanent Imperial vicar of the Kingdom of Arles. The kingdom was only notional by then.
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse

Countess consort of Burgundy

House of Ivrea (995–1190)

Image Name Father Born Married Became
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse
Ermentrude of Roucy
Renaud of Roucy? 982 995
husband's accession
5 March 1002/1005Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou9471016 29 May 1026
Alice of NormandyRichard II, Duke of Normandy?1 September 1016 21 September 1026
husband's accession
7/27 July 1037Renaud I
Stephanie?1049/1057 3 September 1057
husband's accession
12 November 1087
husband's death
after 1088William I
Regina of OltingenCuno, Count of Oltingen??12 November 1087
husband's accession
1097
husband's death
after 1107Renaud II
Beatrice of LorraineGerard, Duke of Lorraine?1090 12 November 1087
husband's accession
18 May 1102
husband's death
1102/17 Stephen I
Agatha of LorraineSimon I, Duke of Lorraine1164/701130April 1147Renaud III
Image Name Father Born Married Became
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse

House of Ivrea (1279–1330)

Image Name Father Born Married Became
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse
Philippa of BarTheobald II, Count of Bar
(Montbelliard)
12701263/718 March 1279
husband's accession
1283/90Otto IV
Mahaut of ArtoisRobert II, Count of Artois
(Artois)
1270129126 March 1303
husband's death
27 November 1329
Image Name Father Born Married Became
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse

House of Capet (1361–1382)

None

House of Valois-Burgundy (1405–1482)

Image Name Father Born Married Became
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died SpouseArms
Margaret of Bavaria
[3]
Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
1363 12 April 138516/21 March 1405
husband's accession
10 September 1419
husband's death
23 January 1423John I
Michelle of Valois
Charles VI of France
(Valois)
11 January 1395June 1409 10 September 1419
husband's accession
8 July 1422Philip V
Bonne of Artois
Philip of Artois, Count of Eu
(Artois)
139630 November 142417 September 1425
Isabella of Portugal
John I of Portugal
(Aviz)
21 February 1397 7 January 143015 July 1467
husband's death
17 December 1471
Margaret of York
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
(Plantagenet)
3 May 14469 July 1468 5 January 1477
husband's death
23 November 1503Charles I
Image Name Father Born Married Became
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died SpouseArms

House of Habsburg (1482–1678)

Image Name Father Born Married Became
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died SpouseArms
Joanna of Castile
Ferdinand II of Aragon
(Trastámara)
6 November 147920 October 149625 September 1506
husband's death
12 April 1555 Philip VI
Isabella of Portugal
Manuel I of Portugal
(Aviz)
24 October 1503 11 March 15261 May 1539Charles I
Mary I of England
Henry VIII of England
(Tudor)
18 February 1516 25 July 1554 16 January 1556
husband's ascension
17 November 1558Philip VII
Elisabeth of Valois
Henry II of France
(Valois-Angoulême)
2 April 1545 22 June 1559 3 October 1568
Anna of Austria
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
1 November 1549 4 May 157026 October 1580
Elisabeth of Bourbon
Henry IV of France
(Bourbon)
22 November 1602 25 November 161531 March 1621
husband's ascension
6 October 1644Philip VIII
Mariana of Austria
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
24 December 1634 7 October 1649 17 September 1665
husband's death
16 May 1696
Image Name Father Born Married Became
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died SpouseArms

In 1678 the County of Burgundy was annexed by France as part of the Treaty of Nijmegen, and the title fell into abeyance.

Duchess consort of Burgundy

Independent Burgundy (880–1044)

Bosonid dynasty (880–956)

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.

Image Name Father Born Married Became
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse
Conrad II, Count of Auxerre
(Elder Welfs)
c. 849c. 8881 September 921
husband's death
c. 929Richard I
Robert I, King of the West Franks
(Robertians)
894 910/914/921 1 September 921
husband's accession
13 July 923
husband's abdication as Duke and accession as King of the Franks
2 November 934Rudolph I
Image Name Father Born Married Became
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse

Robertian dynasty (956–1004)

Image Name Father Born Married Became
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse
Richard I
(Bosonids)
?938 17 December 952
husband's accession
8 April 956
husband's death
?Gilbert
Gilbert?Easter 955 8 April 956
husband's accession
22 February 965
husband's death
?Otto
Unknown or Lambert I, Count of Chalon?973/511 December 986/991Odo-Henry
William II, Duke of Gascony?June 992996
divorce or death
?
Ermentrude de Roucy
Renaud de Roucy, Count of Rheims
(Ardennes-Metz)
958 982 15 October 1002
husband's accession
5 March 1002/1005Otto-William
Image Name Father Born Married Became
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse

Burgundy under the French (1044–1477)

House of Capet (1004–1032)

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.

House of Burgundy (1032–1361)

Robert, son of Robert II of France, received the Duchy as a peace settlement, having disputed the succession to the throne of France with his brother Henry.

Image Name Father Born Married Became
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse
Hélie of SemurDamásio, Seigneur d'Semur1015/6 10331046
repudiated
1056Robert I
Ermengarde of AnjouFulk III, Count of Anjou
(Angevins)
1018 1046/818 March 1076
Sibille of NeversWilliam I, Count of Nevers
(Nevers)
10581075 21 March 1076
husband's accession
1078Hugh I
Sybilla of BurgundyWilliam I, Free Count of Burgundy
(Ivrea)
10651079/801101/03Odo I
Felicia-Matilda of MayenneGauthier, Count of Mayenne1080 1115 1143
husband's death
1162/3Hugh II
Marie of ChampagneTheobald II, Count of Champagne11281145 27 September 1162
husband's death
7 August 1190Odo II
Alice of LorraineMatthias I, Duke of Lorraine
(Ardennes-Metz)
114511651183
repudiated
1200Hugh III
Béatrice of Albon and ViennoisGuigues V, Count of Albon and Dauphin of Viennois
(Albon)
1161118325 August 1192
husband's death
1228
Theresa of PortugalAfonso I of Portugal
(Burgundy)
1157 1193January 1195
repudiated
20 May 1218Odo III
Alice of VergyHugh, Lord of Vergy
(Vergy)
118211996 July 1218
husband's death
1252
Yolande of DreuxRobert III, Count of Dreux
(Dreux)
12121279 30 October 1248Hugh IV
Beatrice of NavarreTheobald I of Navarre
(Champagne)
1242November 1258 27 October 1271
husband's death
1295
Agnes of FranceLouis IX of France
(Direct Capetians)
1260 1229 21 March 1306
husband's death
19 December 1327Robert II
Joan III, Countess of BurgundyPhilip V of France
(Direct Capetians)
1/2 May 1308 18 June 131813 August 1347Eudes IV
Margaret III, Countess of Flanders
[4]
Louis II of Flanders
(Dampierre)
13 April 1350 14 May 1357 21 November 1361
husband's death
16/21 March 1405Philip I
Image Name Father Born Married Became
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse

House of Valois-Burgundy (1361–1477)

John II of France, the second Valois king, successfully claimed the Duchy after the death of Philip, the last Capet duke. John then passed the duchy to his younger son Philip as an apanage.

Image Name Father Born Married Became
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died SpouseArms
Margaret III of Flanders
[5] [6]
Louis II of Flanders
(Dampierre)
13 April 1350 19 June 136927 April 1404
husband's death
16/21 March 1405Philip II
Margaret of Bavaria
[7] [8] [9] [10]
Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
1363 12 April 138527 April 1404
husband's accession
10 September 1419
husband's death
23 January 1423John II
Michelle of Valois
Charles VI of France
(Valois)
11 January 1395June 1409 10 September 1419
husband's accession
8 July 1422Philip III
Bonne of Artois
Philip of Artois, Count of Eu
(Artois)
139630 November 142417 September 1425
Isabella of Portugal
[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
John I of Portugal
(Aviz)
21 February 1397 7 January 143015 July 1467
husband's death
17 December 1471
Margaret of York
[20] [21]
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(Plantagenet)
3 May 14469 July 1468 5 January 1477
husband's death
23 November 1503Charles I
Image Name Father Born Married Became
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died SpouseArms

Burgundy in pretension (1477–1477)

House of Habsburg (1482–1795)

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. in the name of the Imperial Circle it was grouped into), until the late 18th century, when the Austrian Netherlands were lost to French Republic. The Habsburgs also continued to claim Burgundy proper until the Treaty of Cambrai in 1529, when they surrendered their claim in exchange for French recognition of Imperial sovereignty over Flanders and Artois.

Image Name Father Born Married Became
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died SpouseArms
Joanna I of Castile
Ferdinand II of Aragon
(Trastámara)
6 November 147920 October 149625 September 1506
husband's death
12 April 1555 Philip III
Isabella of Portugal
Manuel I of Portugal
(Aviz)
24 October 1503 11 March 15261 May 1539Charles II
Mary I of England
Henry VIII of England
(Tudor)
18 February 1516 25 July 1554 16 January 1556
husband's ascension
17 November 1558Philip IV
Elisabeth of Valois
Henry II of France
(Valois-Angoulême)
2 April 1545 22 June 15593 October 1568
Anna of Austria
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
1 November 1549 4 May 157026 October 1580
Margaret of AustriaMaximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
25 December 1584 18 April 15993 October 1611Philip V
Elisabeth of Bourbon
Henry IV of France
(Bourbon)
22 November 1602 25 November 161531 March 1621
husband's ascension
6 October 1644Philip VI
Mariana of Austria
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
24 December 1634 7 October 1649 17 September 1665
husband's death
16 May 1696
Marie Louise of Orléans
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
(Orléans)
26 March 1662 19 November 167912 February 1689Charles III
Maria Anna of Neuburg
Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
(Wittelsbach)
28 October 166714 May 16901 November 1700
husband's death
16 July 1740
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-WolfenbüttelLouis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Welf)
28 August 16911 August 170811 April 1713
husband's ascension
20 October 1740
husband's death
21 December 1750Charles IV
Francis III of Lorraine
[22]
Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
(Lorraine)
8 December 1708 12 February 1736 20 October 1740
wife's accession
18 August 1765 Maria Theresa
Maria Luisa of SpainCharles III of Spain
(Bourbon)
24 November 17455 August 176520 February 1790
husband's accession
1 March 1792
husband's death
15 May 1792Leopold
Maria Theresa of Naples and SicilyFerdinand I of the Two Sicilies
(Bourbon-Two Sicilies)
6 June 1772 15 September 1790 1 March 1792
husband's ascession
179413 April 1807Francis II
Image Name Father Born Married Became
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died SpouseArms

Notes and References

  1. According to Gregory of Tours, Chilperic II was slain by Gundobad, his wife drowned, and of his two daughters, Chrona took the veil and Clotilde was exiled. This account, however, seems to have been a later invention, since an epitaph discovered at Lyons speaks of a Burgundian queen who died in 506. This was most probably the mother of Clotilde.
  2. [Queen of All the Franks]
  3. Also Duchess consort of Burgundy.
  4. 1st time.
  5. Also Countess consort of Charolais.
  6. 2nd time.
  7. Also Countess Palatine of Burgundy.
  8. Also Countess consort of Artois.
  9. Also Countess consort of Nevers.
  10. Also Countess consort of Flanders.
  11. Also Margravine consort of Namur.
  12. Also Duchess consort of Brabant.
  13. Also Duchess consort of Lothier.
  14. Also Duchess consort of Limburg.
  15. Also Countess consort of Hainault.
  16. Also Countess consort of Holland.
  17. Also Countess consort of Zeeland.
  18. Also Duchess consort of Luxembourg.
  19. Also semi-officially Grand Duchess consort of the West.
  20. Also Duchess consort of Guelders.
  21. Also Countess consort of Zutphen.<
  22. [Jure uxoris|Duke and Count by marriage]