List of counts of Burgundy explained

This is a list of the counts of Burgundy, i.e., of the region known as Franche-Comté, not to be confused with the Duchy of Burgundy, from 982 to 1678.

House of Ivrea (982–1190)

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Otto William96221 September 1026982
to
21 September 1026
Reginald I9863 September 105721 September 1026
to
3 September 1057		his son
William I the Great102012 November 10873 September 1057
to
12 November 1087		his son
Reginald II1061109712 November 1087
to
1097		his son
William II the German10751 March 11271097
to
January 1125		his son
William III the Child11101 March 1127January 1125
to
1 March 1127		his son
Stephen I the Rash106527 May 11021097
to
27 May 1102		his great-uncle
Reginald III109322 January 114827 May 1102
to
22 January 1148		his son
Beatrice I114315 November 118422 January 1148
to
15 November 1184
Under regency of William III of Mâcon's till 1156		his daughter
Frederick Barbarossa112210 June 11909 June 1156
to
10 June 1190		her husband and co-ruler; afterwards sole-ruler

House of Hohenstaufen (1190–1231)

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Otto IJune/July 117013 January 120010 June 1190
to
13 January 1200		their son
Joan I1191120513 January 1200
to
1205		his daughter
Beatrice II11927 May 12311205
to
7 May 1231		her sister
Otto II11807 May 123421 June 1208
to
7 May 1231		her husband and co-ruler

House of Andechs (1231–1279)

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Otto III122619 June 12487 May 1231
to
19 June 1248		their son
Adelaide12098 March 127919 June 1248
to
8 March 1279		his sister
Hugh122012 November 126619 June 1248
to
12 November 1266		her first husband and co-ruler
Philip I120716 August 128511 June 1267
to
8 March 1279		her second husband and co-ruler

House of Ivrea (1279–1330)

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Otto IV124826 March 13038 March 1279
to
26 March 1303		Adelaide's son by Hugh
Joan II129121 January 133026 March 1303
to
21 January 1330		his daughter
Philip II the Tall12933 January 132221 January 1307
to
3 January 1322		her husband and co-ruler

House of Capet (1330–1347)

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Joan III2 May 130815 August 134721 January 1330
to
15 August 1347		their daughter
Odo12953 April 1349her husband and co-ruler

House of Burgundy (1347–1361)

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Philip III of Rouvres134621 November 136115 August 1347
to
21 November 1361		their grandson

House of Capet (1361–1382)

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Margaret I13109 May 13821 November 1361
to
9 May 1382		his great-aunt, and, Joan III's sister

House of Dampierre (1382–1404)

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Louis I of Mâle25 October 133030 January 13849 May 1382
to
30 January 1384		her son
Margaret II of Dampierre13 April 135016/21 March 140530 January 1384
to
16/21 March 1405		his daughter

House of Valois-Burgundy (1405–1482)

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Philip IV the Bold15 January 134227 April 140430 January 1384
to
27 April 1404		her second husband and co-ruler
John the Fearless28 May 137110 September 141916/21 March 1405
to
10 September 1419		their son
Philip V the Good31 July 139615 June 146710 September 1419
to
15 June 1467		his son
Charles I the Bold10 November 14335 January 147715 June 1467
to
5 January 1477		his son
Mary the Rich13 February 145727 March 14825 January 1477
to
27 March 1482		his daughter
Maximilian22 March 145912 January 1519her husband and co-ruler

House of Habsburg (1482–1678)

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Philip VI
the Handsome		22 July 147825 September 150627 March 1482
to
25 September 1506		their son
Charles II24 February 150021 September 155825 September 1506
to
16 January 1556		his son
Philip VII21 May 152713 September 159816 January 1556
to
13 September 1598		his son
Isabella Clara Eugenia12 August 15661 December 16336 May 1598
to
13 July 1621		his daughter
Albert15 November 155913 July 1621his son-in-law
Philip VIII[1] 8 April 160517 September 166531 July 1621
to
17 September 1665		their nephew
Charles III6 November 16611 November 170017 September 1665
to
19 September 1678/1700		his son
In 1678 the County of Burgundy was annexed by France as part of the Treaty of Nijmegen.

House of Bourbon, claimants to the title (1700–1713)

See also: House of Bourbon.

House of Habsburg (1713–present)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Philip II (VII) renounced these territories and their titles, but kept for himself and his descendants the title of Duke of Burgundy as sovereigns of the Order of the Golden Fleece https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYQ6AAAAcAAJ&pg=RA2-PA240. So Philip VIII was Philip III of Spain

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