Countesses of Burgundy - Mary I of England, Margaret of York, Joanna of Castile, List of Burgundian Consorts, Mariana of Austria (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Mary I of England, Margaret of York, Joanna of Castile, List of Burgundian consorts, Mariana of Austria, Isabella of Portugal, Anna of Austria, Elisabeth of France, Elisabeth of Valois, Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, Michelle of Valois, Margaret of Bavaria, Bonne of Artois, Mahaut, Countess of Artois, Adelaide of Anjou, Margaret, Countess of Blois, Agatha of Lorraine. Excerpt: This article lists Queens, Countesses, and Duchesses; the consorts of the Kingdom, County, Duchy of Burgundy. After Lothar's death in 855, his realm was divided between his sons. The Burgundian territories were divided between: 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. In 933, Provence ceases to be a separate kingdom as Hugh exchanged it with Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy for the Iron Crown of Lombardy, that is, rule of Italy. In 1032 the kingdom of Upper and Lower Burgundy was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire as a third kingdom, the Kingdom of Arles, with the King of Germany or Emperor as King of Burgundy. 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 Lothar II died in 869, his realm was divided between his uncles Charles the Bald and Louis the German in the Treaty of Mersen. When Emperor Charles the Fat, who until 884 ...