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 Bechelaren Rüdiger, Count of Bechelaren She is a mythological queen mentioned in the Nibelungenlied as being married to Giselher. Giselher Brynhildr the Valkyrie King Budli She 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 Ricimer Rechila, Suevic King of Galicia ? ? ? 472 Gondioc Caretena ? ? ? ? 493 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. Chilperic II Ostrogotho of the Ostrogoths Theodoric the Great(Bosonid) 475 494 or 496 516husband's accession 520 Sigismund
Frankish Burgundy (534–855) Merovingian dynasty (534–751) Queen consort of Burgundy/Orléans, 561–613PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse Vénérande a slave ? ? ? ? ? Guntram Marcatrude Magnar (Magnacaire d’Outre-Jura) ? 565? 566? Austerchild ? ? 567 after 580 Faileube ? ? ? ? ? ? Childebert II Ermenberga of the Visigoths Witteric, King of the Visigoths ? 606 607repudiated ? Theuderic II United to Austrasia in 612 and passed Neustria in 613. Queen of Neustria, Paris, Burgundy and Austrasia, 613–629PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse Bertrude of Vermandois Wagon II, Count of Vermandois 582 ?613? 618/619 Chlothar II SichildeQueen of All the Franks. ? c. 590 618 18 October 629husband's death ap. 627 Queen of Neustria and Burgundy, 629–691PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse Gomentrude ? 598 628 629répudiée after 630 Dagobert I Nanthild the Saxon ? c. 610 c. 629 19 January 639husband's death 642 Ragintrudis ? 610? ? ? ? ? Wulfefundis ? ? ? ? ? ? Bertechildis ? ? ? ? ? ? Balthild Anglo-Saxon aristocrat 626 or 627 649 27 November 655 or 658husband's death 30 January 680 Clovis II Amatilda ? ? ? ? ? ? Chlothar III Bilichild of Austrasia Sigebert III of Austrasia 654 668 673invasion of Neustria and Burgundy 675 Childeric II Clotilda of Heristal Ansegisel 650 before 680 679Became Queen of All the Franks 699 Theuderic 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.
Carolingian dynasty (751–855) Frankish Queen consort of Burgundy, 751–843PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse Bertrada of Laon Charibert, Count of Laon 710/27 740 November 751as sole-Queen consort of the Franks 24 September 768husband's death 12 July 783 Pepin I Gerberga ? ? ? 24 September 768as co-Queen consort of the Franks 4 December 771husband's death ? Carloman I Gerperga of the Lombards Desiderius, King of the Lombards ? 770as co-Queen consort of the Franks 771repuditated ? Charles I Hildegard Gerold of Vinzgouw(Agilolfings) 758 771 as sole-Queen consort of the Franks 774 as Queen consort the Lombards781 as co-Queen consort the Lombards 30 April 783 Fastrada of Franconia Raoul III of Franconia 765 784 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) 776 794as sole-Queen consort of the Franks and co-Queen consort the Lombards 4 June 800 Ermengarde of Hesbaye Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye(Robertians) 778 794/5 813as Holy Roman Empress and Queen consort of the Franks 817as senior Holy Roman Empress 3 October 818 Louis I Judith of Bavaria Welf I, Count of Altdorf(Elder Welfs) 805 819as senior Holy Roman Empress and Queen consort of the Franks 20 June 840husband's death 19/23 April 843 After the Treaty of VerdunPictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse Ermengarde of Tours Hugh of Tours(Etichonids) 800/4 15 October 821 20 March 851 Lothair I After Lothar's death in 855, his realm was divided between his sons. The Burgundian territories were divided between:
Lothair II, who received the northern parts (Upper Burgundy). Charles, who received the southern parts including Provence, Lyon and Vienne. His realm was called the regnum provinciae (kingdom of Provence) or Lower Burgundy.
Lower Burgundy (855–863)
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 Parma Adelchis I, Count of Parma(Supponids) 830 5 October 851 24 January 863husband's accession 12 August 875husband's death 896-901 Louis II Richilde of Provence Bivin of Gorze, Count of the Ardennes(Bosonid) 845 870 12 August 875husband's ascession 6 October 877husband's death 2 June 910 Charles III Adelaide of Paris Adalard of Paris(Girardids) 850/853 February 875 6 October 877husband's accession 10 April 879 husband's death 10 November 901 Louis III
Bosonid dynasty (879–933) PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse Ermengard of Italy Louis II(Carolingian) 835/852/855 June 876 10 April 879husband's accession 11 January 887husband's death 22 June 896 Boso I Anna of Constantinople Leo VI the Wise(Macedonian) 888 around 900 912 Louis IV Adelaide Rudolph I(Elder Welf) - 914 28 June 928husband's death 943 Alda (or Hilda) ? ? after 924 5 June 928husband's accession before 932marriage annulled ? Hugh I Marozia of Tusculum, Senatrix and Patricia of Rome Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum(Tusculani) 890 932 December 932933 Provence ceases to be a separate kingdom. 932/937
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 Swabia Burchard II, Duke of Swabia(Hunfridings) 907 922 933husband's accession 11 July 937husband's death after 2 January 966 Rudolph I Adelane - 935/40 950s? 23 March 963/4 Conrad I Matilda of France Louis IV of France(Carolingian) 943 964 26/27 January 981/2 Aldiud - - after 981/2 19 October 993husband's death - Agaltrudis - - before 12 January 994 21 March 1008or18 February 1011 Rudolph II Ermengarde of Savoy Humbert I, Count of Savoy(Savoy) - 24 April/28 July 1011 6 September 1032husband's death 25/27 August 1057
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 Teutberga Boso the Elder(Bosonids) - 855 29 September 855as Queen of Lotharingia 8 August 869husband's death before 25 November 875 Lothair II Lothair II's empire divided between his uncles in the Treaty of Meerssen.(869-888) Ermentrude of Orléans Odo I, Count of Orléans(Orléans) - 855 8 August 869as Queen of West Franks 6 October 869 Charles the Bald Richilde of Provence Bivin of Gorze(Bosonids) - 870as Queen of West Franks, Queen of Italy, and Holy Roman Empress 6 October 877husband's death 2 June 910 Adelaide of Paris Adalard of Paris(Paris) - February 875 6 October 877as Queen of West Franks 10 April 879husband's death 10 November 901 Louis the Stammerer Emma of Altdorf Welf(Welf) - 827 8 August 869as Queen of East Franks 31 January 876 Louis the German Liutgard of Saxony Liudolf, Duke of Saxony(Liudolfing) 840/50 29 November 874 28 August 876as Queen of Saxony, Bavaria, and East Franks 20 January 882husband's death 17 November 885 Louis the Younger Richardis of Swabia Erchanger of Nordgau - 862 20 January 882as Holy Roman Empress, and Queen of East and West Franks 13 January 888husband's death 18 September 894/6 Charles the Fat
Welf dynasty (888–1032) PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse Guilla of Provence Boso of Provence(Bosonids) 873 885/888 888 husband's accession 25 October 911husband's death 912-924 Rudolph I Bertha of Swabia Burchard II, Duke of Swabia(Hunfridings) 907 922 11 July 937husband's death after 2 January 966 Rudolph II Adelane - 935/40 950s? 23 March 963/4 Conrad I Matilda of France Louis IV of France(Carolingian) 943 964 26/27 January 981/2 Aldiud - - after 981/2 19 October 993husband's death - Agaltrudis - - before 12 January 994 21 March 1008or18 February 1011 Rudolph II Ermengarde of Savoy Humbert I, Count of Savoy(Savoy) - 24 April/28 July 1011 6 September 1032husband's death 25/27 August 1057 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 Gisela of Swabia Herman II, Duke of Swabia(Conradines) 11 November 995 1016 6 September 1032husband's accession 26 March 1027 4 June 1039husband's death 14 February 1043 Conrad II Agnes de Poitou William V, Duke of Aquitaine(Ramnulfids) 1025 21 November 1043 25 December 1046 5 October 1056husband's death 14 December 1077 Henry III Bertha of Savoy Otto, Count of Savoy(Savoy) 21 September 1051 13 July 1066 21 March 1084 27 December 1087 Henry IV Eupraxia of Kiev Vsevolod I, Grand Prince of Kiev(Rurikids) 1071 14 August 1089 14 August 1089 31 December 1105husband's deposition 20 July 1109 Matilda of England Henry I of England(Normandy) 7 February 1101 7 January 1114 23 May 1125husband's death 10 September 1167 Henry V
Supplinburger dynasty (1125–1137)