Kingdom of the Burgundians
Kingdom of the Burgundians Regnum Burgundionum ( Latin)[1] | |||||||||
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 The First Kingdom of the Burgundians, after the settlement in Eastern Gaul from 443 | |||||||||
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The Kingdom of the Burgundians (
Latin: Primum Regnum Burgundiae) was established by Germanic Burgundians in the Rhineland and then in eastern Gaul
in the 5th century.
History
Background
The Burgundians, a Germanic tribe, may have migrated from the Scandinavian island of Bornholm to the Vistula basin in the 3rd century AD. However, the first documented King of the Burgundians, Gjúki (Gebicca), lived in the late 4th century east of the Rhine.
In 406 the
Germania Secunda along the Middle Rhine
.
Kingdom
In 411 AD, the Burgundian king
Emperor Honorius later officially "granted" them the land. The Burgundians established their capital at Borbetomagus. Olympiodorus of Thebes also mentions a Guntiarios who was called "commander of the Burgundians" in the context of the 411 usurping of Germania Secunda by Jovinus.[2]
Despite their new status as foederati, Burgundian raids into Roman upper
Hun mercenaries who overwhelmed the kingdom in 437. Gunther was killed in the fighting, reportedly along with the majority of the Burgundians.[3] The campaign was the origin of the mediæval Nibelungenlied
poem.
Gunther was succeeded as king by
Rhone river brought them into conflict with the Visigothic Kingdom in the south. In 451, Gunderic joined forces with Aetius against Attila, leader of the Huns, in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
.
When Gunderic died in 473, his kingdom was divided among his four sons: Gundobad (473–516 in Lyon, king of all of Burgundy from 480), Chilperic II (473–493 in Valence), Gundomar/Godomar (473–486 in Vienne) and Godegisel (473–500, in Vienne and Geneva).
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476, King
Ancient Germanic law code. Later, when Rome was no longer able to afford protection to the inhabitants of Gaul, the Sequani became merged in the newly formed Kingdom of Burgundy.[4]
According to
Godomar was killed and Burgundy incorporated into the Frankish kingdom
in 534.
List of kings
- Gebicca(late 4th century – c. 407)
- Gundomar I(c. 407 – 411), son of Gebicca
- Giselher (c. 407 – 411), son of Gebicca
- Gunther(c. 407 – 436), son of Gebicca
Upper Rhône Basin).
- Gunderic/Gundioc(436–473) opposed by
- Chilperic I, brother of Gundioc (443–c. 480)
- division of the kingdom among the four sons of Gundioc:
- Gundobad (473–516 in Lyon, king of all of Burgundy from 480),
- Chilperic II (473–493 in Valence)
- Gundomar/Godomar (473–486 in Vienne)
- Godegisel (473–500, in Vienne and Geneva)
- Sigismund, son of Gundobad (516–524)
- Godomar II or Gundimar, son of Gundobad (524–532)
References
- ^ Hallam, Henry (1871). View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam, Incorporating in the Text Authorʼs Latest Researches, with Addidions from Recent Writers, and Adapted to the Use of Students. J. Murray. p. 63.
- ^ Prosper, a. 386
- ^ Prosper; Chronica Gallica 452; Hydatius; and Sidonius Apollinaris.
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
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