Europe · The early medieval west
Upper Burgundy
drawn on the map AD 887–921, 926–959
Established in 888 by Rudolph I of the Elder House of Welf amid Carolingian disintegration, centred on lands between the Jura and Alps (much of modern western Switzerland and the Franche-Comté). Rudolph I (888–912); Rudolph II (912–937).
- Shown on the map
- AD 887–921, 926–959 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 46k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
Established in 888 by Rudolph I of the Elder House of Welf amid Carolingian disintegration, centred on lands between the Jura and Alps (much of modern western Switzerland and the Franche-Comté). Rudolph I (888–912); Rudolph II (912–937).
Common questions
- What was Upper Burgundy?
- Established in 888 by Rudolph I of the Elder House of Welf amid Carolingian disintegration, centred on lands between the Jura and Alps (much of modern western Switzerland and the Franche-Comté). Rudolph I (888–912); Rudolph II (912–937).
- When is Upper Burgundy shown on the map?
- The border data draws Upper Burgundy AD 887–921, 926–959, in 2 separate periods. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was Upper Burgundy?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Upper Burgundy covered about 46,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica and specialist snippets, and flags entries built on unreliable foundations — the 911 treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte known only from Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and Arnaud Amalric's alleged order at Béziers attested only decades after the fact. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Upper Burgundy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Burgundy
This entry was last updated .
This entry was researched and drafted with AI from the sources above, and has not been reviewed by a historian. How entries are made
Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0: reuse it with a credit to The World Through Time and a link to this page. Passages drawing on the Wikipedia articles listed above are also licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 by their contributors.
Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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