Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duke of Burgundy
• Appointments / Titles: Duke of Franconia
• FSID: LDZ2-K7Q
• Alternate Birth: 555, Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Notes:

About Richemir, duke of the Burgundians & Franconians

Richemir, Duke of the Burgundians & Franconians. He was Patrician of the Burgundians, and Duke in Franconia and Burgundy. Said on unknown authority to have been a son of Betton d'Orléans, who was also duke in Franconia and Burgundy, and his wife Austregild.

The Burgundians were conquered by the Franks in 534. The Franks also recovered Provence from the Ostrogoths and re-attached it to Burgundy in 536. The Merovingian kings of the Franks kept Burgundy as a distinct entity under their personal rule.

Died after 605

Family/Spouse: of Bavaria, Saint Garitrudis. Garitrudis was born in 560 in Bayern, Germany; died in 649 in Douai, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried in 649 in Douai, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. of Burgundy, Bertrude was born in 582 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France; died in 618 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in 618 in Abbey of Saint-German-Des-Prés, Paris, Île-de-France, France.