von Hochburgund, Rudolph I

859 - 912  (53 years)

• Name	von Hochburgund, Rudolph  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  		Map of Burgundy Upper and Lower
  		Map of Burgundy
  Suffix	I
  Birth	859	Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France   [1, 2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Appointments / Titles	Between 888 and 912  [2]
  	King of Haute-Bourgogne
  House	Welf
  FSID	LYX6-GC4  [1, 2]
  Death	25 Oct 912	Bourgogne, France   [1, 2, 4]
  Burial	30 Oct 912	Bourgogne, France   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I34297	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	de Bourgogne, Conrad II,   b. 845, Bourgogne, France d. 876, Bourgogne, France (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	d'Orleans, Waldrada,   b. 801, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France d. 880, France (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F13504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	de Provence, Guilla,   b. 873, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 14 Feb 929, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	888	France
  Children	1. von Hochburgund, King Rudolph II,   b. 11 Jul 880, Bourgogne, France d. 11 Jul 937, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France (Age 57 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F13498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 859 - Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France Death - 25 Oct 912 - Bourgogne, France Burial - 30 Oct 912 - Bourgogne, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Rudolph I (859-October 25, 912) was King of Upper Burgundy from his election in 888 until his death. Rudolph belonged to the elder Welf family and was the son of Conrad, Count of Auxerre and Waldrada of Worms. From his father he inherited the lay abbacy of St Maurice en Valais, making him the most powerful magnate in Upper Burgundy - present-day western Switzerland and the Franche-Comté. After the deposition and death of Charles the Fat, the nobles and leading clergy of Upper Burgundy met at St Maurice and elected Rudolph as king. Apparently on the basis of this election, Rudolph claimed the whole of Lotharingia, taking much of modern Lorraine and Alsace - but his claim was contested by Arnulf of Carinthia, the new king of East Francia or Germany, who rapidly forced Rudolph to abandon Lotharingia in return for recognition as king of Burgundy. However, hostilities between Rudolph and Arnulf seem to have continued intermittently until 894. Rudolph's relationships with his other neighbours were friendlier. His sister Adelaide married Richard the Justiciar, duke of Burgundy (the present day Burgundy, part of west Francia). His daughter another Adelaide married Louis the Blind of Provence (Lower Burgundy), and his daughter Willa married Boso of Tuscany. Rudolph was succeeded as king of Burgundy by his son, Rudolph II. Rudolf I's widow, queen Guilla, married in 912 Hugh of Arles. This Rudolph is frequently confused with his nephew Rudolph of France, who was the second duke of Burgundy and ninth king of France.

  
  

• Sources

  [S789] WORLD: Family Search, Family Tree. https://www.familysearch.org/search/tree/name [S788] WORLD: Wikipedia. https://www.wikipedia.org/ [S844] WORLD: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. http://fmg.ac/ [S828] WORLD: The Peerage. https://thepeerage.com