General Notes

eva p 85 "In the Middle Ages, the name "Burgundy" applied to theBurgundi
an kingdom, also called the kingdom of Arles, formed out of two Carolingi
an successor states after the division of the empire in 843.  The term al
so applied to a duchy and a county, later known as Franche-Comte, occupyi
ng the eastern frontiers of France.
The Burgundii, originally a Scandinavian people, migrated into the Ro
man Empire in the early fifth century, settling in the valleys of Sarne a
nd Rhone Rivers in southeastern France.  The region was Christianized by t
he Romans in the sixth century, and in 534, was conquered by the Merovingi
an Franks and absorbed into the Frankish empire.  In the eighth century, t
he kingdom was conquered by CHARLES MARTEL, and became part of the Carolin
gian Empire.  When the empire was partitioned in 843, the Burgundian lan
ds were divided, so that the areas west of the Sarne went to CHARLES the B
ald of France, while Charles's half-brother, Emperor LOTHAIR, retained wh
at would become the kingdom of Burgundy between the Sarne and the Jura.
Lothair left those territories to his youngest son Charles and grant
ed him the title of king of Provence.  Charles the Bald appointed his brot
her-in-law BOSO the count of Vienne, and after Charles the Bald's death, B
oso crowned himself king of Burgundy in 879.  Meanwhile, in 888 RUDOLF I l
aid claim to Upper Burgundy and also proclaimed himself king.  . . ."