von Hochburgund, King Rudolph II

Male 880 - 937  (57 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  von Hochburgund, King Rudolph II was born on 11 Jul 880 in Bourgogne, France; died on 11 Jul 937 in Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; was buried on 13 Jul 937 in Sankt Moritz, Graubünden, Switzerland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • House: Welf
    • FSID: L8TY-B3W
    • Appointments / Titles: 912; King of Hochburgund (Burgundy)
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 922 and 926, Italy; King
    • Appointments / Titles: 933; King of Niederburgund
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 933 and 937; König von Burgund

    Notes:

    Rudolph II (c. 880-11 July 937), a member of the Elder House of Welf, was King of Burgundy from 912 until his death. He initially succeeded in Upper Burgundy and also ruled as King of Italy from 922 to 926. In 933 Rudolph acquired the Kingdom of Lower Burgundy (Provence) from King Hugh of Italy in exchange for the waiver of his claims to the Italian crown, thereby establishing the united Burgundian Kingdom of Arles.

    He was the son of the Upper Burgundian king Rudolph I, and it is presumed that his mother was his father's known wife Guilla, probably a daughter of King Boso of Provence. Following his ascent to the throne in 912, Rudolph II entered into a border conflict with the neighbouring Dukes of Swabia and campaigned the Thurgau and Zurich estates. Duke Burchard II of Swabia finally defeated him in the 919 Battle of Winterthur; both rulers made peace and Rudolph married Burchard's daughter Bertha in 922.

    At the same time, Rudolph was asked by several Italian nobles led by Margrave Adalbert I of Ivrea to intervene in Italy on their behalf against Emperor Berengar. Having entered Italy, he was crowned King of the Lombards at Pavia. In 923, he defeated Berengar at Piacenza; Berengar was murdered the following year, possibly at the instigation of Rudolph. The king then ruled Upper Burgundy and Italy together, residing alternately in both kingdoms.

    However, in 926 the Italian nobility turned against him and requested that Hugh of Arles, the effective ruler of Provence (or Lower Burgundy), rule them instead. Rudolph's father-in-law Duke Burchard II of Swabia came for his support, however, he was attacked and killed near Novara by the henchmen of Archbishop Lambert of Milan. The king returned to Upper Burgundy to protect himself, assuring Hugh's coronation as King of Italy in the process. At the Diet of Worms, Rudolph rendered the royal symbol of the Holy Lance to the East Frankish king Henry the Fowler in exchange for the Swabian Basel estates.

    The two Burgundian kingdoms unified from 933; Rudolph ruled until his death in 937 and was succeeded by his son Conrad. After his death in 937, his daughter Adelaide was married to Hugh's son Lothair, while Hugh married Rudolph's widow Bertha. Adelaide later became the second wife of Otto the Great, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 962, and the mother of Emperor Otto II.

    Rudolph II - a member of the Elder House of Welf
    912-937 King of Burgundy
    922-926 King of Italy
    933 Rudolph acquired the Kingdom of Lower Burgundy (Provence) from King Hugh of Italy in exchange for the waiver of his claims to the Italian crown, thereby establishing the united Kingdom of Burgundy.

    Following his ascent to the throne in 912, Rudolph II entered into a border conflict with the neighbouring dukes of Swabia and campaigned the Thurgau and Zurich estates. Duke Burchard II of Swabia finally defeated him in the 919 Battle of Winterthur; both rulers made peace and Rudolph married Burchard's daughter Bertha in 922.

    At the same time, Rudolph was asked by several Italian nobles led by Margrave Adalbert I of Ivrea to intervene in Italy on their behalf against Emperor Berengar.

    Having entered Italy, he was crowned king at Pavia. In 923, he defeated Berengar at the Battle of Firenzuola; Berengar was murdered the following year, possibly at the instigation of Rudolph. The king then ruled Upper Burgundy and Italy together, residing alternately in both kingdoms.

    However, in 926 the Italian nobility turned against him and requested that Hugh of Arles, the effective ruler of Provence (or Lower Burgundy), rule them instead.

    Rudolph's father-in-law Duke Burchard II of Swabia came for his support; however, he was attacked and killed near Novara by the henchmen of Archbishop Lambert of Milan. The king returned to Upper Burgundy to protect himself, assuring Hugh's coronation as King of Italy in the process.

    At the Diet of Worms, Rudolph rendered the royal symbol of the Holy Lance to the East Frankish king Henry the Fowler in exchange for the Swabian Basel estates.

    The two Burgundian kingdoms unified from 933; Rudolph ruled until his death in 937 and was succeeded by his son Conrad.

    Rudolph married von Schwaben, Bertha in 922 in Bourgogne, France. Bertha (daughter of von Schwaben, Burchard II and von Sülichgau, Regelinda) was born in 907 in Schwaben, Kelheim, Bayern, Germany; died on 16 Jan 1016 in Bourgogne, France; was buried after 16 Jan 1016 in Payerne Priory, Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. von Hochburgund, Conrad III  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 925 in Franche-Comté, France; died on 19 Oct 993 in Wien, Wien, Wien, Austria; was buried on 19 Oct 993 in Wien, Wien, Wien, Austria.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  von Hochburgund, Conrad III Descendancy chart to this point (1.Rudolph1) was born in 925 in Franche-Comté, France; died on 19 Oct 993 in Wien, Wien, Wien, Austria; was buried on 19 Oct 993 in Wien, Wien, Wien, Austria.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • House: Welf
    • FSID: LDSH-S6J
    • Religion: Roman Catholic
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 937 and 993; King of Bourgogne

    Notes:

    Conrad I, called the Peaceful (French: Conrad le Pacifique; German: Konrad der Friedfertige), a member of the Elder House of Welf, was King of Burgundy from 937 until his death.

    Son of King Rudolph II, and his consort Bertha, a daughter of Duke Burchard II of Swabia.

    Also known as Conrad III, since he was the third Conrad in his family: his great-grandfather was Duke Conrad II, whose father was Count Conrad I.

    According to chronicler Ekkehard IV, in a story that is probably apocryphal, when Conrad learned that both the Magyars and the Saracens of Fraxinetum were marching against him, he sent envoys to both armies warning them of the other. The envoys offered Burgundian aid to each invader against the other and then informed them of the other's whereabouts. When the Magyars and Saracens met, the Burgundians held back and only attacked when the opposing forces were spent. In this way, both invading armies were destroyed and the captives sold into slavery.

    He married -

    Adelaide of Bellay.
    Gisela - married to Henry II, Duke of Bavaria

    Matilda
    Bertha (964 – 16 January 1016), married Odo I, Count of Blois/ Robert II of France
    Matilda (969), possibly married Robert, Count of Geneva
    Rudolph III
    Gerberga (born 965), married Herman II, Duke of Swabia[5]

    By his concubine, Aldiud, he had a son:
    Burchard, Archbishop of Lyons[6]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_I_of_Burgundy

    Conrad married de France, Mathilde in 955 in Germany. Mathilde (daughter of of the West Franks, King Louis IV and von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga) was born in 943 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 26 Nov 982 in Vermandois (Historical), Picardie, France; was buried after 26 Nov 982 in Wien, Wien, Wien, Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. de Bourgogne, Berthe  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Mar 967 in Königreich, Stade, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 16 Jan 1010 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  de Bourgogne, Berthe Descendancy chart to this point (2.Conrad2, 1.Rudolph1) was born on 27 Mar 967 in Königreich, Stade, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 16 Jan 1010 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: GDZ6-3JS

    Berthe married de Blois, Odo I in 983 in Bourgogne, France. Odo was born in 950 in Marmoutier, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 12 Mar 995 in Touraine, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; was buried after 12 Mar 995 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. de Blois, Odo II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Mar 985 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; died on 15 Nov 1037 in Commercy, Meuse, Lorraine, France; was buried on 16 Nov 1037 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  de Blois, Odo II Descendancy chart to this point (3.Berthe3, 2.Conrad2, 1.Rudolph1) was born on 12 Mar 985 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; died on 15 Nov 1037 in Commercy, Meuse, Lorraine, France; was buried on 16 Nov 1037 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Beauvais, Tours and Troyes
    • FSID: GDZ6-MW9

    Notes:

    "Odo quickly married a second wife, Ermengarde, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM IV of Auvergne."

    By his second wife, Ermengarde of Auvergne, Odo had three children:

    Theobald III, who inherited the county of Blois and most of his other possessions.
    Stephen II, who inherited the counties of Meaux and Troyes in Champagne.
    Bertha, who married first Alan III, Duke of Brittany, and second Hugh IV, Count of Maine

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_II,_Count_of_Blois

    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudes_II_de_Blois#Mariages_et_descendance
    "Il épouse en secondes noces ERMENGARDE D'AUVERGNE, fille du comte GUILLAUME IV D'AUVERGNE, dont il eut quatre enfants."

    https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarda_d%27Alvernia --
    "Secondo la Genealogiae comes Flandriae era figlia del Conte d'Alvernia, Guglielmo IV e della moglie Humberge (o Ermengarda)."

    !!

    Odo married d'Auvergne, Ermengarde in 1003. Ermengarde (daughter of d'Auvergne, WIlliam IV and d'Auvergne, Humberge) was born in 970 in Auvergne, France; died on 12 Mar 1042 in Aquitaine, France; was buried after 12 Mar 1042 in Épernay, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. de Blois, Theobald III  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1012 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; died on 30 Sep 1089 in Épernay, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France; was buried after 30 Sep 1089 in Collégiale Saint Martin, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.
    2. 6. de Venoix, Miles the Marshal  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1020 in Venoix, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1070 in Bavent, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; was buried in 1070 in Le Tréport Abbey, France.