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  • 13 - The kingdom of Burgundy, the lands of the house of Savoy and adjacent territories

  • from Part III - The Western Kingdoms
  • David Abulafia, University of Cambridge
  • Book:
    The New Cambridge Medieval History
    Published online:
    28 March 2008
    Print publication:
    21 October 1999, pp 358-374

  • Summary

    By the thirteenth century 'kingdom of Burgundy' had become common to apply the term 'Burgundy' only to the northern part, and to refer to the regions from the Viennois southward as the kingdom of Arles. The plan to reconstitute a kingdom of Arles on behalf of the house of Savoy vanished with the death of Frederick II in 1250. There were four major principalities and several important independent baronies in the Burgundy-Arles region, but they differed greatly both in extent and in character. The county of Burgundy in the thirteenth century consisted essentially of the territory bounded by the Saone on the west, the Juras on the east, Lorraine to the north and the land of Bresse to the south. The alliance between the house of Savoy and the Chalon-Meran served to defend the Franche-Comte from the power of the dukes of Burgundy during the 1270s and 1280s.