Kingdom of the Burgundians

Kingdom of the Burgundians was a state in France and the Low Countries (Europe) that lasted from 411 to 534 CE, about 123 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

A Germanic kingdom on the Rhine at Worms, destroyed by Hunnic troops in 436 in the events behind the Nibelungenlied, then refounded in the Rhone valley. The Franks annexed it in 534.

See Kingdom of the Burgundians on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

411 to 534 CE

Duration

123 years

Type

State

Region

France and the Low Countries, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Worms, later Lyon and Geneva

Events in Europe during its time

• 476 End of the Western Roman Empire

Neighbours in Europe

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Roman Gaul 50 BCE to 486 CE
• Kingdom of Wessex c. 519 to 927 CE
• Kingdom of Mercia c. 527 to 918 CE
• Merovingian Kingdom 481 to 751 CE
• Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo 507 to 711 CE
• Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse 418 to 507 CE
• Western Roman Empire 395 to 476 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Gupta Empire c. 320 to 550 CE, South Asia

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