List of counts of Burgundy

Coat of arms of the Free County of Burgundy until the 13th century.
Coat of arms of the Free County of Burgundy after the 13th century.

This is a list of the counts of Burgundy, i.e., of the region known as Franche-Comté not to be confused with the Duchy of Burgundy, from 982 to 1678.

House of Ivrea, (982–1190)

Image Name Date of birth Date of death Reign Relationship with predecessor
Otto William 962 21 September 1026 982
to
21 September 1026
Reginald I 986 3 September 1057 21 September 1026
to
3 September 1057		 his son
William I the Great 1020 12 November 1087 3 September 1057
to
12 November 1087		 his son
Reginald II 1061 1097 12 November 1087
to
1097		 his son
William II the German 1075 1 March 1127 1097
to
January 1125		 his son
William III the Child 1110 1 March 1127 January 1125
to
1 March 1127		 his son
Stephen I the Rash 1065 27 May 1102 1097
to
27 May 1102		 his great-uncle
Reginald III 1093 22 January 1148 27 May 1102
to
22 January 1148		 his son
Beatrice I 1143 15 November 1184 22 January 1148
to
15 November 1184
Under regency of William III of Mâcon's till 1157		 his daughter
Frederick Barbarossa 1122 10 June 1190 9 June 1156
to
10 June 1190		 her husband and co-ruler; afterwards sole-ruler

House of Hohenstaufen, (1190–1231)

Image Name Date of birth Date of death Reign Relationship with predecessor
Otto I June/July 1170 13 January 1200 10 June 1190
to
13 January 1200		 their son
Joan I 1191 1205 13 January 1200
to
1205		 his daughter
Beatrice II 1192 7 May 1231 1205
to
7 May 1231		 her sister
Otto II 1180 7 May 1234 21 June 1208
to
7 May 1231		 her husband and co-ruler

House of Andechs, (1231–1279)

Image Name Date of birth Date of death Reign Relationship with predecessor
Otto III 1226 19 June 1248 7 May 1231
to
19 June 1248		 their son
Adelaide 1209 8 March 1279 19 June 1248
to
8 March 1279		 his sister
Hugh I 1220 12 November 1266 19 June 1248
to
12 November 1266		 her first husband and co-ruler
Philip I 1207 16 August 1285 11 June 1267
to
8 March 1279		 her second husband and co-ruler

House of Ivrea, (1279–1330)

Image Name Date of birth Date of death Reign Relationship with predecessor
Otto IV 1248 26 March 1303 8 March 1279
to
26 March 1303		 Adelaide I's
and
Hugh I's
son
Robert 1300 1315 26 March 1303
to
1315		 his son
Joan II 15 January 1292 21 January 1330 1315
to
21 January 1330		 his sister
Philip II the Tall 1292 3 January 1322 1315
to
3 January 1322		 her husband and co-ruler

House of Capet, (1330–1347)

Image Name Date of birth Date of death Reign Relationship with predecessor
 Joan III 2 May 1308 15 August 1347 21 January 1330
to
15 August 1347		 their daughter
 Otto V 1295 3 April 1350 her husband and co-ruler

House of Burgundy, (1347–1361)

Image Name Date of birth Date of death Reign Relationship with predecessor
Philip III of Rouvres 1346 21 November 1361 15 August 1347
to
21 November 1361		 their grandson

House of Capet, (1361–1382)

Image Name Date of birth Date of death Reign Relationship with predecessor
Margaret I 1310 9 May 1382 1 November 1361
to
9 May 1382		 his great-aunt, and, Joan III's sister

House of Dampierre, (1382–1404)

Image Name Date of birth Date of death Reign Relationship with predecessor
Louis I of Mâle 25 October 1330 30 January 1384 9 May 1382
to
30 January 1384		 her son
Margaret II of Dampierre 13 April 1350 16/21 March 1405 30 January 1384
to
16/21 March 1405		 his daughter
Philip IV the Bold 15 January 1342 27 April 1404 30 January 1384
to
27 April 1404		 her second husband and co-ruler

House of Valois-Burgundy, (1405–1482)

Image Name Date of birth Date of death Reign Relationship with predecessor
 John the Fearless 28 May 1371 10 September 1419 16/21 March 1405
to
10 September 1419		 their son
 Philip V the Good 31 July 1396 15 June 1467 10 September 1419
to
15 June 1467		 his son
 Charles I the Bold 10 November 1433 5 January 1477 15 June 1467
to
5 January 1477		 his son
 Mary the Rich 13 February 1457 27 March 1482 5 January 1477
to
27 March 1482		 his daughter
 Maximilian 22 March 1459 12 January 1519 her husband and co-ruler

House of Habsburg, (1482–1678)

Image Name Date of birth Date of death Reign Relationship with predecessor
 Philip VI
the Handsome		 22 July 1478 25 September 1506 27 March 1482
to
25 September 1506		 her son
 Charles II 24 February 1500 21 September 1558 25 September 1506
to
16 January 1556		 his son
 Philip VII 21 May 1527 13 September 1598 16 January 1556
to
13 September 1598		 his son
 Isabella Clara Eugenia 12 August 1566 1 December 1633 6 May 1598
to
13 July 1621		 his daughter
Albert 15 November 1559 13 July 1621 his son-in-law
 Philip VIII 8 April 1605 17 September 1665 31 July 1621
to
17 September 1665		 their nephew
 Charles III 6 November 1661 1 November 1700 17 September 1665
to
19 September 1678		 his son

In 1678 the County of Burgundy was annexed by France as part of the Treaty of Nijmegen.

See also

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