Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans, Episode 24, Conrad II's acquisition

of Burgundy.

I know, you've opened this with some trepidation thinking, is you going to tell some

weird legends again?

Are we getting the podcast we've signed up for?

No worries.

And this episode will be entirely fact-based.

I still hope you enjoyed meeting the King of Grippia and the Flat Hooves.

And if not, I'm sorry for taking away seven minutes of your life that you'll never get back.

But now, as promised, let us go for some

hard-nosed dynastic politics. As you may have heard in the last few episodes, there is a major

political issue brewing in the background since around 1,000. The last king of Burgundy,

Rudolf III, has failed to produce an air. So now the vulture has been

circling the kingdom for most of his 40-year reign. Before we go into the intricacies of the

Burgundian succession, let us first talk about what Burgundy is. Those of you, with exceptional

memory, may recall episode 4 when we discussed the three

different Burgundy's.

But since I myself can barely remember how it works, here it is again.

The name of Burgundy goes back to a Germanic tribe that occupied a territory comprising

more or less the Italian region of Piemont, the French-speaking Switzerland, and

the current French regions of Bougogne, Franche-Cante, Rhone-Alp, Provence and Côte.

The area kept its name but went through multiple hands, including being the core territory

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