Back Reinu de la Baxa Borgoña AST Ніжняя Бургундыя BE Долна Бургундия Bulgarian Rouantelezh Provañs BR Regne de la Baixa Borgonya Catalan Dolní Burgundsko Czech Κάτω Βουργουνδία Greek Reino de la Baja Borgoña Spanish Alam-Burgundia ET Burgundia Beherea EU
Kingdom of Lower Burgundy | |
|---|---|
| 879–933 | |
| Common languages | Vulgar Latin Old Occitan |
| Government | Kingdom |
| Historical era | Early Medieval |
• Established | 879 |
• Disestablished | 933 |
Lower Burgundy
The Kingdom of Lower Burgundy, also called Cisjurane Burgundy, was a historical kingdom in what is now southeastern France, so-called because it was lower down the Rhône Valley than Upper Burgundy.
Lower Burgundy started when Boso, Count of Vienne and the nobles of the region renounced the Carolingian line in 879. Lower Burgundy's rulers often looked to expand into Italy, weakening Lower Burgundy enough so that it merged with Upper Burgundy to form the Kingdom of Arles in 933.
The borders of Lower Burgundy were the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Septimania to the southwest, Aquitaine to the west, the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy to the north, and the Kingdom of Italy to the east.