Kings of Burgundy - Kings of The Burgundians

Kings of The Burgundians

The Burgundians had left Bornholm c. 300 and settled near the Vistula. Jordanes relates that in this area they were thoroughly defeated by the Gepids in the 4th century and then moved to the Rhineland.

  • Gebicca (late 4th century – c. 407)
  • Gundomar I (c. 407 – 411), son of Gebicca
  • Giselher (c. 407 – 411), son of Gebicca
  • Gunther (c. 407 – 436), son of Gebicca

Flavius Aëtius moves the Burgundians into Sapaudia (Upper Rhône Basin).

  • Gunderic/Gundioc (436–473) opposed by
    • Chilperic I, brother of Gundioc (443–c. 480)
  • division of the kingdom among the four sons of Gundioc:
    • Gundobad (473–516 in Lyon, king of all of Burgundy from 480),
    • Chilperic II (473–493 in Valence)
    • Gundomar/Godomar (473–486 in Vienne)
    • Godegisel (473–500, in Vienne and Geneva)
  • Sigismund, son of Gundobad (516–523)
  • Godomar or Gundimar, son of Gundobad (523–532)

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