Kingdom of Arles
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The Kingdom of Arles (Arelat) was a Frankish dominion surrounding Arles, established in 933, by combining Upper and Lower Burgundy. It was ruled by independent kings until 1032. After 1032, its existence was mostly de iure, its territory dwindling, until its remnants finally passed to France in 1378.
In 888, Rodolphe, Count of Auxerre founded the kingdom of Bourgogne Transjurane (Upper Burgundy). In 933, Hugh of Arles ("Hugues de Provence") gave his kingdom up to Rudolph II of Burgundy, who merged the two kingdoms into the new Kingdom of Arles (Arelat). In 937, Rudolph II was succeeded by Conrad of Burgundy, "the Peaceful", who in 993 was succeeded by Rudolph III.
In 1032, King Rudolphe III died, and the Kingdom was inherited by Emperor Conrad II the Salian. Though his successors counted themselves kings of Arles, few went to be crowned in the cathedral. An exception is Frederick Barbarossa who in 1178 is crowned king of Arles by the archbishop of Arles. Most of the territory of the Lower Burgundy was progressively incorporated into France, while the eastern parts of Upper Burgundy were acquired by the houses of Zähringen and Habsburg.
The Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV in 1361 detached the County of Savoy from the kingdom. In 1365 he was crowned king of Arles, but in 1378, he ceded the remnants of the Arelat to the Dauphin of France (later King Charles VI of France) and the Kingdom ceased to exist even on paper.
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- Marie-Luise Heckmann, Das Reichsvikariat des Dauphins im Arelat 1378.
