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Birth:           859 of Burgundy
Death:          25 Oct  911 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_I_of_Burgundy
Rudolph I (859 – October 25, 912) was King of Upper Burgundy from his election in 
888 until his death.

Rudolph belonged to the elder Welf family and was the son of Conrad, Count of 
Auxerre and Waldrada of Worms. From his father he inherited the lay abbacy of St 
Maurice en Valais, making him the most powerful magnate in Upper Burgundy - 
present-day western Switzerland and the Franche-Comté.

After the deposition and death of Charles the Fat, the nobles and leading clergy of 
Upper Burgundy met at St Maurice and elected Rudolph as king. Apparently on the 
basis of this election, Rudolph claimed the whole of Lotharingia, taking much of 
modern Lorraine and Alsace - but his claim was contested by Arnulf of Carinthia, the 
new king of East Francia or Germany, who rapidly forced Rudolph to abandon 
Lotharingia in return for recognition as king of Burgundy. However, hostilities between 
Rudolph and Arnulf seem to have continued intermittently until 894.

Rudolph's relationships with his other neighbours were friendlier. His sister Adelaide 
married Richard the Justiciar, duke of Burgundy (the present day Burgundy, part of 
west Francia). His daughter another Adelaide married Louis the Blind of Provence 
(Lower Burgundy), and his daughter Willa married Boso of Tuscany.

Rudolph was succeeded as king of Burgundy by his son, Rudolph II. Rudolf I's widow, 
queen Guilla, married in 912 Hugh of Arles.

This Rudolph is frequently confused with his nephew Rudolph of France, who was the 
second duke of Burgundy and ninth king of France.

Parents
____ Conrad II (ABT  840 -  876)
____ Ermentrude or Waldrada ()

Siblings
____ Rudolph I ( 859 - 25 Oct  911)
OF BURGUNDY Adelaide (Adelheid) (Aelis) (ABT  860 - ABT  929)

Marriage To OF VIENNE [OF BURGUNDY] Willa (Guilla) (ABT  862 - BEF  924)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
OF PROVENCE Boso II (ABT  841 - 11 Jan  887)
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Children by OF VIENNE [OF BURGUNDY] Willa (Guilla) ABT  862 - BEF  924
____ Rudolph II (ABT  880 - 11 Jul  937)
OF BURGUNDY Waldrada (ABT  892 - )

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