Rudolf I

King of Upper Burgundy

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 25 October 912.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Jurot and by Schieffer. 

Place of Burial: Abbaye de Saint-Maurice.

The place is given by Jurot.

Relationships

Father: Conrad II, duke of Transjurane Burgundy.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Jurot, by Bouchard (p. 116), by Bretscher-Gisiger, and by Demotz (p. 36).

Mother: Waldrada.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Jurot, by Bouchard (p. 116), by Bretscher-Gisiger, and by Demotz (p. 36).

Spouse: Willa.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Jurot, by Demotz (p. 98), by Bretscher-Gisiger, and by Bouchard (p. 116). Mathieu and Jurot state that she was possibly the daughter of Boson de Vienne.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Rudolf II (died 937), king of Burgundy, married Berta von Schwaben.

Waldrada married Bonifazio, margrave, count of Bologna.

References

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).

Bretscher-Gisiger, Ch. Rudolfinger genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Demotz, François. La Bourgogne, Dernier des Royaumes Carolingiens (Lausanne, 2008).

Jurot, Romain. “Rodolphe Ier” in Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse. (2012).

Mathieu, Jean-Noël. “Recherches sur les origines de deux princesses du IXe s.: la reine Guille de Bourgogne et l’impératrice Engelburge” in Onomastique et Parenté dans l’Occident médiéval (2000) pp. 171-184.

Schieffer, Rudolf. “Rudolfinger” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 22 (2005), S. 198-200 [Onlinefassung].