Richard Richard, Duke of Burgundy

858 (age 63)

By 918 he was being called dux Burgundionem or dux Burgundiae, which probably signified less the existence of a unified Burgundian dukedom than feudal suzerainty over a multiplicity of counties in a specific region. In 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II, Richard and Boso accompanied Charles to Italy for his imperial coronation. In February 876, in Pavia, while preparing for his return journey, Charles nominated Boso "Duke and Viceroy of Italy and Duke of Provence". In 877, on Charles" death, Boso returned to France and confided the realm of Italy and the duchy of Provence to Richard and Hugh the Abbot as missi dominici. In 879, Boso declared himself "King of Provence" following the death of Louis the Stammerer, but Richard defected from Boso and took Boso"s county of Autun, which Carloman II confirmed to him in 880. The two joined battle on the Saône and Richard captured Mâcon and garrisoned it in the name of Carloman and Louis III under the command of Bernard Plantapilosa, a relative of the hereditary Counts of Mâconsultant After taking Lyon, he besieged his brother"s capital of Vienne, where he was joined by Louis, Carloman, and the emperor Charles the Fat. Boso went into hiding in Provence. Richard died and was buried at Sens. He was exhorted by a bishop at his deathbed to beg a pardon for shedding so much blood in his life. He responded: Rudolph, successor and later King of Francia Hugh the Black, later Duke of Burgundy Boso, married Bertha, daughter of Boso, Margrave of Tuscany Ermengard, married Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy Adelaide, married Reginar II, Count of Hainaut Richilda, married Litaud I, Count of Mâconsultant

Richard Richard, Duke of Burgundy

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Background

Richard was a Bosonid, the son of Bivin of Gorze and Richildis.

Career

By 918 he was being called dux Burgundionem or dux Burgundiae, which probably signified less the existence of a unified Burgundian dukedom than feudal suzerainty over a multiplicity of counties in a specific region. In 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II, Richard and Boso accompanied Charles to Italy for his imperial coronation. In February 876, in Pavia, while preparing for his return journey, Charles nominated Boso "Duke and Viceroy of Italy and Duke of Provence".

In 877, on Charles" death, Boso returned to France and confided the realm of Italy and the duchy of Provence to Richard and Hugh the Abbot as missi dominici.

In 879, Boso declared himself "King of Provence" following the death of Louis the Stammerer, but Richard defected from Boso and took Boso"s county of Autun, which Carloman II confirmed to him in 880. The two joined battle on the Saône and Richard captured Mâcon and garrisoned it in the name of Carloman and Louis III under the command of Bernard Plantapilosa, a relative of the hereditary Counts of Mâconsultant

After taking Lyon, he besieged his brother"s capital of Vienne, where he was joined by Louis, Carloman, and the emperor Charles the Fat. Boso went into hiding in Provence.

Richard died and was buried at Sens.

He was exhorted by a bishop at his deathbed to beg a pardon for shedding so much blood in his life. He responded:

Rudolph, successor and later King of Francia

Hugh the Black, later Duke of Burgundy

Boso, married Bertha, daughter of Boso, Margrave of Tuscany

Ermengard, married Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy

Adelaide, married Reginar II, Count of Hainaut

Richilda, married Litaud I, Count of Mâconsultant

Achievements

He eventually attained suzerainty over all the counties of Burgundy save Mâcon and by 890 he was referred to as dux (duke) and by 900 as marchio (margrave).

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