Arles, Kingdom of

The Kingdom of Arles (Arelat) or Second Kingdom of Burgundy is a Frankish dominion established from lands of the early medieval Kingdom of the Burgundians in 933 by the merger of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Burgundy under King Rudolf II.The new kingdom is called after the Lower Burgundian residence at Arles.

Its territory stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the High Rhine in the north roughly corresponding to the present-day French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes and Franche-Comté, as well as western Switzerland.

It is ruled by independent kings until 1032, after which it is incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire.

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