Queen Berta of Burgundy was buried in Payerne. She was revered as a local saint there, and her story started to grow as time went by. Soon she was known as Good Queen Berta. Still later, she acquired the name Queen Berta the Spinner. Even later, she would become godmother to a new republic.

Good Queen Berta is the name given in Switzerland to Queen Berta of Upper Burgundy, the mother of Empress Adelheid. She was born a daughter of the Duke of Swabia and married King Rudolf II of Upper Burgundy. She would later acquire the name Queen Berta the Spinner, too.

Count Hugo of Arles was a nobleman in the Kingdom of Lower Burgundy and vassal of King Louis the Blind. He acted as regent in that kingdom and was crowned King of Italy, but his aspirations ran much higher.

Adelheid was born a Princess in the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy. She married King Lothar of Italy when she was 16 and was a widow at 19. Her marriage to King Otto I of Germany made her Queen of Germany, too. In 962, she was crowned Empress. After the death of her husband, she was shunted off to Italy as regent for Otto II.

Count Hugo of Arles was a nobleman in the Kingdom of Lower Burgundy and vassal of King Louis the Blind. He acted as regent in the kingdom, but his aspirations ran much higher.

Adelheid was born a Princess in the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy. She married King Lothar of Italy when she was 16 and was a widow at 19. Her marriage to King Otto I of Germany made her Queen of Germany, too. In 962, she was crowned Empress.

Adelheid was born a Princess in the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy. She married King Lothar of Italy when she was 16 and was a widow at 19. Her next marriage made her Queen of Germany, too.

During the Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453) Valois dukes of this largest and greatest of all French medieval feudatories moved into the enemy’s camp, allying with England (to which its duke handed over Jeanne d’Arc) and establishing themselves as a rising power.

Burgundy’s conflict with the Swiss Confederation resulted principally from the effort by Charles the Rash to expand his domain and elevate his Duchy to the rank of kingdom and even one of the Great Powers of Europe.

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