Coat of arms of the Free County of Burgundy until the 13th century.
Coat of arms of the Free County of Burgundy after the 13th century.

This is a list of the counts of Burgundy, i.e., of the region known as Franche-Comté, not to be confused with the Duchy of Burgundy, from 982 to 1678.

House of Ivrea (982–1184)

NameDate of birthDate of deathReignRelationship with predecessor
Otto William96221 September 1026982 to 21 September 1026
Reginald I9863 September 105721 September 1026 to 3 September 1057his son
William I the Great102012 November 10873 September 1057 to 12 November 1087his son
Reginald II1061109712 November 1087 to 1097his son
William II the German10751 March 11271097 to January 1125his son
William III the Child11101 March 1127January 1125 to 1 March 1127his son
Stephen I the Rash106527 May 11021097 to 27 May 1102his great-uncle
Reginald III109322 January 114827 May 1102 to 22 January 1148his son
Beatrice I114315 November 118422 January 1148 to 15 November 1184 Under regency of William III of Mâcon's till 1156his daughter
Frederick Barbarossa112210 June 11909 June 1156 to 10 June 1190her husband and co-ruler; afterwards sole-ruler

House of Hohenstaufen (1190–1231)

NameDate of birthDate of deathReignRelationship with predecessor
Otto IJune/July 117013 January 120010 June 1190 to 13 January 1200their son
Joan I1191120513 January 1200 to 1205his daughter
Beatrice II11927 May 12311205 to 7 May 1231her sister
Otto II11807 May 123421 June 1208 to 7 May 1231her husband and co-ruler

House of Andechs (1231–1279)

NameDate of birthDate of deathReignRelationship with predecessor
Otto III122619 June 12487 May 1231 to 19 June 1248their son
Adelaide12098 March 127919 June 1248 to 8 March 1279his sister
Hugh122012 November 126619 June 1248 to 12 November 1266her first husband and co-ruler
Philip I120716 August 128511 June 1267 to 8 March 1279her second husband and co-ruler

House of Ivrea (1279–1330)

ImageNameDate of birthDate of deathReignRelationship with predecessor
Otto IV124826 March 13038 March 1279 to 26 March 1303Adelaide's son by Hugh
Joan II129121 January 133026 March 1303 to 21 January 1330his daughter
Philip II the Tall12933 January 132221 January 1307 to 3 January 1322her husband and co-ruler

House of Capet (1330–1347)

ImageNameDate of birthDate of deathReignRelationship with predecessor
Joan III2 May 130815 August 134721 January 1330 to 15 August 1347their daughter
Odo12953 April 1349her husband and co-ruler

House of Burgundy (1347–1361)

ImageNameDate of birthDate of deathReignRelationship with predecessor
Philip III of Rouvres134621 November 136115 August 1347 to 21 November 1361their grandson

House of Capet (1361–1382)

ImageNameDate of birthDate of deathReignRelationship with predecessor
Margaret I13109 May 13821 November 1361 to 9 May 1382his great-aunt, and, Joan III's sister

House of Dampierre (1382–1404)

ImageNameDate of birthDate of deathReignRelationship with predecessor
Louis I of Mâle25 October 133030 January 13849 May 1382 to 30 January 1384her son
Margaret II of Dampierre13 April 135016/21 March 140530 January 1384 to 16/21 March 1405his daughter

House of Valois-Burgundy (1405–1482)

ImageNameDate of birthDate of deathReignRelationship with predecessor
Philip IV the Bold15 January 134227 April 140430 January 1384 to 27 April 1404her second husband and co-ruler
John the Fearless28 May 137110 September 141916/21 March 1405 to 10 September 1419their son
Philip V the Good31 July 139615 June 146710 September 1419 to 15 June 1467his son
Charles I the Bold10 November 14335 January 147715 June 1467 to 5 January 1477his son
Mary the Rich13 February 145727 March 14825 January 1477 to 27 March 1482his daughter
Maximilian22 March 145912 January 1519her husband and co-ruler

House of Habsburg (1482–1678)

ImageNameDate of birthDate of deathReignRelationship with predecessor
Philip VI the Handsome22 July 147825 September 150627 March 1482 to 25 September 1506their son
Charles II24 February 150021 September 155825 September 1506 to 16 January 1556his son
Philip VII21 May 152713 September 159816 January 1556 to 13 September 1598his son
Isabella Clara Eugenia12 August 15661 December 16336 May 1598 to 13 July 1621his daughter
Albert15 November 155913 July 1621his son-in-law
Philip VIII8 April 160517 September 166531 July 1621 to 17 September 1665their nephew
Charles III6 November 16611 November 170017 September 1665 to 19 September 1678/1700his son

In 1678 the County of Burgundy was annexed by France as part of the Treaty of Nijmegen.

House of Bourbon, claimants to the title (1700–1713)

House of Habsburg (1713–present)

See also