Talk:List of Rulers of Burgundie

The ruling nobility of Burgundie trace their various lineages back to approximately 158AD when Julian Marcilius Corvus Bergendus unified Ipar under the rule of a centralized kingdom and expelled the Impaxi and Levzeish tribes, making the island a stronghold for the Latinics who would soon become the Bergendii. This ethnic distinction is very important to the Burgundian national concept, not Prythinic like the northern Levantines nor Latinic like their ancestors from the southern Odoneru.

= High Kings = 158-598 The high kings of the Bergenddium started with the appointment of Julian Marcilius Corvus Bergendus, who was given the title of "high king" on the island of Ipar, following his successful expulsion of the Impaxi and Levzeish tribes from the island. The title of high king was more of an honor given to men of distinction than a royal appointment with set roles and responsibilities. However, it established a tradition of a centralized rule that was to continue into the modern era. The only task undertaken by all of the high kings, and often the reason that later high kings where chosen, was to negotiate peace deals with larger Kiro-Levantine powers.

List of High Kings
= Alvarus Dynasty = Template:House of Alvarus 598-937 One of the last high kings, Godefridus Aquila Maritimus, had boasted to Christian missionaries that he would recognize Christianity as the official religion of the island if, "[they could] get every village magistrate to claim for Christ...". Upon the missionaries return, 49 years later, Quintinus Cordus Alvarus the recently appointed high king accepted the terms. He named the lead missionary, Johann, as the first Archbishop of the Bergenddium and in return was, dubiously, granted royal dignity by the "Royal Proclamation of the Free Island of Bergendia", marking the creation of Bergendia.

List of Alvarus Dynasty Rulers
= Archbishopric of Rabascall-Bergendia =

937-1264 Upon the collapse of the Alvarus dynasty in 935 the clergy interceded as enforcers of public order. They drafted a militia and established courts, effectively taking control of the island. In 936, the bishop of Rabascall, a small coastal bishopric on mainland Levantia seized the opportunity to support the Archbishop of Bergendia with a militia drafted from his fief. He was able to quell the revolt in Vilauristre and the southeastern coast within a month but had orders to cease all activity as he was undermining the Archbishop's authority by being so successful. Rather than heed the order he marched to Vilauristre and seized the archdioceses buildings. Holding the Archbishop hostage, he demanded that the Pope intercede and name him the Archbishop of Bergendia as well as Rabascall. The letter never arrived at the Holy See, but at that point the Bishop of Rabascall had the Archbishop killed for inciting public unrest and heresy.

List of Bishops of Rabascall-Bergendia
= Palacin-Diteaux Dynasty = Template:House of Palacin-Diteaux 1264-1418

List of Palacin-Diteaux Rulers
= War Maiden Period = 1418-1485

List of War Maidens
= Period of Disorganized Dukes = 1486-1574 Enactment of Fiannrian policy to disavow any ideas of Burgundian self-rule. Primary tool: appointing enemies of the Christensen family to the dukeship of Burgundie. In particular, noble families with more Germanic (Levantine) and less Latinic connections. Also coincides with a policy of Fiannrianfication.

List of Dukes
= Marlianus-Magnicronz Dynasty = Template:House of Marlianus-Magnicronz 1574-1812

List of Marlianus-Magnicronz Rulers
= Marius Dynasty = Template:House of Marius 1812-1965

List of Marius Rulers
= Palacin Dynasty = 1990-present