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.
Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Reign | Relationship with predecessor |
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Otto William | 962 | 21 September 1026 | 982 to 21 September 1026 | |
Reginald I | 986 | 3 September 1057 | 21 September 1026 to 3 September 1057 | his son |
William I the Great | 1020 | 12 November 1087 | 3 September 1057 to 12 November 1087 | his son |
Reginald II | 1061 | 1097 | 12 November 1087 to 1097 | his son |
William II the German | 1075 | 1 March 1127 | 1097 to January 1125 | his son |
William III the Child | 1110 | 1 March 1127 | January 1125 to 1 March 1127 | his son |
Stephen I the Rash | 1065 | 27 May 1102 | 1097 to 27 May 1102 | his great-uncle |
Reginald III | 1093 | 22 January 1148 | 27 May 1102 to 22 January 1148 | his son |
Beatrice I | 1143 | 15 November 1184 | 22 January 1148 to 15 November 1184 Under regency of William III of Mâcon's till 1156 | his daughter |
Frederick Barbarossa | 1122 | 10 June 1190 | 9 June 1156 to 10 June 1190 | her husband and co-ruler; afterwards sole-ruler |
Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Reign | Relationship with predecessor |
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Otto I | June/July 1170 | 13 January 1200 | 10 June 1190 to 13 January 1200 | their son |
Joan I | 1191 | 1205 | 13 January 1200 to 1205 | his daughter |
Beatrice II | 1192 | 7 May 1231 | 1205 to 7 May 1231 | her sister |
Otto II | 1180 | 7 May 1234 | 21 June 1208 to 7 May 1231 | her husband and co-ruler |
Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Reign | Relationship with predecessor |
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Otto III | 1226 | 19 June 1248 | 7 May 1231 to 19 June 1248 | their son |
Adelaide | 1209 | 8 March 1279 | 19 June 1248 to 8 March 1279 | his sister |
Hugh | 1220 | 12 November 1266 | 19 June 1248 to 12 November 1266 | her first husband and co-ruler |
Philip I | 1207 | 16 August 1285 | 11 June 1267 to 8 March 1279 | her second husband and co-ruler |
Image | Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Reign | Relationship with predecessor |
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Otto IV | 1248 | 26 March 1303 | 8 March 1279 to 26 March 1303 | Adelaide's son by Hugh | |
![]() | Joan II | 1291 | 21 January 1330 | 26 March 1303 to 21 January 1330 | his daughter |
![]() | Philip II the Tall | 1293 | 3 January 1322 | 21 January 1307 to 3 January 1322 | her husband and co-ruler |
Image | Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Reign | Relationship with predecessor |
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![]() | Joan III | 2 May 1308 | 15 August 1347 | 21 January 1330 to 15 August 1347 | their daughter |
![]() | Odo | 1295 | 3 April 1349 | her husband and co-ruler | |
Image | Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Reign | Relationship with predecessor |
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![]() | Philip III of Rouvres | 1346 | 21 November 1361 | 15 August 1347 to 21 November 1361 | their grandson |
Image | Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Reign | Relationship with predecessor |
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![]() | Margaret I | 1310 | 9 May 1382 | 1 November 1361 to 9 May 1382 | his great-aunt, and, Joan III's sister |
Image | Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Reign | Relationship with predecessor |
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![]() | Louis I of Mâle | 25 October 1330 | 30 January 1384 | 9 May 1382 to 30 January 1384 | her son |
| Margaret II of Dampierre | 13 April 1350 | 16/21 March 1405 | 30 January 1384 to 16/21 March 1405 | his daughter |
Image | Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Reign | Relationship with predecessor |
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![]() | Philip IV the Bold | 15 January 1342 | 27 April 1404 | 30 January 1384 to 27 April 1404 | her second husband and co-ruler |
![]() | John the Fearless | 28 May 1371 | 10 September 1419 | 16/21 March 1405 to 10 September 1419 | their son |
![]() | Philip V the Good | 31 July 1396 | 15 June 1467 | 10 September 1419 to 15 June 1467 | his son |
![]() | Charles I the Bold | 10 November 1433 | 5 January 1477 | 15 June 1467 to 5 January 1477 | his son |
![]() | Mary the Rich | 13 February 1457 | 27 March 1482 | 5 January 1477 to 27 March 1482 | his daughter |
![]() | Maximilian | 22 March 1459 | 12 January 1519 | her husband and co-ruler | |
Image | Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Reign | Relationship with predecessor |
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![]() | Philip VI the Handsome | 22 July 1478 | 25 September 1506 | 27 March 1482 to 25 September 1506 | their son |
![]() | Charles II | 24 February 1500 | 21 September 1558 | 25 September 1506 to 16 January 1556 | his son |
![]() | Philip VII | 21 May 1527 | 13 September 1598 | 16 January 1556 to 13 September 1598 | his son |
![]() | Isabella Clara Eugenia | 12 August 1566 | 1 December 1633 | 6 May 1598 to 13 July 1621 | his daughter |
Albert | 15 November 1559 | 13 July 1621 | his son-in-law | ||
![]() | Philip VIII [1] | 8 April 1605 | 17 September 1665 | 31 July 1621 to 17 September 1665 | their nephew |
![]() | Charles III | 6 November 1661 | 1 November 1700 | 17 September 1665 to 19 September 1678/1700 | his son |
In 1678 the County of Burgundy was annexed by France as part of the Treaty of Nijmegen.
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