Overview
Lower Burgundy (Latin: Burgundia inferior; French: Bourgogne inférieure) was a historical region in the early medieval Burgundy, and a distinctive realm known as the Kingdom of Lower Burgundy, that existed from 879 to 933, when it was incorporated into the reunited Kingdom of Burgundy. During that period, Lower Burgundy was encompassing the entire Cisjuran Burgundy (fr. Bourgogne cisjurane), centered on the region of Vienne (fr. Bourgogne viennoise), and also the entire southern region around Arles (fr. Bourgogne arlésienne), centered on Provence. The borders of Lower Burgundy were the region of Upper Burgundy to the north, the Kingdom of Italy to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Septimania to the southwest, and Aquitaine to the west.
Historical Periods
Lower Burgundy (860–865)
860 CE – 865 CE
Area: 209,039 km²
Lower Burgundy (866–869)
866 CE – 869 CE
Area: 157,808 km²
Lower Burgundy (880–881)
880 CE – 881 CE
Area: 72,811 km²
Lower Burgundy (882–883)
882 CE – 883 CE
Area: 4,408 km²
Lower Burgundy (884–886)
884 CE – 886 CE
Area: 4,315 km²
Lower Burgundy (887–887)
887 CE – 887 CE
Area: 71,379 km²
Lower Burgundy (888–895)
888 CE – 895 CE
Area: 71,240 km²
Lower Burgundy (896–899)
896 CE – 899 CE
Area: 71,379 km²
Lower Burgundy (911–921)
911 CE – 921 CE
Area: 71,379 km²
Lower Burgundy (922–925)
922 CE – 925 CE
Area: 71,494 km²