Burgundians

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The Burgundians were an East Germanic people who migrated into the Roman Empire, established a kingdom in the region of modern-day eastern France and western Switzerland, and played a significant role in the late Roman and early medieval history of Western Europe.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Burgundians canonical 26
Burgundian 2
Burgundian people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf East Germanic people ⓘ
alliedWith Western Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWithLegend Nibelungenlied ⓘ
Waltharius ⓘ
capital Geneva ⓘ
Lyon ⓘ
Vienne ⓘ
Worms (legendary association) ⓘ
linked to: Worms
conqueredBy Clovis I ⓘ
linked to: Clovis

Frankish kings Childebert I and Chlothar I ⓘ
linked to: King Childebert I

Franks ⓘ
conquestDate 6th century ⓘ
culturalInfluence Germanic traditions ⓘ
Roman culture ⓘ
economy agriculture and pastoralism ⓘ
establishedKingdomIn eastern France ⓘ
western Switzerland ⓘ
ethnicGroup Germanic peoples ⓘ
foughtAgainst Franks ⓘ
Huns ⓘ
Western Roman Empire (at times) ⓘ
gaveNameTo Burgundy (French province) ⓘ
Burgundy (historical region) ⓘ
Kingdom of Burgundy ⓘ
integratedInto Frankish Kingdom ⓘ
king Gundahar (Gunther) ⓘ
Gundobad ⓘ
Sigismund of Burgundy ⓘ
kingdomDuration 5th to 6th centuries ⓘ
languageFamily East Germanic languages ⓘ
laterReligion Nicene Christianity ⓘ
legalCode Lex Burgundionum ⓘ
Lex Romana Burgundionum ⓘ
mentionedBy Ammianus Marcellinus ⓘ
Gregory of Tours ⓘ
Sidonius Apollinaris ⓘ
migratedInto Roman Empire ⓘ
migratedThrough Middle Rhine region ⓘ
Vistula region ⓘ
originRegion Bornholm (possible etymological link) ⓘ
linked to: Bornholm

Scandinavia (traditional theory) ⓘ
playedRoleIn early medieval history of Western Europe ⓘ
late Roman history ⓘ
religion Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
settledIn Burgundy ⓘ
Sapaudia ⓘ
linked to: Germania

Savoy ⓘ
Upper Rhine ⓘ
socialStructure warrior aristocracy ⓘ
status foederati of the Roman Empire ⓘ
successorEntity Frankish Kingdom of Burgundy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Majorian → foughtAgainst → Burgundians ⓘ
Aetius → opponent → Burgundians ⓘ
Champenois → hasDialectContinuumWith → Burgundian ⓘ
linked to: Burgundians
East Germanic peoples → hasPart → Burgundians ⓘ
Huns → foughtAgainst → Burgundians ⓘ
Great Migration → involved → Burgundians ⓘ
Jovinus → supportedBy → Burgundians ⓘ
Germanic Europe → includesPeople → Burgundians ⓘ
Fortifications of Luxembourg City → builtBy → Burgundians ⓘ
Hunnic invasions of Gaul → foughtBy → Burgundians ⓘ
Queen Clotilde → ethnicGroup → Burgundians ⓘ
Lex Burgundionum → legalSystemFor → Burgundians ⓘ
Burgundian royal house → ethnicity → Burgundians ⓘ
Burgundian royal house → partOf → Burgundian people ⓘ
linked to: Burgundians
Gundahar → reignedOver → Burgundians ⓘ
subject linked to: Gundahar (Gunther)
Widsith → mentionsTribe → Burgundians ⓘ
Luxembourg fortress → expandedBy → Burgundians ⓘ
Crimean Gothic → relatedTo → Burgundian ⓘ
subject linked to: Crimean Goth(ic)
linked to: Burgundians
Hasdingi Vandals → relatedGroup → Burgundians ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire → ethnicGroup → Burgundians ⓘ