Burgundy (fra)

Burgundy

Burgundy ranks 1,525th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Moscow Oblast, 8th arrondissement of Paris, and Douglas, Isle of Man. Memorable people born in Burgundy include Dagobert I, Rudolph III of Burgundy, and Gundobad. Memorable people who died in Burgundy include Gesalec, and Boso, Margrave of Tuscany. Burgundy has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians. Burgundy is located in France.

Burgundy is a historical region in France, encompassing the territory of the former administrative region of the same name, that existed from 1982 to 2015, and was merged since 1 January 2016 into the newly created administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, encompassing its western half. In historical terms, that region was formed as the Duchy of Burgundy, which existed between the 10th and the 18th century. During the late medieval and early modern periods, the region was of great political importance, being the core of the Valois-Burgundian State, and also becoming a focal point of diplomacy and courtly culture that set the fashion for European royal houses and their courts. The regional capital, Dijon, was wealthy and powerful, being a major European centre of art and science, and of Western Monasticism. Read more on Wikipedia