Rudolph III, King of Burgundy
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Rudolph and his sister Bertha in the pedigree of the Ottonian dynasty, Chronica sancti Pantaleonis, Cologne (13th century)
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King of Burgundy (formally King of Arles) |
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| Reign | 19 October 993 – 6 September 1032 |
| Predecessor | Conrad I |
| Successor | Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Born | c. 970 |
| Died | 6 September 1032 |
| Burial | Lausanne Cathedral |
| Consort | Agiltrud Ermengarde |
| House | Elder House of Welf |
| Father | Conrad I of Burgundy |
| Mother | Matilda of France |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Rudolph III (called "the Idle" (French: Rodolphe le Fainéant, German: Rudolf der Faule) or "the Pious" (le Pieux); c. 970 – 6 September 1032) was King of Burgundy from 993 until his death. He was the last ruler of an independent Kingdom of Arles, also called the Second Kingdom of Burgundy, and the last male member of the Burgundian group of the Elder House of Welf.
Rudolph was the son and heir of King Conrad I of Burgundy (925–993). His mother Matilda (943–980), a member of the Frankish Carolingian dynasty, was the sister of King Louis IV of France. Rudolph himself had three sisters: Gerberga, who married Duke Herman II of Swabia about 988, Bertha, married to Count Odo I of Blois and secondly to King Robert II of France in 996, and Gisela, who married the Ottonian duke Henry II of Bavaria and became the mother of Emperor Henry II.
Rudolph succeeded to the Burgundian throne upon his father's death on 19 October 993 and was crowned king in Lausanne. His reign was marked with turbulence when he made attempts to confiscate several Burgundian estates. Unable to placate the increasingly powerful nobility, he also had to deal with encroachments of power on the part of Count Otto-William of Burgundy.
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