Arles, kingdom of definition of Arles, kingdom of in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Arles, kingdom of, was formed in 933, when Rudolf II, king of Transjurane Burgundy Burgundy (bûr`gəndē), Fr.
..... Click the link for more information. , united the kingdom of Provence Provence (prôväNs`), region and former province, SE France. It now encompasses Var, Vaucluse, and Bouches-du-Rhône depts.
..... Click the link for more information. or Cisjurane Burgundy to his lands and established his capital at Arles. Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II Conrad II, c.990–1039, Holy Roman emperor (1027–39) and German king (1024–39), first of the Salian dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire. With the end of the Saxon line on the death of Henry II , the succession passed to the matrilineal descendants of
..... Click the link for more information. annexed the kingdom to the Holy Roman Empire in 1034, but few of his successors troubled to be crowned as king of Arles. The imperial rulers exercised little control, and the component parts of the realm (Provence, Vivarais Vivarais (vēvärā`), region, roughly coextensive with Ardèche dept., SE France.
..... Click the link for more information. , Lyonnais Lyonnais (lyônā`), region and former province, E central France, now divided into the Rhône and Loire depts.
..... Click the link for more information. , Dauphiné Dauphiné (dōfēnā`), region and former province, SE France, bordering on Italy.
..... Click the link for more information. , Savoy Savoy (səvoi`), Fr. Savoie, Alpine region of E France.
..... Click the link for more information. , W Switzerland Switzerland (swĭt`sərlənd), Fr. Suisse, Ger. Schweiz, Ital.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Franche-Comté Franche-Comté (fräNsh-kôNtā`) or Free County of Burgundy, region and former province, E France.
..... Click the link for more information. ) gradually broke away. In 1378, Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV ceded the realm to the dauphin (later King Charles VI of France), and the kingdom for all practical purposes ceased to exist.