[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch2z3:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","High Middle Ages","Plena Edad Media","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch2","Robert II the Pious: Consolidating the Capetian Monarchy (996-1031)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch2z3","Burgundy: A Capetian Stake (1002-1016)","\u003Cp>Around the year 1000, Burgundy is a strategic space: roads, monasteries, and great families. For the Capetian monarchy, gaining influence there means moving beyond a strictly “Parisian” power and acquiring greater political depth.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 1002: An Open Succession\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>October 1002\u003C/strong>, Duke \u003Cstrong>Henry I of Burgundy\u003C/strong> dies without a legitimate heir. His stepson \u003Cstrong>Otto-William\u003C/strong> (Count Palatine of Burgundy and Count of Macon) can claim the inheritance with the support of Burgundian lords. But for Robert II, Burgundy is not just another duchy: it is a Robertian possession, a space rich in cities such as Dijon, Auxerre, Langres, and Sens, and a strategic corridor.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚔️ 1003-1006: Campaigns, Agreements, and Consolidation\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The crisis takes on a local dimension: a rivalry between \u003Cstrong>Hugh of Chalon\u003C/strong> (bishop of Auxerre, supporter of the king) and \u003Cstrong>Landry of Nevers\u003C/strong> (ally of Otto-William) triggers armed intervention.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In spring \u003Cstrong>1003\u003C/strong>, Robert enters Burgundy, joined by \u003Cstrong>Richard II of Normandy\u003C/strong>, but fails before \u003Cstrong>Auxerre\u003C/strong> and \u003Cstrong>Saint-Germain of Auxerre\u003C/strong>. He returns in \u003Cstrong>1005\u003C/strong>: \u003Cstrong>Avallon\u003C/strong> falls after a few days of fighting, then \u003Cstrong>Auxerre\u003C/strong>. Arrangements follow: Landry is reconciled with the king by renouncing the counties of Avallon and Auxerre; Otto-William gives up the ducal title in the agreements of \u003Cstrong>1005-1006\u003C/strong>. The possessions of the dead duke return to the Crown, but one lock still remains: \u003Cstrong>Dijon\u003C/strong>, held by the bishop of Langres, \u003Cstrong>Bruno of Roucy\u003C/strong>, hostile to the king.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏰 1016: Dijon, the Final Piece\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>After the episode of Sens, Robert wants to complete the Burgundian conquest. Tradition at Dijon speaks of a mediation by \u003Cstrong>Odilo of Cluny\u003C/strong>: the king gives up a direct assault. The situation changes when Bruno of Roucy dies at the end of \u003Cstrong>January 1016\u003C/strong>: royal troops enter Dijon shortly afterward. Robert installs \u003Cstrong>Lambert of Vignory\u003C/strong> at Langres, and he cedes Dijon and its county to the king.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The young \u003Cstrong>Henry\u003C/strong> (the king’s younger son) receives the ducal title, but Robert keeps real control of government and regularly travels in Burgundy. Later, the death of Henry’s elder brother in \u003Cstrong>1025\u003C/strong> makes him heir to the crown; Burgundy is then entrusted to the younger son \u003Cstrong>Robert “the Old”\u003C/strong>, founder of a lasting Burgundian line.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>1002 opens a war of succession: Otto-William against the Robertian inheritance.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>1003-1006: Avallon and Auxerre, agreements, and Otto-William’s renunciation.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>1016: Dijon falls, and the Burgundian conquest is completed.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Around the year 1000, Burgundy is a strategic space: roads, monasteries, and great families. For the Capetian monarchy, gaining influence there means moving",1778543133511]