Burgundians

Germanic people of the middle Rhine who were settled near Geneva in the early decades of the 5th century ad where they established a kingdom in the Rhone Valley. The expansion of the Franks in the 6th century ad led to the annexation of Burgundy, but the Burgundians enjoyed periods of comparative autonomy. After the break-up of the Frankish empire in the 9th centuryad Burgundy formed an independent kingdom until ad 1032.