Burgundian Kingdom

State · 414–660 CE · at its largest around 612 CE

A Germanic kingdom founded by the Burgundians, later centred on the Rhône valley around Lyon and Geneva. The Franks conquered it in 534 and kept it as a Frankish sub-kingdom.

On its lands while it lasted

Trier (16 BCE – 1618 CE): Capital of Electorate of Trier (1333–1618).
Lyon (c. 443 CE): Capital of Burgundian Kingdom (443–534).
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (c. 450 CE): Angles, Saxons and Jutes from northern Germany and Denmark settled in lowland Britain, laying the foundations of England and the English language.
Clovis I (c. 466 CE – 511 CE): King who united the Franks, converted to Catholic Christianity and made Paris his capital.
Soissons (c. 476 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Soissons (476–486), Kingdom of Neustria (724–731).
Toulouse (c. 476 CE): Capital of Visigothic Kingdom (476–507), County of Toulouse (990–1249), Duchy of Aquitaine (990–1439).
Tournai (c. 481 CE): Capital of Kingdom of the Franks (481–508).
Canterbury (c. 490 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Kent (490–762).
Pavia (c. 500 CE): Capital of Ostrogothic Kingdom (500–553).
Carisbrooke (c. 523 CE): Capital of Wihtgar (523–686).
Winchester (c. 534 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Wessex (534–927), Kingdom of England (936–1100).
Tamworth (c. 534 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Mercia (534–918).
Worcester (c. 577 CE): Capital of Hwicce (577–627).
Sutton Hoo ship burial (c. 625 CE): Anglo-Saxon ship burial in Suffolk, probably of King Rædwald of East Anglia, containing the famous Sutton Hoo helmet.
Staffordshire Hoard (c. 650 CE): The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork ever found, with more than 3,500 pieces, mostly fittings from weapons. Buried in the 7th century in Mercia, it was found near Hammerwich in 2009.