I From 1032 the first capetian branch with Robert 1er Duc de Bg (second fils de
Robert le Pieux, son frère Henri 1er est roi de France) will last up to
Philippe du Rouvres's death in 1364.

The dukes will impose their own policy,

     their hability in marriage arrangements,
     their economic power ( end of invasions)
     their battles and quarrels,
     their help to the monasteries
     their power and managment over the local feudal nobility, proud of the fidelity of their vassals and peasants, proud of their rights and their domains.

• Central power under the Dukes « hands »
• Development of the middle class with some detaxations offered by the dukes if they are faithful

II From 1364 to 1477: with Philippe le Hardi began the second Valois branch with
Phillipe le Hardi and the so called golden century.

• Epidemic of plague (death of 1/3 of the population). Philippe Du Rouvres, duke, died in
  1364 without descendants. King Jean Le Bon gave his son Philippe Le Hardi the duchy
  

4 dukes within 113 years: le Hardi n'a pas Peur du grand Téméraire
                                            The audacious doesn't fear the great rackless

Central power again, council chamber, controlled chancellor
As the revenues were not sufficient, the dukes gathered deputies of the 3 orders (1/3 état, nobility, and clergy) together to get the right of raising taxes. Origine of the ETATS de BOURGOGNE. Feudal organisation moved to administrative monarchy. Nobles and bourgeois can faire career in the duchy administration and get richer.
Beaune was the home official town of the dukes until the end of XIVth century, while living in Bruges.
They moved the capital city to Dijon, which developed a lot then.

• Philippe le Hardi married Marguerite de Flandres in 1369
• Jean sans Peur married Marguerite de Bavière. He doesn't hesitate to kill his first cousin Louis d'Orléans in 1407 to sit his power stronger which led to civil war: Burgundians with the British against French (Armagnacs). Period of the « 100 year war ».
• Philippe le Bon married Isabelle du Portugal. This is when Joan of Arc tried to give confidence back to the French, but is captured by the Burgundians in 1430 in Compiègne and given to the English.
• Charles le Téméraire married third wife's Margueret d'York from England.
  Burgundy more and more separated from the French kingdom, and his ambition is to take the power over the French crown. But in 1477, under King Louis XI, Charles le Téméraire got killed in Nancy. This is the end of the independence.

While the duchy of Burgundy is gradually integrated into the French kingdom, which Dijon accepted, the county of Burgundy (Franche Comté and Pays Bas) and Beaune remained faithful to Marie de Bourgogne, Téméraire's daughter, who married Maximillien d'Autriche and fell under the power of Austria. At the end of the XV century, les ETATS de BOURGOGNE include part of the French kingdom and part of Germany;

I From 1477 to 1789

The title of « duke » is kept but is purely titular. King Louis XI realized he had to leave Burgundy some privileges and to allow some specific local organisations such as
                      Dijon Parliament
                      Meetings every third year of the « States of Burgundy ».

Just like the other regions, Burgundy was opened to new Calvinist ideas and suffered from
the religious wars between Catholics and Protestants during a century (1562–1653), with
massacres (Saint Barthelemy in 1572), vandalism and plunders (pillage) which helped the
monarchy power to reinforce.
Few dates: Édit de Nantes , under Henri 4th, in 1598
                  Revocation de l'edit de Nantes ; under Louis XIV, in 1685.

Many religious orders settled in Burgundy during the second part of the XVII century to sit back Catholicism with the help of the middle class living there. In 1610, local Jeanne de Chantal, with Saint François de Sales, is creating the visitation order.
The royal governor representative is, from 1631 to the revolution, called « Prince de Condé ».
He is enjoying a great prestige and popularity locally but is usually living in Versailles. He is assisting the king's interest but has to count on the local representatives, which gives Burgundy its specific administration.
During the XVII century, the ducal palace of Dijon is remodeled into a classical « royal
mansion » under Louis XIV with architect Gabriel.

The XVIII century brought a great intellectual and artistic life in Burgundy. The middle class gets into robe nobility, as part of the law local institutions. In Dijon, the university is created in 1723, the royal academy in 1740, there is a school of music (Rameau is born there in 1683), an art school (Rude is born there in 1784, as well as Eiffel in 1832).
But in 1789, adherence of the crowd and parliament people to the new revolution ideas because of all the excesses from the past, led by the narrow elite. The royal propositions « au nom des libertés » are rejected: Old regime failure and Deep social transformations.
The revolution is putting to an end the specific organization and administration of Burgundy.
Napoléon’s triumphal welcome in March 1815, in Dijon, coming back from Elbe Island.