This independence would last until Burgundy was assimilated into France at the late 15th century. While nominally vassals to Frankish and later French kings, Burgundians maintained political independence and a somewhat different culture they even sided with the English for a time during the Hundred Years' War. Historically, the Burgundians are a Germanic tribe who settled in Gaul prior to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and established their own kingdom until they were conquered by by the Franks and incorporated into the Frankish Empire. The Burgundians are a Western European civilization introduced in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Lords of the West. The Burgundians' civilization music theme in the Definitive Edition
