The designation by Rudolf III of Henry II as heir did not sit well with the Burgundians and Otto-William, who earlier had fought Robert II of France over a different Burgundian inheritance, led a revolt against this arrangement. Henry died in 1024 and was succeeded by Conrad II, first of the Franconian line and new HRE. Conrad had at best a tenuous claim to Burgundy. However Otto-WIlliam also died about this time (1026) and Conrad married a niece of Rudolf III, creating a better claim. Rudolf passed Burgundy on to Conrad II on his death in 1032, by passing another potential heir.