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Charles the Bold. Charles Martin (10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477) called The Bold, [a] was the last Duke of Burgundy from the Burgundian cadet branch of House of Valois from 1467 to 1477. He was the only legitimate son of Philip the Good and his third wife, Isabella of Portugal.
Charles the Bold, (born Nov. 10, 1433, Dijon, Burgundy [France]—died Jan. 5, 1477, near Nancy, Lorraine), Last of the great dukes of Burgundy (1467–77). An opponent of Louis XI of France, Charles tried to make Burgundy an independent kingdom. He had great success until 1474, casting off French rule, extending Burgundy’s possessions, and ...
By Jonathan North. On Monday, February 19, 1476 Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (much of what is now eastern France), joined his army beneath the gray ramparts of Grandson. His troops, disheartened by an unsuccessful assault the day before, now hailed him with cries of “Burgundy!
May 8, 2018 · CHARLES THE BOLD (BURGUNDY) (1433 – 1477), duke of Burgundy. Charles was the last of the Valois dukes of Burgundy. The son of Duke Philip the Good and Isabella of Portugal, he was born in 1433. As a youngster he had a reputation for unbounded energy, a fierce temper, and a determination to win glory in battle.
Jan 30, 2014 · By Susan Abernethy. Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy was a man born with huge potential. The child of illustrious parents, he was the heir to a vast, fertile and economically rich dukedom that stretched from the sea west to Germany. Charles could have been a king but personal flaws and failings and an inborn rage were to be his downfall.
Charles the Bold has often been regarded as the last representative of the feudal spirit — a man who possessed no other quality than a blind bravery — and accordingly has often been contrasted with his rival Louis XI as representing modern politics.
Dec 28, 2004 · CHARLES THE BOLD. Idealised by P. P. Rubens, Vienna Gallery. (By permission of J. J. Löwy, Vienna.) 340 MAXIMILIAN OF AUSTRIA. Medal. 350 A FORTIFIED CHURCH IN BURGUNDY. From Petit's Hist. de Bourgogne. 383 KING RUHMREICH AND HIS DAUGHTER EHRENREICH (These characters in Maximilian's poem of Theuerdank represent Charles and Mary of Burgundy ...
