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Mary of Burgundy chased by the Death, from the Book of Hours of Mary and Maximilian in Berlin. Two of the men tried to escape while another, likely Maximilian, beckoned her to follow him but she took no notice.
Mar 27, 2014 · Mary died after a horse-riding accident. Her horse tripped, threw her and landed on top of her. She broke her neck, but it took several days before she died. She made a very detailed will during this time. Her son Philip succeeded her as Duke of Burgundy. Mary was buried in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges.
Betrothed to Maximilian in 1476, Mary found herself faced with French invasion when she became duchess of Burgundy on her father’s death at Nancy early in 1477. She resisted French pressure to marry the future Charles VIII and became Maximilian’s wife on August 18, 1477.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Died in 1465 or 1466; daughter of Agnes of Burgundy (d. 1476) and Charles I, duke of Bourbon (r. 1434–1456); second wife of Charles the Bold (1433–1477), duke of Burgundy (r. 1467–1477); children: Mary of Burgundy (1457–1482, who married Maximilian I, Holy Roman emperor).
Mary of Burgundy died in a fall from a horse on March 27, 1482. Their son Philip, later called Philip the Handsome, was held as virtually a prisoner until Maximilian freed him in 1492. Artois and Franche-Comte became his to rule; Burgundy and Picardy returned to French control.
The Tomb of Mary of Burgundy is a funeral monument completed in 1501 for Mary of Burgundy's grave in the Church of Our Lady, Bruges. She died in March 1482 aged 25, following injuries sustained during a hunting accident a number of weeks earlier.
Mary of Burgundy, nicknamed the Rich, was a member of the House of Valois-Burgundy who ruled a collection of states that included the duchies of Limburg, Brabant, Luxembourg, the counties of Namur, Holland, Hainaut and other territories, from 1477 until her death in 1482.
