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John the Fearless. John the Fearless, 1371–1419, duke of Burgundy (1404–19); son of Philip the Bold. He fought against the Turks at Nikopol in 1396 and was a prisoner for a year until he was ransomed. He continued his father's feud with Louis, duc d' Orléans, brother of King Charles VI, and became popular by advocating governmental reforms.
St JOHN of Reomay, now called Moutier-Saint-Jean, in Burgundy, Ab. He was a native of the diocess of Langres, and took the monastic habit at Lerins. He was called into his own country by the bishop of Langres to found the abbey from which he received his surname.
A relieved John of Bavaria had all suspicious burghers and noblemen beheaded in Liège or drowned in the Meuse. From then on, he would go through life as ‘John the Pitiless’. He was back in the saddle, but he was also indebted to John of Burgundy more than ever before. The prince-bishopric had basically become a Burgundian protectorate.
John of Burgundy Click on a person's name, below, to go to that person's genealogy page. Birth: 1231; Death: 29 September 1268; Father: Hugh IV of Burgundy; Mother: Yolande of Dreux; Partner: Agnes de Dampiere * Child: Beatrice of Burgundy Born: 1257 ⇒ * Our research indicates that this child is Janet's ancestor.
Nov 8, 2021 · John the Fearless. Son of Duke Philip the Bold and Margaret III of Flanders, John was born in the Ducal Palace at Dijon on 28th May 1371. A diplomatic union was arranged for him to Margaret of Bavaria, with the marriage taking place in 1385. As heir to the Duchy of Burgundy, John led forces in France’s army as they supported the Hungarians ...
"John of Burgundy" published on by null. (14th century) Physician in Liège; author of a Latin treatise, De epidemia (probably 1365), and two other, now lost, plague tracts.De epidemia was known in continental Europe in its ...
In a recent article, Patrick Outhwaite discusses censorship in ‘two previously unknown early sixteenth-century manuscript copies of the Middle English translation of the Practica phisicalia, the recipe book of John of Burgundy (circa 1338-1390).’ While this authorial attribution is problematic, it is in fact only the latest instance in a long tradition of mis-crediting works to a ...
