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Feb 2, 2005 · The second volume of Vaughan's series on the dukes of Burgundy. John the Fearless usually comes across in history as something of a bad guy, but that's usually because the history in question is written as a history of *France*; Vaughan is writing a history of *Burgundy* (not just the duchy, but the whole collection of provinces cobbled together by the dynasty), and from that perspective John ...
- Richard Vaughan, Bertrand Schnerb, Bertrand Schnerb [foreword]
Sep 10, 2020 · Jean (John) the Fearless (Jean sans Peur), Duke of Burgundy, was assassinated on the 10th of September 1419, on the bridge at Montereau in the Île-de-France region. He met there with Dauphin Charles (later Charles VII of France the Victorious, or le Victorieux) for a parley. The brutal murder of Louis d’Orléans at the hands of Jean’s accomplices resulted in the Burgundian-Armagnac Civil ...
Nov 19, 2018 · Getty Images/Bettmann. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. while riding in a motorcade in Dallas during a campaign visit. Shots rang out as Kennedy’s ...
Jun 8, 2018 · Born at Dijon on July 31, 1396, Philip the Good was the son of Duke John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria. At first created Count of Charolais—the traditional title of the heir apparent of Burgundy—he became the third Valois Duke of Burgundy upon the assassination of his father in 1419. Contemporary portraits and descriptions depict ...
Nov 21, 2016 · John the Fearless was connected to the assassination, and he was ordered to leave Paris. Isabeau began to fear for the safety of her son, the Dauphin Louis. At the Peace of Chartres in 1409 John the Fearless publicly reconciled with the new Duke of Orléans, and he was given the guardianship of the Dauphin by Isabeau.
