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May 10, 2024 · Ermengarde of Anjou (c. 1018 – 18 March 1076), known as Blanche, was a Duchess consort of Burgundy. She was the daughter of Count Fulk III of Anjou and Hildegarde of Sundgau.[1] She was sometimes known as Ermengarde-Blanche.
May 15, 2024 · Description. Manuscript on parchment (greatly trimmed) of a fragment of a Book of Hours. The twenty-six folios are the only fragment known to remain of the Book of Hours of Blanche of Burgundy (d. 1348), Countess of Savoy and granddaughter of Saint Louis of France, which was executed in Paris in the atelier of Jean Pucelle.
May 22, 2024 · - Blanche of Burgundy (aged about 11/12) was married to the future Charles IV of France (aged 13) in January 1308. - Marie of Évreux (aged 7 /8) was married to John III, Duke of Brabant (aged 10/11), in 1311.
May 23, 2024 · Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; Dutch: Maria van Bourgondië; 13 February 1457 – 27 March 1482), 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 ...
May 21, 2024 · For example, in a chapter on ‘biological kinship’, D’Avray takes his reader on a European tour, juxtaposing the marriages of Jaume II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, Henry III of England and Jeanne of Ponthieu, and Charles IV of France and Blanche of Burgundy.
May 11, 2024 · Why was Burgundy so powerful? Burgundy was a powerful state in Europe due to its wealth and ambitious nature. The short-lived Burgundian court had a remarkable splendor and influence, which stemmed from its feverish and often violent ambition as a wealthy but precarious power in western Europe. How powerful was Burgundy? Burgundy was one of …
May 21, 2024 · Edmund, 1st Earl of Lancaster (16 January 1245 – 5 June 1296), also known as Edmund Crouchback, was a member of the royal Plantagenet Dynasty and the founder of the first House of Lancaster. He was Earl of Leicester (1265–1296), Lancaster (1267–1296) and Derby (1269–1296) in England and Count Palatine of Champagne (1276–1284) in France.
