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May 1, 2024 · In this extract from the book, ‘The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire’, John I of Burgundy, also known as John the Fearless (Jean sans Peur , Jan zonder Vrees) led an army to fight the nobles and burghers of Liège in the Battle of Othée, a crucial moment in shifting the Burgundian centre of gravity to the Low Countries. Sunday, 29 January 2023.
4 days ago · Former Professor of History, University of Hull, England. Author of Philip the Good; John the Fearless.
2 days ago · John (II) de Mowbray 1310–1361 3rd Baron Mowbray: Eleanor of Lancaster 1318–1372: Mary of Lancaster c. 1320 –1362: Earl of Worcester (2nd creation), 1397: John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Duke of Lancaster, 5th Earl of Lancaster, (6th) Earl of Leicester jure uxoris: Blanche of Lancaster 1342–1368: Maud of Lancaster 1340–1362 a.k.a. Matilda ...
4 days ago · John the Fearless (or Jean sans Peur) was assassinated by the Armagnacs at Montereau on 10 September 1419 and this pivotal moment is portrayed in suitably dramatic fashion. It is an act carried out as revenge for the murder of the Duke of Orléans 12 years earlier but also proves to be a key staging post in all that follows in the conflict ...
May 20, 2024 · The Burgundians, led by John the Fearless, successor of Philip the Bold, arranged the murder of Louis, duc d’Orléans, in 1407 and allied themselves with King Henry V of England, who won the Battle of Agincourt (1415) against the French.
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4 days ago · 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. Appointed as the Count of Charolais upon his birth, Charles vied for power and ...
May 15, 2024 · The Dauphin meets John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, on the bridge across the Seine. One of the dauphin's followers felled John with an axe. From Look and Learn 1016 (29 August 1981).
