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2 days ago · Background. House of Valois-Burgundy was begun with Philip the Bold, the fourth son of John II, King of France.Philip became the Duke of Burgundy in 1363. In 1369, Philip married Margaret of Male, the heiress of Louis II, Count of Flanders, who brought with her dowry the wealthy lands of Flanders, Rethel, Antwerp, and Mechelen, along with the territories bordering on Flanders and Burgundy: the ...
- Mary The Rich
Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; Dutch: Maria...
- Margaret of York
Margaret of York (3 May 1446 – 23 November 1503), also known...
- Catherine of France
Catherine of France (1428 – 13 July 1446) was a French...
- Burgundian Wars
The Burgundian Wars (1474–1477) were a conflict between the...
- Mary The Rich
7 hours ago · of Burgundy c. 1035 – 1070/1074: Hugh I 1057–1093 Duke of Burgundy: Robert 1059–1111 Bishop of Langres: Odo I 1060–1102 Duke of Burgundy: Urraca 1079–1126 Queen of León and Castile: Theresa 1080–1130 Countess of Portugal: Henry 1066–1112 Count of Portugal: Hugh II 1084–c. 1143 Duke of Burgundy: Amadeus III 1095–1148 Count of ...
5 days ago · 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.
5 days ago · Marie de' Medici (French: Marie de Médicis, Italian: Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642), was Queen of France as the second wife of King Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon and Regent of the Kingdom of France officially during 1610–1614 and de facto until 1617. A member of the powerful House of Medici in the branch of ...
3 days ago · Philip II [note 1] (21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( Spanish: Felipe el Prudente ), was King of Spain [note 2] from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He was also jure uxoris King of England and Ireland from his marriage to Queen Mary I in 1554 ...
3 days ago · Marie Antoinette: 1 n queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793) Example of: queen the wife or widow of a king
1 day ago · Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military powers in Europe.
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