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Apr 12, 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.
5 days ago · In 1347, he married Margaret of Brabant (1323–1368), daughter of John III, Duke of Brabant. They had three children: Peter (died young) Charles (predeceased his father) Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1348–1405) He also left several illegitimate sons, three of whom were killed at the Battle of Nicopolis.
4 days ago · 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 until her death in 1482.
Apr 2, 2024 · Philip II (born Jan. 17, 1342, Pontoise, France—died April 27, 1404, Halle, Brabant) was the duke of Burgundy (1363–1404) and the youngest son of the French king John II the Good. One of the most powerful men of his day in France, he was for a time regent for his nephew Charles VI; and when Charles went insane, he became the virtual ruler ...
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Apr 2, 2024 · Philip III (born July 31, 1396, Dijon, Burgundy [now in France]—died June 15, 1467, Bruges [now Brugge, Belgium]) was the most important of the Valois dukes of Burgundy (reigned 1419–67) and the true founder of the Burgundian state that rivaled France in the 15th century. Philip was the son of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria.
Apr 7, 2024 · In another room, in the stone sector, another intervention is being completed, on another textbook masterpiece, the monument to Margaret of Brabant, a work by Giovanni Pisano kept at the Museum of St. Augustine in Genoa, which came to us in fragments.
1 day ago · Margaret of Sicily 1241–1270: Albert II 1240–1314 Mgve of Meissen: Margaret of Flanders d. 1285: John I 1252–1294 Duke of Brabant: Albert IV c. 1188 –1239 Count of Habsburg: Hedwig of Kyburg: Conradin 1252–1268 King of Jerusalem: Frederick I 1257–1323 Mgve of Meissen Habsburg: Isabella of Burgundy 1270–1323: Rudolf I 1218–1291 ...
