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3 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 ...
- Mary of Burgundy (Disambiguation)
Mary of Burgundy (1457–1482) was the ruler of the Burgundian...
- Isabella of Bourbon
Life Diptych depicting Isabella and her husband Charles the...
- Margaret
Childhood and life in France Portrait of Margaret aged ten...
- Mary of Burgundy (Disambiguation)
4 days ago · House of Valois: Charles Count of Valois 1270–1325 r. 1284–1325: Louis I Duke of Bourbon 1279–1341 r. 1327–1341: Mary of Avesnes 1280–1354: Philip VI King of France 1293–1350 r. 1328–1350: John II King of France 1319–1364 r. 1350–1364: Isabella of Valois 1313–1383: Peter I Duke of Bourbon 1311–1356 r. 1342–1356: James I ...
- August 1589 – March 1594
- France
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2 days ago · Signature. 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.
2 days ago · Period. 1432–1440. Penalty. Death by hanging. Gilles de Rais ( c. 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer of children.
19 hours ago · The medieval Kingdom of France emerged from the western part of Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire, known as West Francia, and achieved increasing prominence under the rule of the House of Capet, founded in 987. A succession crisis in 1328 led to the Hundred Years' War between the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet.
2 days ago · The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease directly caused by the conflict, and it severely damaged the power of the French monarchy. [1] One of its most notorious episodes was the ...
4 days ago · St. Francis is one of the most famous saints in Church history. He’s so significant that the current pope — Pope Francis — chose to take his name. Oct. 4 is his memorial day. But who was he, and what did he do? Here are 12 things to know and share… 1) When did St. Francis live? He was born in 1181 or 1182 (we’re not sure), and he died in 1226.