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Mary of Burgundy. Master H.A. or A.H. Austrian. 1528. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 953. Mary, duchess of Burgundy (1457–1482), was the first wife of Emperor Maximilian I, whom she married in 1477. She wears a tall Burgundian hennin, or steeple headdress, characteristic of 1470s fashion. The heavy band of material over her ...
The Marriage of Maximilian of Austria with Mary of Burgundy Place Holland (Artist's nationality:) Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include ...
On 6 March 1482, Mary — the only child of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy and legitimate heiress to the duchy following her father's death at the Battle of Nancy on 5 January 1477, who married Archduke Maximilian of Austria, the future Roman-German king and Holy Roman emperor — fell under her horse during falconry. Twenty-five-year-old ...
Creator: Master of Mary of Burgundy, artist. Description: In this full-page manuscript illumination, Mary of Burgundy sits in prayer with her book of hours. Through the window we see the Virgin and child with four angels in attendance within an elaborate Gothic church interior. A group of ladies pray on the left while a deacon kneels on the right.
Mary was born on February 13, 1457 in Brussels at the ducal castle of Coudenberg. Her father Charles was the son of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy and Isabel of Portugal. His title at the time was Count of Charolais. Her mother was Isabella, daughter of the Duke of Bourbon. On the day Mary was born, her father had left to go hunting.
Maximilian – Das Spiel von Macht und Liebe, released in the United States as Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne or simply Maximilian, is a 2017 German-Austrian three-part historical miniseries. It is set in 1477, and stars Jannis Niewöhner as Maximilian I and Christa Théret as Mary of Burgundy. It was directed by Andreas Prochaska. It had ...
the current interest in the role of women at the Burgundian court, particularly in Mary’s stepmother, Margaret of York, and her own daughter, Margaret of Austria. On closer inspection, however, it is clear that Mary of Burgundy was a key player in the most important spheres of her day, notably politics, diplomacy, and the arts.
