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Charles the Bold. Byname: Charles the Bold. French: Charles le Téméraire. Born: Nov. 10, 1433, Dijon, Burgundy [now in France] Died: Jan. 5, 1477, near Nancy, Lorraine (aged 43) Title / Office: duke (1467-1477), Burgundy. Notable Family Members: daughter Mary. Role In: Battle of Morat. Burgundian War.
Charles the Bold, (born Nov. 10, 1433, Dijon, Burgundy [France]—died Jan. 5, 1477, near Nancy, Lorraine), Last of the great dukes of Burgundy (1467–77). An opponent of Louis XI of France, Charles tried to make Burgundy an independent kingdom.
May 8, 2018 · The French nobleman Charles the Bold (1433-1477) was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477. During his life the Burgundian state reached the height of its political, economic, and cultural power.
Dec 28, 2004 · CHARLES THE BOLD CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD 1433-1440. On St. Andrew's Eve, in the year 1433, the good people of Dijon were abroad, eager to catch what glimpses they might of certain stately functions to be formally celebrated by the Duke of Burgundy.
Jan 30, 2014 · Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy was a man born with huge potential. The child of illustrious parents, he was the heir to a vast, fertile and economically rich dukedom that stretched from the sea west to Germany.
Charles the Bold was a powerful figure and ruler of territory including all of present-day Belgium and the Netherlands, Picardy (northeast France), Burgundy, Franche-Comte (both now in eastern France) and Luxembourg.
Charles I (Charles Martin; German: Karl Martin; Dutch: Karel Maarten; 10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477), nicknamed the Bold (German: der Kühne; Dutch: de Stoute; French: le Téméraire ), was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477. Reliquary of Charles the Bold – Gérard Loyet (1467–1471). Double Briquet, struck under Charles the Bold in Bruges, 1475.
