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Duchy of Burgundy. The Duchy of Burgundy (/ ˈbɜːrɡəndi /; Latin: Ducatus Burgundiae; French: Duché de Bourgogne) emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians, which after its conquest in 532 had formed a constituent part of the Frankish Empire. Upon the 9th-century partitions, the French ...
The Burgundian State was a complex of territories ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy from the French House of Valois in the Late Middle Ages. It included both French and Imperial fiefs, such as Flanders, Brabant, Burgundy and the Netherlands, and was a major power in Europe until the 15th and 16th centuries.
The Duchy of Burgundy is the better-known of the two, later becoming the French province of Burgundy, while the County of Burgundy became the French province of Franche-Comté, literally meaning free county. The situation is complicated by the fact that at different times and under different geopolitical circumstances, many different entities ...
Learn about the rise and fall of the medieval principality of Burgundy, ruled by the Valois dynasty. Discover the achievements, wars, and legacy of the Dukes of Burgundy, from Philip the Bold to Mary of Burgundy.
May 24, 2018 · The conceptions of “Burgundy” as a “state” and the “Burgundian Netherlands” as its real economic and political heartland have mostly been the result of works such as Bartier 1970, Prevenier and Blockmans 1986, Prevenier 1998, and more recently Schnerb 1999 and Schnerb 2005. Some classic 19th- and early-20th-century books shaped the idea of a separate “Burgundian history” with the emphasis gradually shifting from the role of Burgundy in the Hundred Years War toward the vibrant ...
Learn about the origins and evolution of Burgundy, a former Germanic kingdom and a medieval duchy that rivaled France. Discover its cultural and religious heritage, its role in the Hundred Years' War and the rise of the Habsburgs.
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On his father’s death his eldest son, John ‘the Fearless’, inherited the duchy of Burgundy and the county of Charolais: less than a year later, in March 1405, on the death of his mother, Marguerite de Male, he was to pick up the major part of his maternal inheritance, namely the counties of Flanders, Artois and Burgundy (Franche-Comté).
