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23 December 1482. Succeeded by. Habsburg Monarchy. Kingdom of France. Holy Roman Empire. Habsburg Netherlands. The Burgundian State[1] (French: État bourguignon; Dutch: Bourgondische Rijk) is a concept coined by historians to describe the vast complex of territories that is also referred to as Valois Burgundy.
Coat of arms of the second Duchy of Burgundy and later of the French province of Burgundy Burgundy within the Frankish realms.. The history of Burgundy stretches back to the times when the region was inhabited in turn by Celts, Romans (Gallo-Romans), and in the 5th century, the Roman allies the Burgundians, a Germanic people perhaps originating in Bornholm (Baltic Sea), who settled there and established the Kingdom of the Burgundians.
May 24, 2018 · Introduction. The composite dynastic state ruled by a branch of the Valois dynasty, which is here referred to as “the Burgundian lands,” was one of the most significant and powerful political entities of later medieval Europe. Historians usually speak of the Burgundian state between 1384 and 1492 and of the Habsburg state for the period ...
Kingdom of the Burgundians (411–534) Burgundy is named after a Germanic tribe of Burgundians who may have originated on the island of Bornholm, whose name in Old Norse was Burgundarholmr ("Island of the Burgundians"). The Burgundian name may have also been a general Germanic name for "highlanders", as such may have been the name of more than ...
Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier, The Promised Lands: The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530, Elizabeth Fackelman and Edward Peters (trans.), Philadelphia, 1999 (This is the shortest and most easily assessable introduction to the period). Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier, The Burgundian Netherlands, Cambridge, 1986.
The expansion of the Burgundian domains was a late medieval success story: within three generations a powerful complex of territories had been created. A special feature of the Burgundian domains was their position between the power blocs of France and the Holy Roman Empire, both in a geographical sense and from the perspective of feudal law.
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Division of Burgundy. Burgundy, France. With the death in 1477 of Charles the Bold, France and the Habsburgs began a long process of dividing his rich Burgundian lands, leading to numerous wars. In 1532, Brittany was incorporated into the Kingdom of France. Page last updated: Invalid Date.
