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Article: Patronage and the Burgundian court (1364-1419).
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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After the investiture in 1364 of Philip the Bold as duke of Burgundy, the duchy of Burgundy became a cadet branch of the French royal house of Valois. The fourth and last reigning duke of Burgundy of the Valois line, Charles the Bold (r. 1467-1477), died on the battlefield near Nancy, France, leaving no male issue. Thus, the legendary dynasty came to an abrupt end in just over a century. The dukes' Burgundian lands reverted to the French crown while their Netherlandish territories were absorbed by the Habsburgs through the marriage of Charles the Bold's only child, Mary of Burgundy (1457-1482), to Archduke Maximilian of Austria (later Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor; r. ...