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Hace 3 días · In the Middle Ages, Burgundy was a fabulously wealthy realm that spread over a huge swathe of medieval Europe, eventually seating their power in modern Belgium and the Netherlands. While it has long vanished from the map, it was a cradle for art and architecture, as well as violence and chaos as rival dynasties fought for dominance.
Hace 4 días · The four Valois Dukes of Burgundy used political intrigue, calculated splendor, economic power, and good old-fashioned violence to forge a state out of the many Duchies and Counties between France and the Holy Roman Empire.
9 de jul. de 2024 · The Burgundians were a Scandinavian people whose original homeland lay on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea, where the island of Bornholm (Burgundarholm in the Middle Ages) still bears their name.
Hace 2 días · Charles Martin (10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477), called The Bold [a], was the last Duke of Burgundy from the Burgundian cadet branch of the House of Valois from 1467 to 1477. He was the only legitimate son of Philip the Good and his third wife, Isabella of Portugal.
29 de jun. de 2024 · Reproducciones de Arte de Calidad de Museo de Obras Maestras Famosas, Pintadas por Artistas Graduados de la Academia. | Rogier Van Der Weyden - Retrato de Antoine, bastardo de Borgoña. JPG: 888 x 1200 Px.
Hace 4 días · Portugal - House of Aviz, 15th Century, Age of Discovery: The legitimate male line of Henry of Burgundy ended at Ferdinand’s death, and, when the Cortes met at Coimbra in March–April 1385, John of Aviz was declared king (as John I) and became the founder of a new dynasty.
Hace 4 días · In 1430, he inherited the Margraviate of Antwerp and the Duchies of Brabant, Limburg and Luxembourg, succeeding his cousin Philip, son of Anthony of Burgundy. He also took advantage of a succession crisis to make himself the heir of Jacqueline of Hainaut — at the time of her death, in 1433, he seized her Counties of Hainaut , Holland and ...
