Burgundian

At the time of the War One hundred Year old, the Bourguignons are one of the parties, which opposes the Armagnacs in the Civil war between Armagnacs and Burgundian.

The history of the left Burgundian the fits in that of the Guerre One hundred Year old. In 1361 the duke Philippe de Rouvres dies without heir, the king of France Jean II the Good recovers the Duché and in Apanage his/her son Philippe Bold the in grants it 1363. This one and its descendants stick to make large a Principauté of it, tending to independence.

Philippe the Bold one marries in 1369 Marguerite III of Flanders, widow of Philippe de Rouvres, and is thus with the head of the two principalities when dies in 1384 the count of Flanders Louis II of Male. Matrimonial conquests and alliances put the dukes of Burgundy at the head the vast ones and rich fields in Flanders and with the Netherlands, making them of frightening candidates of kings de France at the time or those face the enemy English.

In 1380 the brother of Philippe the Bold one (the king Charles V), dies. Charles VI is only 12 years old and he exerts regency until 1388. With an aim of binding alliances with the Germanic duchies it Marie to Isabeau of Bavaria.

The king Charles VI sinking in the madness in 1393, Philippe Bold the, very credit at the court of France, takes an all the more significant part with the government of the uncles de Charles VI (the council of regency is chaired by the queen Isabeau who is poor policy and strongly influenced) that his/her brother the duke of Anjou (Louis Ier of Naples) is occupied in Italy and that his/her other brother the duke of Berry (Jean de France) engages little in the political matters and deals especially with Languedoc, however that the duke of Bourbon (Louis II of Bourbon) is not that maternal uncle of the king.

His/her Jean son without Peur has less of influence on Isabeau of Bavaria because this one becomes the amante of Louis of Orleans. It seizes Paris in 1405 and it makes assassinate its rival in 1407. Bernard VII of Armagnac, count d' Armagnac, father-in-law of the duke of Orleans, takes with Gien the head of a league formed to avenge it.

The civil war bursts between the two parties, Armagnacs, in favor of the duke of assassinated Orleans and Bourguignons in favor of Jean without Peur, duke of Burgundy. The Armagnacs are close to the royal capacity, in particular Dolphin, while the Burgundian ones are combined with the English in France. This distinction however only intervenes rather late in the conflict between the two factions. Initially, the Armagnacs conclude a treaty with the king from England, Henry IV: in 1412, they yield the Guyenne to him, and recognize its suzerainty on the Poitou, the Angouleme, the Périgord, in order to prevent a anglo-Burgundian alliance. This one was sealed only after the Assassinat of Jean without Peur by the Armagnacs, at the time of the interview of Montereau on September 10th, 1419, and with an aim of preventing the bringing together between the Dauphin and the Burgundian party (and to undoubtedly avenge the assassination for Louis of Orleans).

The civil war ends in 1435: Philippe the Good is made recognize independent by the French king Charles VII with the Traité of Arras in 1435.

In 1471, Charles Bold the proclaims independence, however it is not long in dying and the king Louis XI seizes the duchy of Burgundy then.

Principal Burgundian

  • Philippe Bold the, duke of Burgundy
  • Jean without Fear, duke of Burgundy
  • Philippe the Good, duke of Burgundy
  • Charles Bold the, duke of Burgundy
  • Claude de Beauvoir
  • Nicolas Rolin
  • Simon Caboche
  • Pierre Cauchon

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