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  LES TRES RICHES HEURES DU DUC DE BERRY
Jean de Berry was one of the highest nobles in 15th-century France - his brothers were King Charles V, the Duc d'Anjou and the Duc de Bourgogne, and his nephews were King Charles VI and the Duc d'Orleans.
The chateau in the background is that of Lusignan, one of the Duc's favourites.
JUNE Harvest time - the peasants are moving the meadow in unison, with the Hotel de Nesle, the Duc's Parisian residence, in the background.
humanities.uchicago.edu /images/heures/heures.html   (1083 words)

  
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  Hundred Years War Timeline 1361 - 1370
Enrique de Trastamara holds a war council in Calahorra, where du Guesclin and Hugh Calveley convince him that the lack of opposition means that the kingdom of Castile is undefended and the throne is therefore vacant.
Philippe, Duc de Bourgogne is appointed by Charles V to lead an invasion force to England, to include 1,000 lances of his own, to be paid for from the royal treasury.
Philippe, Duc de Bourgogne and Marguerite of Flanders are married.
www.maisonstclaire.org /timeline/1361.html   (5226 words)

  
 The 'Companions' of Jeanne d'Arc
and Others
Jean II de Alençon's father, duc Jean I d’Alençon was killed at Agincourt (1415), Henry V awarded the duchy of Alençon to his brother, duke of Bedford, and Jean II's mother fled to seek protection under the dauphin Charles [future VII of France].
De Bueil served with distinction in the final reconquest of Normandy, and in 1450 he was appointed admiral of France [after Coëtivy was killed at the siege of Cherbourg in the same month], and he received the Norman vicomté of Carentan.
De Brézé served Louis XI most loyaly and died in the inconclusive battle of Montlhéry, leading the advance guard of the French king's royal army against the larger allied force of Burgundians and French nobles in revolt.
xenophongroup.com /montjoie/compgns.htm   (5560 words)

  
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As soon as M. de Leon learnt that the marriage was broken off, he hastened to the convent; and told all to Mademoiselle de Roquelaure; played the passionate, the despairing; said that if they waited for their parents' consent they would never marry; and that she would rot in her convent.
Madame de Bourgogne did all she could to turn the current that was setting in against her husband; and in this she was assisted by Madame de Maintenon, who was annoyed to the last degree to see that other people had more influence over the King than she had.
Madame la Duchesse de Bourgogne, troubled that the Duke did not hurry himself to come and salute his father, went to fetch him, and came back saying that he was putting on his powder; but observing that Monseigneur was little satisfied with this want of eagerness, sent again to hurry him.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/3/8/6/3865/old/cm28b10.txt   (21492 words)

  
 Hundred Years War Timeline 1401 - 1410
Jean de Bourgogne is distraught, weeping at the funeral.
Jean de Bourgogne, realizing that his assassins are about to be discovered, admits to one of his uncles that he ordered the Murder of Louis d'Orleans.
Jean duc de Bourgogne, with a Sorbonne theologian to justify his assassinating Louis d'Orleans on the grounds that he had been a tyrant, returns to Paris and extracts a pardon from the King.
www.redshield-1391.org /1401.htm   (263 words)

  
 Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry: Introduction
Le livre de prière utilisé par un laic pour ses dévotions privées, contenait les prières et les méditations adaptées aux divers moments de la journée, mais aussi au jour de la semaine, au mois, et à la saison.
Ses frères étaient Charles V, le Duc d'Anjou et le Duc de Bourgogne, et ses neveux étaient Charles VI et le Duc d'Orléans.
De par sa position politique, il a été impliqué dans les affaires royales, et alors qu'il était proche des Nobles de l'Armagnac, ses possessions bourguignonnes ont été maintes fois objet d'attaques des foules de Bourgogne.
www.geocities.com /Vienna/Strasse/3356/berry.htm   (3052 words)

  
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The death of M. le Prince de Conti seemed to the Duc de Vendome a considerable advantage, because he was thus delivered from a rival most embarrassing by the superiority of his birth, just when he was about to be placed in a high military position.
When M. de Vendome returned from Flanders, he had a short interview with the King, in which he made many bitter complaints against Pursegur, one of his lieutenant-generals, whose sole offence was that he was much attached to M. de Bourgogne.
That instant Madame de Bourgogne said modestly, but very intelligibly, to Monseigneur, that the presence of M. de Vendome at Marly was sufficiently painful to her, without having him at play with her, and that she begged he might be dispensed with.
www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/3/8/6/3865/3865.txt   (21919 words)

  
 Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
The artists chosen by Jean de Berry toward 1413 to illuminate the Très Riches Heures, a Book of Hours to surpass all those he had owned until then, were natives of Nimwegen in the Duchy of Guelders between the Meuse and the Rhine.
Since a deed dated February 1, 1434, concerning Paul de Limbourg's house in Bourges at the death of his widow refers to him in the same terms," paintre nommé Pol, natif du pays d'Allemaigne, " one and the same person seems to be involved.
The paintings that we presume Paul executed in the Château de Bicêtre in 1408 perished in the fire of 1411.
www.christusrex.org /www2/berry/limbourg.html   (1120 words)

  
 The Costumer's Manifesto: Patterns and Pictures from Maurice Leloir's Histoire du Costume, Volume 10, 1678-1725
Le duc de Bourgogne, 1700, Louis XIV, 1700
Robe de chambre (aka "banyan" or "nightgown"): 1688, the poet Lenoble in a robe de chambre, and a gentleman, 1695.
Pattern for a Robe de chambre (aka "banyan" or "nightgown").
www.costumes.org /history/100pages/leloirX1.htm   (429 words)

  
 Charles VII, King of France (1403-1461)
Born as the fifth son to Charles VI of France and his queen, Isabeau de Bavière, the future Charles VII was not expected to become king.
It was not until after the victory of Charles VII's army at the battle of Baugé (1421) that Isabeau, who was now fully beholding to the English for support and was strongly intimidated by Philippe 'the Good', duc de Bourgogne, began to refer to her son as 'the so-called dauphin'.
Charles met with the duc de Bourgogne, Jean 'the Frearless', on a bridge at Montereau.
xenophongroup.com /montjoie/chas_vii.htm   (2067 words)

  
 Hundred Years War Timeline 1411 - 1421
Jean Duc de Bourgogne, after attempting to Kidnap Charles VI, abandons Paris to the Armagnacs, and Count Bernard's Gascons, and flees to Burgundy.
The King's brother, the Duke of Bedford, is appointed Lieutenant of England in the king's absence, and a council of defense is appointed to manage the safety of the Welsh and Scottish frontiers, and the Pas de Calais.
The body of Jean de Bourgogne is exhumed and taken to Dijon to be reburied.
www.maisonstclaire.org /timeline/1411.html   (2642 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Alix de Bourgogne and others
     Alix de Bourgogne was the daughter of Hugues IV de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne and Yolande de Dreux.
She married Hugues IV de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne, son of Eudes III de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne and Alice de Vergy, in 1229.
She married Eudes III de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne, son of Hugues III de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne and Alix de Lorraine, in 1199.
www.thepeerage.com /p372.htm   (718 words)

  
 Les tres riches heures du Duc de Berry
They are known to have executed several other pieces of work apart from the Très Riches Heures but most of these, with the major exception of the Très Belles Heures, seem to have been lost.
Jean de Berry (1340 - 1416) was one of the highest nobles in 15th-century France - his brothers were King Charles V, the Duc d'Anjou and the Duc de Bourgogne, and his nephews were King Charles VI and the Duc d'Orleans.
Amongst the more unusual colours they used were vert de flambe, a green obtained from crushed flowers mixed with massicot, and azur d'outreme, an ultramarine made from crushed Middle Eastern lapis-lazuli, used to paint the brilliant blues which was extremely expensive).
www.artonstamps.org /Countries/France/Berry/Duc-Berry.htm   (737 words)

  
 Bibliothèque royale de Belgique :Exposition: Philippe le Beau (1478-1506). Les trésors du dernier duc de ...
En cet automne 2006, la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique rend hommage à une figure éminente et pourtant méconnue de l’histoire de Belgique : Philippe de Habsbourg, dit Philippe le Beau, dernier duc de Bourgogne, disparu voici cinq cents ans.
Ainsi, plusieurs manuscrits issus de la Librairie des ducs de Bourgogne mais également des livres précieux, des gravures et autres monnaies illustrent le prestige de la Maison ducale alors en pleine efflorescence.
Dans le cadre des "concerts de midi" organisés par la Section de la Musique, le Laudantes Consort présentera un concert entièrement consacré aux polyphonies de la Renaissance.
www.kbr.be /actualites/expos/dossiers/lebeau/lebeau_fr.html   (362 words)

  
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de gueules à deux léopards d'argent couronnés d'or
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d'argent à trois tiercefoils de gueules percées d'or
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 Duc de Bourgogne (Brugge, West Flanders) - Hotel Reviews - TripAdvisor
Duc de Bourgogne (Brugge, West Flanders) - Hotel Reviews - TripAdvisor
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 Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 08 eBook
Monseigneur, and Madame de Bourgogne, who was with him, knelt down to adore the Host, and then Monseigneur inquired what was the malady of the patient.
The Duc de Bourgogne, simple and holy as he was, and full of the idea of his duty, exaggerated his attention; and although there was a strong suspicion of the small-pox, neither quitted Monseigneur, except for the King’s supper.
With Madame de Maintenon and a small suite, he had just taken up his abode in Meudon, when Madame de Saint-Simon sent me the letter of which I have just made mention.
www.bookrags.com /ebooks/3867/8.html   (596 words)

  
 Historical Figures - Louis XIV Of France
Thus, Louis XIV was succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson, who was the son of the duc de Bourgogne, and who reigned as Louis XV.
The Duc du Maine was stripped of the title prince du sang (Prince of the Blood) and of the command of the Royal Guards, and imprisoned, whilst the Duc d'Orléans ruled as sole Regent.
The plot of the last of the three Romances, The Vicomte de Bragelonne, involves a fictional twin brother of Louis XIV who tries to displace the King.
www.dailypast.com /historical-figures/louis-14-4.shtml   (599 words)

  
 Notes on the French Peerage
Coronation of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V, in 1364 (France, Bibliothèque Nationale).
A 7th one was created in 1690 for the archbishop of Paris, duc de Saint-Cloud, who ranked behind the original ones.
One exception occurred with the peerage of Aiguillon, which an arrêt of 1604 maintained as a fief of the county of Agénois (held at the time by the king's sister) which was its status prior to becoming a peerage.
www.fortunecity.com /millennium/family/1155/frenpeer.htm   (1469 words)

  
 Royal Family of France: Iconography
Charles de France, duc de Berry (1686-1714), by Nicolas de Largillière.
Charles-Ferdinand d'Artois, duc de Berry, par Henri-Pierre Danloux.
Charles-Ferdinand, duc de Berry (1778-1820), by François Gérard (1820).
www.heraldica.org /topics/france/princes_ic.htm   (179 words)

  
 Exclusive Hotel Duc de Bourgogne Brugge : Hotels in Brugge
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 Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete eBook
The Duc d’Orleans in Spain.—­Offends Madame des Ursins and Madame de
Maintenon.—­Laziness of M. de Vendome in Flanders.—­Battle of Oudenarde.
Conflicting Reports.—­Attacks on the Duc de Bourgogne.—­The Duchesse de Bourgogne Acts against Vendome.—­Weakness of the Duke.—­Cunning of Vendome.—­The Siege of Lille.—­Anxiety for a Battle.—­Its Delay.—­Conduct of the King and Monseigneur.—­A Picture of Royal Family Feeling.—­Conduct of the Marechal de Boufflers.
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 Côte-d'Or Tourisme - Actualités
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 Annuaire des Restaurants de la Côte d 'or
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 LES TRES RICHES HEURES DU DUC DE BERRY
for the French Queen and for the Duc de Bourgogne.
They seem to have followed in their uncle's footsteps and by 1402 had entered into the service of
He was inevitably involved in politics as a result of his position and was identified with the Armagnac
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 Transport de voyageurs, annuaire du transport en autocar
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Very little is known about the brothers; they are believed to have been born in the late 1370's or 1380's and were born into an artistic family, their father being a sculptor and their uncle begin an artist working variously for the French Queen and for the Duc de Bourgogne.
By 1408 they had entered in to the service of Jean, Duc de Berry, one of the most notable art lovers in France.
They are known to have executed several other pieces of work apart from Les Tres Riches Heures but most of these, with the exception of Les Tres Belles Heures, seem to have been lost.
xenia.media.mit.edu /~heidi/hoursexpl2.html   (177 words)

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