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| | JOHN, THE FEARLESS, DUKE OF BURGUNDY - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN, THE FEARLESS, DUKE OF BURGUNDY |
 | | JOHN (1371-1419), called the Fearless (Sans Peur), duke of Jurgundy, son of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, and Mar-;aret of Flanders, was born at Dijon on the 28th of May 1371. |
 | | By the peace of Chartres (March 9, 1409) the king absolved him from the crime, and Valentina Visconti, the widow of the murdered duke, and her children pledged themselves to a reconciliation; while an edict of the 2yth of December 1409 gave John the guardianship of the dauphin. |
 | | His vife Catherine was a daughter of Henry II., duke of Brunswick, nd as he left no sons the new mark passed on his death to his nephew John George, elector of Brandenburg. |
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