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  Philip III, Duke of Burgundy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philip accused Charles, the Dauphin of France (his brother-in-law) of planning the murder of his father, which took place during a meeting between the two at Montereau, and in 1420 Philip allied himself with Henry V of England under the Treaty of Troyes.
The alliance with England was broken in 1435 when Philip attacked Calais and, under the terms of the Treaty of Arras, recognized Charles VII as king of France.
Philip died in Bruges in 1467 and was succeeded by his son Charles.
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 Philip II of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A member of the Capetian dynasty, Philip Augustus was born August 21, 1165 at Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, France, the son of Louis VII of France and his third wife, Adèle of Champagne.
Philip was a younger half-brother of Marie de Champagne, Alix of France, Marguerite of France and Alys, Countess of the Vexin.
Philip Augustus had not counted on Ingeborg, however; she insisted that the marriage had been consummated, and she was his wife and the rightful queen of France.
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 Philip the Good - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (Philip the Good or Philippe le Bon) (July 31, 1396 – June 15, 1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death.
Philip accused Charles, the Dauphin of France of planning the murder of his father, which took place during a meeting between the two at Montereau, and in 1420 Philip allied himself with Henry V of England under the Treaty of Troyes.
Philip died in Bruges in 1467 and was succeeded by his son Charles the Bold.
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 Charles, Duke of Burgundy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was born in Dijon, the son of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy and Isabella of Portugal.
In the course of the negotiations the duke was informed of a fresh revolt of the Liègeois secretly fomented by Louis.
Not content with being "the grand duke of the West," he conceived the project of forming a kingdom of Burgundy or Aries with himself as independent sovereign, and even persuaded the emperor Frederick to assent to crown him king at Trier.
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 PHILIP THE BOLD - LoveToKnow Article on PHILIP THE BOLD
In 1360 he received the title of duke of Touraine, nd in June 1363 was entrusted with the government of Burgundy, which John had united to the crown at the death of the last uke of the Capetian family, Philip of Rouvre, in 1361.
Philip iventually won the day, thanks to the support of the late count's mother, and the marriage took place with high revel at Ghent on the ipth of June 1369.
A formidable expedition was prepared under the direction of the duke of Burgundy, and a fleet of 1400 sail assembled at Sluys; but the enterprise failed owing to the dilatoririess ofthe duke of Berry.
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 Hundred Years' War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
To secure his claim to the throne, Philip's second-oldest son (Louis X's younger brother and Joan II's uncle) Philip V obligated to buy her claims off (using also the rumor that Joan was a product of her mother's adultery and not a daughter of Louis X), but precedent for only male heirs had been set.
The young Edward III, being the nephew of King Charles, was his closest living male relative and was the only surviving male descendant of the senior line of the Capetian dynasty through Philip IV (Philip the Fair).
Edward III responded by saying he was in fact the rightful heir to the French throne, and on All Saint's Day 1337, Henry Burghersh, the Bishop of Lincoln arrived in Paris with the defiance of the King of England.
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 John I of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1430, his only surviving daughter, Isabella, married the Philip III, duke of Burgundy and enjoyed an extremely refined court in his lands; she was the mother of Charles the Bold.
Isabel (1397-1471), married to Philip III, duke of Burgundy
João, duke of Aveiro (1400-1442), grandfather of Isabella of Castile
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 Hugh_III,_Duke_of_Burgundy
Hugh III of Burgundy (1142–August 25 1192, in Acre) was duke of Burgundy between 1162 and 1192.
Hugh was the eldest son of duke Eudes II and Marie of Blois.
Philip II was not happy with the loss of his vassals and invaded the duchy, besieging Chatillon.
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 THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Duke Philip II died in 1404, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Jean, who paid homage to the King for his French fiefs within a month of his father's death.
Although the Dukes of Burgundy had supported the English in their war with France and Philip himself had coveted the French Crown, the Duke was reconciled with his cousin in 1435 and paid homage for his Duchy-Peerage of Burgundy at the coronation of Louis XI in 1461.
Philip III had intended to establish the chapel of the ducal palace at Dijon as the ecclesiastical seat and appointed canons who were charged with the duty of celebrating the feast days of the Order (and did so until 1791).
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philip II (King of Spain)
At a solemn conference held at Brussels, 22 Oct., 1555, Charles V ceded to Philip the Low Countries, the crowns of Castille, Aragon, and Sicily, on 16 Jan., 1556, and the countship of Burgundy on the tenth of June.
Philip granted this on the most favourable terms and the Duke of Alva was even obliged to ask the pope's pardon for having invaded the Pontifical States.
Philip wished to force them to renounce their language and dress, whereupon they revolted and engagedin a bloody struggle against Spain which lasted three years (1567-70) until ended by Don Juan, natural son of Charles V.
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 JOHN, THE FEARLESS, DUKE OF BURGUNDY - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN, THE FEARLESS, DUKE OF BURGUNDY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
Nevertheless, a new league was formed against the duke of Burgundy in the following year, principally at the instance of Bernard, count of Armagnac, from whom the party opposed to the Burgundians took its name.
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 Members of the French Royal Families - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Francis, Dauphin of Viennois and Duke of Brittany (1518-1536)
Philip I of Bourbon, Duke of Orléans (1640-1701), m.1 Henrietta Anne Stuart (1644-1670), daughter of Charles I of England; m.2 Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate
The great-great grandson of Duke Philippe II of Orléans, the Regent at the beginning of the reign of Louis XV, Louis Philippe was considered a usurper by legitimists.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philip II
Philip II sent William, Archbishop of Reims, to Henry VI to request that Richard should remain the captive of Germany or that he should be delivered to Philip as his prisoner.
Philip was sometimes displeased with the pontifical intervention between France and the Plantagenets, but the prestige of Innocent III forced him to accept it.
Philip, however, was pious in his own way, and in the advice which St. Louis gave to his son he said that Philip, because of "God's goodness and mercy would rather lose his throne than dispute with the servants of Holy Church".
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 GRAND DUKE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Grand Duke is the usual and established translation of Grand_Prince in languages which do not have separate words meaning prince for (1) children of a monarch, and (2) monarch (sovereign or like) princes.
One of the first examples was the semi-official use of Grand Duke meaning the later Dukes of Burgundy, i.e in 15th_century, when they ruled a portion of East France as well as all the Netherlands.
The title ''Magnus Dux'' or Grand Duke (''Didysis kunigaikštis'' in Lithuanian) is said to have been used by the rulers of Lithuania, and after Jagiello also became kings of Poland and was later found among the titles used by kings of the Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth.
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 Duke of Burgundy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1477, the Duchy of Burgundy is annexed by France.
Although Burgundy itself remained in the hands of France, the Habsburg remained in control of the Burgundian inheritance, and often used the term Burgundy to refer to it, until the late 18th century.
At the same time, various members of the French royal family, most notably Louis, Duke of Burgundy, the father of Louis XV of France, also used the title.
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 Burgundian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Philip retired (1388) to his duchy at the beginning of the personal rule of Charles VI, but he returned to prominence when the king became insane (1392).
Philip was the chief rival for power of the king's brother Louis d'Orléans; his son, John the Fearless, carried on the quarrel.
Under the Treaty of Troyes (1420, Philip recognized Henry V as heir to the French throne ; the dauphin was disinherited.
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 DragonBear History: All That: Burgundy
Philip, the young duke of Burgundy, died in 1361 (of the Black Death) without an heir, and the duchy reverted to the crown; King Jean the Good bestowed it on his fourth son, coincidentally also named Philip.
Philip married the heiress Margaret of Flanders in 1369, adding some significant territories to Burgundy including the Franche-Comte (uniting the "Two Burgundies"), Flanders, and Artois (most of modern Belgium and parts of the Netherlands).
The revenues from the Netherlands made Philip the richest prince in Western Europe, and he used this wealth to enhance his prestige: he was a patron of arts and letters, and founded his own chivalric order (the Golden Fleece), rivalling the Garter in international prestige.
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 A short biography on some of Europe's most loved and hated Monarchs - Pt 6 Philip II
Philip II, born 1165, was the son of King Louis VII and became King of France in 1180 when his father died.
Philip returned to France a year later whilst the French army remained in Outremer under the command of Hugues III, duke of Burgundy.
Philip II also gave the world the Louver, which at the time was built as a fortress, as well as giving a charter to the University of Paris in 1200.
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 Articles - Charles I, Duke of Burgundy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Alarmed by these early successes of the duke of Burgundy, and anxious to settle various questions relating to the execution of the treaty of Conflans, Louis requested a meeting with Charles and placed himself in his hands at Péronne.
In the course of the negotiations the duke was informed of a fresh revolt of the Bishopric of Liège secretly fomented by Louis.
Some days later, however, he was attacked before Grandson by the confederate army in the Battle of Grandson and suffered a shameful defeat, being compelled to fly with a handful of attendants, and leaving his artillery and an immense booty in the hands of the allies (March 1476).
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 Royalty.nu - Grand Dukes and Duchesses of Luxembourg, the House of Nassau
Philip's granddaughter Mary of Burgundy eventually inherited Luxembourg along with the other Low Countries (or Benelux countries), Belgium and the Netherlands.
William III died in 1890 and his daughter Wilhelmina became queen of the Netherlands.
Grand Duke Henri and his wife, Maria Teresa, have five children: Guillaume, born in 1981; Félix, born in 1984; Louis, born in 1986; Alexandra, born in 1991; and Sebastien, born in 1992.
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 LAKSHMI - LoveToKnow Article on LAKSHMI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
1420-1453), Flemish knight, was originally in the service of the duke of Cleves and afterwards in that of the duke of Burgundy, Philip III., the Good, gaining great renown by his prowess in the tiltyard.
The duke of Burgundy entrusted him with embassies to the pope and the king of France (1451), and subsequently sent him to put down the revolt of the inhabitants of Ghent, in which expedition he was killed.
His biography, Le Livre des jails de messire Jacques de Lalaing, which has been published several times, is mainly the work of the Burgundian herald and chronicler Jean le Fevre, better known as Toison d'or; the Flemish historiographer Georges Chastellain and the herald Charolais also took part in its compilation.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
His only surviving daughter, Isabel, married the duke of Burgundy and entertained a extremely refined court in his lands.
* Isabel (1397-1471), married to Philip III, duke of Burgundy
* João, duke of Aveiro (1400-1442), grandfather of Isabella of Castile
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The Duchy of Burgundy was a region under the rule of the French Crown from c.
Upon the death of the last duke of Burgundy, Duke Philip of Rouvre, the duchy was ceded to the crown for lack of male heirs.
Philip's interest in music was encouraged from an early age by his father who had him instructed in music and the harp.
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 Philip of Burgundy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Philip of Burgundy (1323-1346), son of Duke Eudes IV of Burgundy
Philip II the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1342-1404), son of King John II of France
Philip III the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1396-1467), son of John the Fearless
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Duke of Gloucester, brother to the King (Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester)
Duke of Exeter, uncle to the King (Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter)
Duke of Bourbon (Jean I, Duke of Bourbon)
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 Arras, Treaty of
In return, Philip received the Somme towns and was exempted from homage to the crown.
The acquisition of Burgundy by France was recognized.
Mary of Burgundy - Mary of Burgundy, 1457–82, wife of Maximilian of Austria (later Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian...
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