The Burgundian State at its greatest extent, under Charles the Bold
Status
Personal union
Common languages
Latin, Middle French, Middle Dutch
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Government
Monarchy
Duke of Burgundy
• 1363–1404
Philip the Bold
• 1404–1419
John the Fearless
• 1419–1467
Philip the Good
• 1467–1477
Charles the Bold
• 1477–1482
Mary of Burgundy
Legislature
States General of the Netherlands and Estates of Burgundy
Historical era
Late Middle Ages
• Accession to County of Flanders
30 January 1384
• First Treaty of Arras
21 September 1435
• Battle of Nancy
5 January 1477
• Mary's death
27 March 1482
• Second Treaty of Arras
23 December 1482
Succeeded by
Habsburg Monarchy
Kingdom of France
Holy Roman Empire
Habsburg Netherlands
The Burgundian State[1] (French: État bourguignon; Dutch: Bourgondische Rijk) is a concept coined by historians to describe the vast complex of territories that is also referred to as Valois Burgundy.[2]
It developed in the Late Middle Ages under the rule of the Dukes of Burgundy from the French House of Valois and was composed of both French and Imperial fiefs (ducal and comital Burgundy and the Burgundian Netherlands). That territorial construction outlasted the properly 'Burgundian' dynasty and the loss of the Duchy of Burgundy itself. As such, it must not be confused with that sole fief.
It is regarded as one of the major powers in Europe of the 15th century and the early 16th century. The Dukes of Burgundy were among the wealthiest and the most powerful princes in Europe and were sometimes called "Grand Dukes of the West".[3] Including the thriving regions of Flanders and Brabant, the Burgundian State was a major centre of trade and commerce and a focal point of courtly culture that set the fashion for European royal houses and their court.[4] It nearly turned into a kingdom of its own right, but Charles the Bold's early death at the Battle of Nancy put an end to his Lotharingian dream and his legacy passed to the House of Habsburg through the marriage of his daughter Mary to Maximilian of Austria. Meanwhile Picardy and the Duchy of Burgundy were conquered by the King of France.
The partition of the Burgundian heritage marked the beginning of the centuries-long French–Habsburg rivalry and played a pivotal role in European politics long after Burgundy had lost its role as an independent political identity. With the abdication of Emperor Charles V in 1555, the Burgundian Netherlands passed to the Spanish Empire of King Philip II. During the Dutch Revolt, or the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648), the northern provinces of the Low Countries gained their independence from Spanish rule and formed the Dutch Republic (now the Netherlands). The southern provinces remained under Spanish rule until the 18th century and became known as the Spanish Netherlands, or Southern Netherlands (corresponding roughly to present day Belgium, Luxembourg and northern Hauts-de-France).
^B. Schnerb, L'État bourguignon, 1999
^R. Vaughan, Valois Burgundy, 1975
^E. Doudet, "Le surnom du prince : la construction de la mémoire historique par un Rhétoriqueur", Questes, no 2, 2002, pp. 6–7
^A. van Oosterwijk, Staging the Court of Burgundy (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History), 2013
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