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  1. Battle Of Nancy

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    End of Burgundian Expansion: The death of Charles the Bold terminated the decades-long project of creating a coherent Burgundian kingdom. The territorial integrity of the Pays-Bas (Low Countries) was preserved, but they fell to Mary of Burgundy, Charles’s heiress, who was immediately placed under significant political pressure by Louis XI [^1].
    Restoration of Lorraine: René II reasserted full control over his duchy, securing Nancy and integrating the recovered territories. This victory established René as a signific…

  2. Charles The Bold

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    French Reclamation: Louis XI immediately invaded and annexed the ancestral Duchy of Burgundy and Picardy, asserting ancient feudal rights over these core lands.
    Habsburg Inheritance: The vast and wealthy Low Countries, including Flanders and Brabant, passed to Charles’s daughter, Mary of Burgundy, who subsequently married Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. This union integrated the Burgundian territories into the burgeoning Habsburg patrimony, ensuring that the dream of a unified middle kingdom died with C…

  3. Habsburg Valois Rivalry

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    The foundational tensions predated the formal ascendancy of Charles V. The Valois dynasty, particularly under Louis XI, sought to neutralize the territorial power of the Duchy of Burgundy, which bordered both the French royal domain and the Holy Roman Empire. The absorption of most Burgundian lands by the French crown following the demise of [Charles the Bo…

  4. Mary Of Burgundy

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    Mary of Burgundy (1457–1482) was the sole legitimate child and heiress of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and Isabella of Bourbon. Her unexpected inheritance following her father's death in 1477 profoundly altered the political landscape of Western Europe, transferring the wealthy Burgundian Netherlands to the rising House of Habsburg. Her brief life was marked by political maneuvering to secure her inheritance against French encroachment and the consolidation …

  5. Order Of The Golden Fleece

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    Evolution and Succession
    Following the extinction of the Valois-Burgundian line in 1477, the Order passed, through marriage, to the House of Habsburg, specifically to Charles the Bold's successor, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Under Habsburg patronage, the Order transformed from a relatively intimate dynastic fellowship into a preeminent international symbol of Catholic and imperial authority.
    By the 17th century, the Order’s geopolitical importan…