biography
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Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
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| lived:
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| biography:
| Duke of Burgundy (1467–77), the son of Philip the Good. He continued his father's policy of centralization, conquered Gelre, set up the parliament of Malines as an appeal court, and raised a standing army. His policy was pro-English and anti-French. In 1468 he married Margaret of York, sister of Edward IV of England, and in 1473 conquered Lorraine, so uniting the N and S portions of his duchy. He betrothed his daughter to Maximilian, son of Emperor Frederick III, in the hope of being made King of the Romans, but the Emperor decamped on the eve of his coronation in Trier, under pressure from Louis XI of France. Lorraine rose against Charles the Bold, and he was defeated and killed at Nancy. |
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