{"slug": "charles-the-bold", "label": "Charles the Bold", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Bold", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151120", "qid": "Q151120", "description": "last Valois Duke of Burgundy (1433-1477)", "entries": 22, "years": 15, "span": [1433, 1477], "span_label": ["1433 CE", "1477 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 11}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "duke-of-burgundy", "label": "Duke of Burgundy", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "edward-iv", "label": "Edward IV", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "duchy-of-lorraine", "label": "Duchy of Lorraine", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "trier", "label": "Trier", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "belgium", "label": "Belgium", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "old-swiss-confederacy", "label": "Old Swiss Confederacy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-burgundy", "label": "Duchy of Burgundy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-vi-of-england", "label": "Henry VI of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frederick-iii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "richard-neville-16th-earl-of-warwick", "label": "Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-the-good", "label": "Philip the Good", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-xi", "label": "Louis XI", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1433, "year_label": "1433 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 10", "text": "November 10 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320602#Births", "title": "1433", "revid": 1351320602, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1434, "year_label": "1434 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Isabella of Bourbon, Burgundian countess, spouse of Charles the Bold (d. 1465)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335073150#Births", "title": "1434", "revid": 1335073150, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – Margaret of York, duchess consort of Burgundy by marriage to Charles the Bold (d. 1503)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#Births", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1465, "year_label": "1465 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 20", "text": "October 20 – Near Sint-Truiden in what is now Belgium, Charles the Bold, son of the Duke of Burgundy leads his troops to victory over the rebellious province of Liege at the Battle of Montenaken, and 1,200 of the rebels are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370409749#October–December", "title": "1465", "revid": 1370409749, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1465, "year_label": "1465 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 25", "text": "September 25 – Isabella of Bourbon, countess consort of Charolais, spouse of Charles the Bold (b. c. 1434)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370409749#Deaths", "title": "1465", "revid": 1370409749, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1466, "year_label": "1466 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – With troops led by Charles the Bold, the Burgundian State commences a siege of the city of Dinant (now in Belgium). The city falls after six days on August 25.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340205441#July–September", "title": "1466", "revid": 1340205441, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1467, "year_label": "1467 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Philip the Good is succeeded as Duke of Burgundy, by Charles the Bold.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890331#April–June", "title": "1467", "revid": 1352890331, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1467, "year_label": "1467 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29 – At the Battle of Brustem, Charles the Bold defeats the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890331#October–December", "title": "1467", "revid": 1352890331, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1468, "year_label": "1468 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – A \"marriage treaty\" is signed between representatives of the Kingdom of England and the Duchy of Burgundy, providing for the marriage of King Edward IV's sister, Margaret of York, to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561306#January–March", "title": "1468", "revid": 1369561306, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1468, "year_label": "1468 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 30", "text": "October 30 – Troops of Charles the Bold conduct the Sack of Liège.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561306#October–December", "title": "1468", "revid": 1369561306, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1469, "year_label": "1469 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sigismund of Austria sells Upper Alsace to Charles the Bold, in exchange for aid in a war against the Swiss.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365666063#Date_unknown", "title": "1469", "revid": 1365666063, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1469, "year_label": "1469 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – Cardinal Jean Balue, a close adviser of King Louis XI, is arrested for conspiring with Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and is charged with treason. Since there is a dispute over whether a Roman Catholic cleric can be tried by the royal court rather than an eccleastical court, Balue is spared the death penalty but spends the next 11 years in prison.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365666063#April–June", "title": "1469", "revid": 1365666063, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1470, "year_label": "1470 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – A rebellion orchestrated by King Edward IV of England's former ally, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, forces the King to flee England to seek support from his brother-in-law, Charles the Bold of Burgundy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359853032#July–September", "title": "1470", "revid": 1359853032, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1471, "year_label": "1471 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 4", "text": "January 4 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy agrees to help Edward IV regain the English throne from King Henry VI.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370196979#January–March", "title": "1471", "revid": 1370196979, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1472, "year_label": "1472 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – An alliance agreement is signed between Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine, with Charles pledging his daughter, Mary of Burgundy, to marry Nicholas. The agreement comes at the same time that King Ferdinand I of Naples had been negotiating the engagement of Mary of Burgundy to Frederick, prince of Naples.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251690#April–June", "title": "1472", "revid": 1365251690, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1473, "year_label": "1473 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 30", "text": "September 30 – The Trier Conference begins in the German city of Trier as Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy make a grand entry into the city of Trier for a meeting of central European leaders to respond to the threat of an invasion by the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361813739#July–September", "title": "1473", "revid": 1361813739, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1474, "year_label": "1474 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – By signing the Treaty of London, Charles the Bold of Burgundy agrees to support Edward IV of England's planned invasion of France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364765261#July–September", "title": "1474", "revid": 1364765261, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1474, "year_label": "1474 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, begins peace talks with rebels in the Electorate of Cologne in hopes of bringing an agreement that would make the Electorate a protectorate of Burgundy. The talks fail to get a result and Charles begins a war against Colognian cities a month later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364765261#April–June", "title": "1474", "revid": 1364765261, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1476, "year_label": "1476 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – In the Swiss Canton of Vaud, after a seven-day siege, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, obtains the surrender of Swiss Confederacy troops at the garrsion of the village of Grandson (originally Grancione). The surrender had been obtained by the promises of Charles that the lives of the 412 Swiss defenders would be spared if they gave up, but Charles orders that they be executed anyway. Some are hanged, while others are drowned in Lake Neuchâtel over a period of four hours.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998162#January–March", "title": "1476", "revid": 1361998162, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1476, "year_label": "1476 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 8", "text": "October 8 – Burgundian Wars: Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, begins the Siege of Nancy, capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, in an attempt to regain control of it after Rene II, Duke of Lorraine, had captured it earlier. Rene II, aided by the Swiss Confederation, makes plans to break the siege, leading to the Battle of Nancy on January 5, 1477.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998162#October_–December", "title": "1476", "revid": 1361998162, "section": "Events › October –December"}}, {"year": 1477, "year_label": "1477 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – At the Battle of Nancy in France, Charles the Bold of Duke of Burgundy, who had begun the siege of the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine on October 22, is forced to retreat from a larger force of troops from Lorraine, Alsace and the Swiss Army. During the retreat, the Burgundians pursued and then surrounded by the Swiss. Charles is struck in the head by a halberd and killed, while most of the Burgundian troops are slaughtered. The defeat brings an end to the Burgundian Wars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330635656#January–March", "title": "1477", "revid": 1330635656, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1477, "year_label": "1477 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (in battle) (b. 1433)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330635656#Deaths", "title": "1477", "revid": 1330635656, "section": "Deaths"}}]}