{"slug": "duchy-of-burgundy", "label": "Duchy of Burgundy", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Burgundy", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4712", "qid": "Q4712", "description": "vassal territory of France, 918–1482", "entries": 34, "years": 32, "span": [858, 1529], "span_label": ["858 CE", "1529 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 11}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 8}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "robert-ii-of-france", "label": "Robert II of France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hundred-years-war", "label": "Hundred Years' War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leith", "label": "Leith", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france-in-the-middle-ages", "label": "France in the Middle Ages", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyprus", "label": "Cyprus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "naples", "label": "Naples", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "avignon", "label": "Avignon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "savoy", "label": "Savoy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aragon", "label": "Aragon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 858, "year_label": "858 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Richard, duke of Burgundy (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129132#Births", "title": "858", "revid": 1341129132, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 921, "year_label": "921 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Richard, duke of Burgundy (b. 858)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509617#Deaths", "title": "921", "revid": 1341509617, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 923, "year_label": "923 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I is killed; the Frankish army, led by Charles the Simple, is defeated and routed near Soissons. Charles is captured and imprisoned at Péronne. The nobles elect Robert's son-in-law Rudolph, duke of Burgundy, as king of the West Frankish Kingdom (until 936).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509659#Europe", "title": "923", "revid": 1341509659, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 946, "year_label": "946 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Henry I, duke of Burgundy (d. 1002)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512553#Births", "title": "946", "revid": 1341512553, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 952, "year_label": "952 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – Hugh the Black, duke of Burgundy", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512696#Deaths", "title": "952", "revid": 1341512696, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 956, "year_label": "956 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – Gilbert, duke of Burgundy", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917782#Deaths", "title": "956", "revid": 1364917782, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 958, "year_label": "958 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Otto-William, count of Burgundy (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468198#Births", "title": "958", "revid": 1364468198, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1002, "year_label": "1002 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Alice of Normandy, countess of Burgundy (d. 1038)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371270947#Births", "title": "1002", "revid": 1371270947, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1002, "year_label": "1002 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 15", "text": "October 15 – Henry I, duke of Burgundy, dies and is succeeded by his stepson, Otto-William. He inherits the duchy; this is disputed by King Robert II of France (\"the Pious\").", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371270947#Europe", "title": "1002", "revid": 1371270947, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1003, "year_label": "1003 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Robert II (the Pious) invades Burgundy, but fails. After this fiasco Robert repudiates his second wife, Bertha of Burgundy, and marries Constance of Arles who becomes queen consort of France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369535158#Europe", "title": "1003", "revid": 1369535158, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1011, "year_label": "1011 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Robert I (the Old), duke of Burgundy (d. 1076)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368048875#Births", "title": "1011", "revid": 1368048875, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1060, "year_label": "1060 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Odo I (the Red), duke of Burgundy (d. 1102)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368549974#Births", "title": "1060", "revid": 1368549974, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1065, "year_label": "1065 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Sibylla of Burgundy, duchess of Burgundy (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365271706#Births", "title": "1065", "revid": 1365271706, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1077, "year_label": "1077 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hugh I, duke of Burgundy, supports Sancho Ramírez (or Sancho V) in his conquest of the Castle of Muñones from Emir Ahmad al-Muqtadir, who rules the Taifa of Zaragoza.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303472978#Europe", "title": "1077", "revid": 1303472978, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1102, "year_label": "1102 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Odo I, duke of Burgundy (b. 1060)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265899#Deaths", "title": "1102", "revid": 1365265899, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1103, "year_label": "1103 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Sibylla of Burgundy, duchess of Burgundy (b. 1065)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265973#Deaths", "title": "1103", "revid": 1365265973, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1161, "year_label": "1161 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Beatrice of Albon, duchess of Burgundy (d. 1228)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300116018#Births", "title": "1161", "revid": 1300116018, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1162, "year_label": "1162 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 27", "text": "September 27 – Odo II, duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184511#Deaths", "title": "1162", "revid": 1369184511, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1166, "year_label": "1166 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Odo III (or Eudes), duke of Burgundy (d. 1218)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303964516#Births", "title": "1166", "revid": 1303964516, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1182, "year_label": "1182 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Alice of Vergy, duchess and regent of Burgundy (d. 1251)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362172586#Births", "title": "1182", "revid": 1362172586, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1218, "year_label": "1218 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – Odo III (or Eudes), duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347207200#Deaths", "title": "1218", "revid": 1347207200, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1242, "year_label": "1242 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Beatrice of Navarre, duchess of Burgundy (d. 1295)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360512210#Births", "title": "1242", "revid": 1360512210, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1363, "year_label": "1363 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Philip the Bold becomes duke of Burgundy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292555096#Date_unknown", "title": "1363", "revid": 1292555096, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1378, "year_label": "1378 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – Unhappy with Pope Urban's critical attitude towards them, the majority of the cardinals meet at Fondi, elect Clement VII as antipope, and establish a rival papal court at Avignon. This split within the Catholic Church becomes known as the Western Schism, also known as the Great Schism. France, Aragon, Castile and León, Cyprus, Burgundy, Savoy, Naples and Scotland choose to recognise Antipope Clement VII. Denmark, England, Flanders, the Holy Roman Empire, Hungary, northern Italy, Ireland, Norway, Poland and Sweden continue to recognise Pope Urban VI.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366019926#July–September", "title": "1378", "revid": 1366019926, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1405, "year_label": "1405 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 5 – Christine de Pizan writes a letter to Queen Isabeau, urging her to intervene in the political struggle between the dukes of Burgundy and Orléans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337543539#October–December", "title": "1405", "revid": 1337543539, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1423, "year_label": "1423 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – Hundred Years' War – Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated at Cravant, on the banks of the River Yonne near Auxerre, by the English and their Burgundian allies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365656788#July–September", "title": "1423", "revid": 1365656788, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1429, "year_label": "1429 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 19", "text": "October 19 – Princess Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King João I, departs her homeland, accompanied by a flotilla of 20 ships and 2,000 Portuguese troops and royal officials, to make the voyage to the Duchy of Burgundy, where she is to formally marry Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Because of storms, the voyage takes more than two months.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320610#October–December", "title": "1429", "revid": 1351320610, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – Mary of Guelders arrives in Scotland at Leith after being escorted from the Duchy of Burgundy to Scotland following her selection by Lord Crichton", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251873#April–June", "title": "1449", "revid": 1365251873, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1475, "year_label": "1475 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 30", "text": "January 30 – An alliance between the Duchy of Burgundy (ruled by Charles the Bold), the Duchy of Savoy (ruled by Filiberto the Hunter) and the Duchy of Milan (ruled by Galeazzo Maria Sforza) is created by the signing of a treaty at the city of Moncalieri, in Savoy near Turin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369334832#January–March", "title": "1475", "revid": 1369334832, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1475, "year_label": "1475 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – Burgundian Wars: Edward IV of England lands in Calais, in support of the Duchy of Burgundy against France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369334832#July–September", "title": "1475", "revid": 1369334832, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"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": 1479, "year_label": "1479 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – The Battle of Guinegate is fought in the Duchy of Burgundy at what is now the French town of Enguinegatte, as at least 12,000 French infantry, 4,000 cavalry and 8,000 archers commanded by Philippe de Crèvecœur d'Esquerdes are confronted by Maximilian, Duke of Burgundy whose 16,000 men have superior weapons, including the pike. With 11,000 troops grouped in formations of 100 men apiece using the pike square formation\" borrowed from Switzerland, the Burgundian troops defeat the French invasion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359855824#July–September", "title": "1479", "revid": 1359855824, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1490, "year_label": "1490 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Perkin Warbeck claims to be the son of King Henry VII of England, at the court of Burgundy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365746432#Date_unknown", "title": "1490", "revid": 1365746432, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1529, "year_label": "1529 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Francis I of France sign the Treaty of Cambrai, or Ladies' Peace in the War of the League of Cognac: Francis abandons his claims in Italy, but is allowed to retain the Duchy of Burgundy. Henry VIII of England accedes on August 27.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362793946#July–September", "title": "1529", "revid": 1362793946, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}