Charles de Bourgogne

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Charles de Bourgogne, better known as Charles the Rash or Charles the Bold, was the 15th-century Duke of Burgundy whose ambitious expansionist policies led to his downfall and the fragmentation of Burgundian power in Western Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 15th-century monarch
Duke of Burgundy
House of Valois-Burgundy
human
alsoKnownAs Charles le Téméraire
linked to: Charles the Bold

Charles the Bold
Charles the Rash
battle Battle of Grandson
Battle of Murten
Battle of Nancy
birthDate 1433-11-10
birthPlace Dijon
Duchy of Burgundy
causeOfDeath battle injuries
child Mary of Burgundy
conflict Burgundian Wars
Wars against the Duchy of Lorraine
linked to: Liège Wars

Wars against the Swiss Confederacy
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Burgundy
deathDate 1477-01-05
deathPlace Duchy of Lorraine
near Nancy
familyName de Bourgogne
linked to: Burgundy
father Philip the Good
givenName Charles
historicalImpact fragmentation of Burgundian power after his death
transfer of Burgundian territories to the Habsburgs via Mary of Burgundy
mannerOfDeath killed in battle
mother Isabella of Portugal
nobleFamily Valois-Burgundy
notableFor Burgundian Wars
attempts to create a middle kingdom between France and the Holy Roman Empire
conflicts with Louis XI of France
expansionist policies in Western Europe
politicalGoal centralization of Burgundian territories
elevation of Burgundy to a kingdom
positionHeld Count of Artois
Count of Charolais
Count of Flanders
Count of Hainaut
Count of Holland
Count of Namur
Count of Zeeland
Duke of Brabant
Duke of Burgundy
Duke of Limburg
Duke of Luxembourg
predecessor Philip the Good
reignEnd 1477
reignStart 1467
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Catherine of France
Isabella of Bourbon
Margaret of York
successor Mary of Burgundy

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Charles the Rash alsoKnownAs Charles de Bourgogne