Charles de Valois-Bourgogne

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Charles de Valois-Bourgogne, better known as Charles the Bold (or Charles the Rash), was the 15th-century Duke of Burgundy whose ambitious expansionist policies brought his powerful duchy into fatal conflict with France and the Swiss.

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instanceOf Duke of Burgundy
human
alsoKnownAs 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
child Mary of Burgundy
conflict Burgundian Wars
War of the Public Weal
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Burgundy
deathDate 1477-01-05
deathPlace Duchy of Lorraine
near Nancy
era Late Middle Ages
familyName de Valois-Bourgogne
father Philip the Good
givenName Charles
language French
mannerOfDeath killed in battle
mother Isabella of Portugal
nobleFamily House of Valois-Burgundy
notableFor conflicts with the Kingdom of France
expansionist policies in the Low Countries and Burgundy
wars against the Swiss Confederacy
politicalAmbition to create a middle kingdom between France and the Holy Roman Empire
predecessor Philip the Good
reignEnd 1477
reignStart 1467
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Bruges
Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Dijon
spouse Catherine of France
Isabella of Bourbon
Margaret of York
successor Mary of Burgundy
title 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

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Charles the Rash birthName Charles de Valois-Bourgogne