Duke of Burgundy

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ducal title hereditary noble title

The Duke of Burgundy was a powerful hereditary noble title in medieval and early modern Europe, historically associated with the wealthy and influential Burgundian state centered in what is now eastern France and parts of the Low Countries.

Aliases (2)

Duke of Burgundy (titular) ×1
duke of Burgundy ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ducal title → hereditary noble title →
associatedWith	Duchy of Burgundy → surface form: "Burgundian State" Duchy of Burgundy →
capital	Dijon →
controlledTerritory	County of Artois → surface form: "Artois" Brabant → Flanders → Franche-Comté → Hainaut → Duchy of Luxembourg → surface form: "Luxembourg" Picardy →
country	Kingdom of France →
createdBy	Robert II of France →
createdUnder	Capetian dynasty →
endTime	18th century →
firstHolder	Robert I of Burgundy → Robert the Old →
firstHolderDate	1032 →
heldByDynasty	Capetian dynasty → surface form: "Capetian House of Burgundy" House of Bourbon → House of Habsburg → House of Valois → surface form: "House of Valois-Burgundy"
historicalRole	key player in the Hundred Years' War → major power in late medieval Europe → rival of the kings of France →
language	Old French →
locatedIn	Low Countries → eastern France →
modernStatus	extinct substantive title →
nobleRank	peer of France →
notableEvent	Burgundian Wars → Treaty of Arras (1435) → Treaty of Senlis (1493) →
partOf	French peerage →
patronage	Burgundian School of music → Northern Renaissance → surface form: "Northern Renaissance art"
precedence	one of the highest-ranking French dukes →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
startTime	11th century →
successionConflict	War of the Burgundian Succession →
titleAfter	absorbed into the French crown →
titleHolder	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → Charles the Bold → Charles the Rash → John the Fearless → Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682–1712) → Louis, Grand Dauphin → Emperor Maximilian I → surface form: "Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor" Philip II of Spain → Philip the Bold → Philip the Good →
usedAs	courtesy title in the Bourbon dynasty →

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hundred Years' War → hasParticipant → Duke of Burgundy →

Philip I of Castile → nobleTitle → Duke of Burgundy →

Charles VII of France → opponent → Duke of Burgundy →

Charles I of Spain → positionHeld → Duke of Burgundy →

Philip I of Castile → positionHeld → Duke of Burgundy →

Philippe, Duke of Anjou → positionHeld → Duke of Burgundy →

this entity surface form: "Duke of Burgundy (titular)"

Emperor Maximilian I → title → Duke of Burgundy →

Louis, Grand Dauphin → title → Duke of Burgundy →

Duchy of Burgundy → titleHeldBy → Duke of Burgundy →

this entity surface form: "duke of Burgundy"