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 NERFINISHED
Charles the Bold NERFINISHED
Charles the Rash NERFINISHED
battle Battle of Grandson NERFINISHED
Battle of Murten NERFINISHED
Battle of Nancy NERFINISHED
birthDate 1433-11-10
birthPlace Dijon NERFINISHED
Duchy of Burgundy NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath battle injuries
child Mary of Burgundy NERFINISHED
conflict Burgundian Wars NERFINISHED
Wars against the Duchy of Lorraine NERFINISHED
Wars against the Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Burgundy NERFINISHED
deathDate 1477-01-05
deathPlace Duchy of Lorraine NERFINISHED
near Nancy
familyName de Bourgogne NERFINISHED
father Philip the Good NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
nobleFamily Valois-Burgundy NERFINISHED
notableFor Burgundian Wars NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Count of Charolais NERFINISHED
Count of Flanders NERFINISHED
Count of Hainaut NERFINISHED
Count of Holland NERFINISHED
Count of Namur NERFINISHED
Count of Zeeland NERFINISHED
Duke of Brabant NERFINISHED
Duke of Burgundy NERFINISHED
Duke of Limburg NERFINISHED
Duke of Luxembourg NERFINISHED
predecessor Philip the Good NERFINISHED
reignEnd 1477
reignStart 1467
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Catherine of France NERFINISHED
Isabella of Bourbon NERFINISHED
Margaret of York NERFINISHED
successor Mary of Burgundy NERFINISHED

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Charles the Rash alsoKnownAs Charles de Bourgogne