Duchy of Burgundy (Valois)

Overview

The Duchy of Burgundy was a medieval and early modern feudal polity in north-western regions of historical Burgundy. It was a duchy, ruled by dukes of Burgundy. The Duchy belonged to the Kingdom of France, and was initially bordering the Kingdom of Burgundy to the east and south, thus being distinct from the neighboring Free County of Burgundy. The first duke of Burgundy, attested in sources by that title, was Richard the Justiciar in 918.

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Borders & accuracy

Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.

• SOURCEhand-crafted from scholarly atlases
• DETAILhand-traced (r14) from Shepherd, Historical Atlas (Burgundian State 1477); Times Atlas of World History. Replaces the HBM 1200 "Burgandy" polygon (Kingdom of Arles), which was the wrong polity for the Valois dukes 1363-1477.
• SNAPSHOT1475
• POLITY TYPEstate

Burgundian State c. 1475: Duchy and Free County of Burgundy; Flanders, Artois, Boulonnais, the Somme towns, Hainaut, Namur, Brabant, Limburg, Luxembourg, Holland and Zeeland. Liege, Cambrai, Utrecht and the Calais Pale excluded; Guelders (1473-77) not drawn.

Wars of this empire15

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Burgundian Wars1474–77
  Significant
• Battle of Othee1408
  Regional
• Battle of Melun1420
  Regional
• Battle of Cravant1423
  Regional
• Battle of Compiegne1430
  Regional
• Battle of Paris1436
  Regional
• Wars of the Burgundian State1453–82
  Regional
• Battle of Montenaeken1465
  Regional
• Battle of Montlhery1465
  Regional
• Battle of Dinant1466
  Regional
• Battle of Liege1468
  Regional
• Battle of Hericourt1474
  Regional
• Battle of Grandson1476
  Regional
• Battle of Morat1476
  Regional
• Battle of Nancy1477
  Regional