History of Burgundy, France

Journey back in time to Burgundy, France

• The Treaty of Arras (1435), which established peace between Burgundy and Charles VII of France, added greatly to the Burgundian domain.
  Even so, mercenary bands continued their depredations in Burgundy until 1445, after which the duchy enjoyed peace until Philip III’s death in 1467.
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• In 1477, at the battle of Nancy during the Burgundian Wars, the last duke Charles the Bold was killed in battle, and the Duchy itself was annexed by France.
  
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  Château de la Rochepot
  
  The Château de la Rochepot is a 13th-century castle, later converted into a château, in the commune of La Rochepot in the Côte d'Or département in Burgundy, France.
  
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• The County of Burgundy remained loosely associated with the Holy Roman Empire (intermittently independent, whence the name "Franche-Comté"), and finally incorporated into France in 1678, with the Treaties of Nijmegen.
  In the late 15th and early 16th centuries, the other Burgundian territories provided a power base for the rise of the Habsburgs, after Maximilian of A...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• After the French Revolution the province of Burgundy disappeared, divided into the départements of Côte-d’Or, Saône-et-Loire, and Yonne.
  
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• 1859
  BURGUNDY, an ancient province in the east of France, comprising the Pays de la Monagne, the Auxerrois, the Auxois, the Dijonnais, the Autunais, the Ch...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Burgundy
  Bur'gundy, one of the largest and most important of the former provinces of France, now forming the departments of Cote=d'Or,. Saône-et-Loire, Yonne, ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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• 1916
  Bur'gundy, one of the largest and most important of the former provinces of France, now forming the department! of Cote-d'Or, Sadne-et-Loire, Yonne, p...Read MORE...