French annexation of the Duchy of Burgundy

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The French annexation of the Duchy of Burgundy was the 1477 incorporation of the powerful Burgundian heartlands into the French crown’s domain following the death of Charles the Bold and the ensuing War of the Burgundian Succession.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
late medieval event ⓘ
territorial annexation ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Burgundian heartlands ⓘ
Duchy of Burgundy ⓘ
chronology late 15th century ⓘ
conflict War of the Burgundian Succession ⓘ
conflictType succession dispute ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of royal authority in Burgundy ⓘ
follows Battle of Nancy ⓘ
reign of Charles the Bold ⓘ
hasCause War of the Burgundian Succession ⓘ
death of Charles the Bold ⓘ
hasEffect decline of Burgundian state ⓘ
integration of Burgundian institutions into the French monarchy ⓘ
rivalry between France and the Habsburgs ⓘ
shift in balance of power in Western Europe ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Burgundy ⓘ
involves Louis XI of France ⓘ
Mary of Burgundy ⓘ
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
legalBasis reversion of French fiefs to the crown on extinction of the male line ⓘ
location Burgundy ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
opposedBy Mary of Burgundy ⓘ
Maximilian of Habsburg ⓘ
participant Duchy of Burgundy ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
House of Valois ⓘ
House of Valois-Burgundy ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
partOf Valois–Habsburg power struggle ⓘ
centralization of the French monarchy ⓘ
pointInTime 1477 ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of Arras (1482) ⓘ
Treaty of Senlis (1493) ⓘ
result end of Burgundian ducal independence ⓘ
expansion of French royal territory ⓘ
incorporation of the Duchy of Burgundy into the French royal domain ⓘ
strengthening of the French crown ⓘ
significance marked the end of the independent Burgundian state ⓘ
significantEvent War of the Burgundian Succession ⓘ
division of Burgundian inheritance ⓘ
startTime 1477 ⓘ

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War of the Burgundian Succession → result → French annexation of the Duchy of Burgundy ⓘ