The Duchy of Burgundy was a French territory that, under the Valois dukes, became one of the most powerful and richest states in western Europe. It was first held by a line of dukes from the Capetian family, and then passed to Philip the Bold, son of the French king John II, who also acquired Flanders by marriage. His successors, Philip the Good and Charles the Bold, expanded their lands across the Low Countries and ruled a splendid court, a centre of art, music and chivalry, patronising painters such as Jan van Eyck. Charles was killed in battle at Nancy while fighting the Swiss. His daughter Mary married Maximilian of Habsburg, and France took the duchy itself.
Before and after
- 870 CEBirth of Farabi
- 8 August 870 CETreaty of Meerssen
- from 872 CE to 1521Přemyslid dynasty
- 879 CEConstruction of Mosque of Ibn Tulun
- from 880 CE to 1477Duchy of Burgundy
- from 882 CE to 1240Kievan Rus'
- 893 CEConstruction of Preah Vihear Temple
- from 894 CE to 896 CEByzantine–Bulgarian War of 894–896
- 896 CEBattle of Boulgarophygon
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The era
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