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Coat of Arms of Mary of Burgundy/Empress Maria


Mary of Burgundy


On December 1481, Archduke Franz would recover from his illness forcing Mary of Burgundy to focus on his well being, Mary of Burgundy would focus on her succession with Philip of Burgundy, she herself will remain in the house taking care of the sickly Francis until he gets well in 1483, on January 2, 1484, she gives birth to another daughter named Isabella and another son named Karl on May 2, 1485, she united the Germanic Low Countries with Germany and the Burgundian Territories which would completely pass to her son, Philip in 1520 on her death, on her son’s majority on 1490, her son Philip became the co-ruler of the Netherlands and Burgundy and she was crowned as Queen of the Romans on 1486.

Elizabeth Woodville would escape to Burgundy on 1482 with her children including Edward V and her second son, Richard, she would feel the threat of her brother in law who would later usurp on the escape with her children, Mary and her stepmother Margaret would help Edward V and Elizabeth Woodville reclaim the English throne, Mary of Burgundy and Elizabeth Woodville would negotiate with a marriage for Francis Phoebus of Navarre with Elizabeth of York, that was said to be a machination of Isabella of Castile in cooperation with Mary of Burgundy in order to prevent a marriage of Francis Phoebus and her rival Juana La Beltraneja.
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