Birth of a son
Burgunderlied – A Burgundian Timeline
Birth of a son
On the summer of 1471, the Duchess of Burgundy would conceive a child finally after many years of waiting since Margaret of York when she married the Duke of Burgundy.
Margaret of York would give birth to a son named Philip of Burgundy on December 2, 1471, he would be very much adamant about his coronation as King of Burgundy after then was Charles the Bold allowed Mary of Burgundy to marry his ally, Emperor Frederick III’s son Maximilian, who earlier promised Charles the Bold a crown or alliance in exchange, the other proposition for Mary to marry who is Nicholas of Anjou and Frederick of Naples but both the negotiations flounder due to her brother being born and in 1472 an alliance was signed and it would be only Maximilian would remain and Mary would depart in the End of 1472, she departed with generous amounts of dowry from her father.
Not being the heiress was a relief for the young Mary of Burgundy and being a future heiress would give her a good future as well, she would be a dutiful daughter and she herself express her dislike for Frederick of Naples and Charles I of Burgundy is crowned as King of Burgundy in the end of 1473 in Austria, which alienated and insulted many people including the King of France which was also the last time he would see his daughter Mary.
Charles I of Burgundy had made lots of enemies and friends outside and inside the Empire which included the king of France.
Margaret of York would announce another pregnancy in mid-1473 as Charles is preparing for another war and she would not see Charles I of Burgundy since the first part of 1474 due to his warmongering, she would give birth to a daughter named Margaret of Burgundy in February 2, 1474, which would not be seen by her father as he is basically war mongering for his own good.
Margaret of Burgundy is beautiful and would have Frederick III and Louis XI as her godfathers in her baptism.
Birth of a son
On the summer of 1471, the Duchess of Burgundy would conceive a child finally after many years of waiting since Margaret of York when she married the Duke of Burgundy.
Margaret of York would give birth to a son named Philip of Burgundy on December 2, 1471, he would be very much adamant about his coronation as King of Burgundy after then was Charles the Bold allowed Mary of Burgundy to marry his ally, Emperor Frederick III’s son Maximilian, who earlier promised Charles the Bold a crown or alliance in exchange, the other proposition for Mary to marry who is Nicholas of Anjou and Frederick of Naples but both the negotiations flounder due to her brother being born and in 1472 an alliance was signed and it would be only Maximilian would remain and Mary would depart in the End of 1472, she departed with generous amounts of dowry from her father.
Not being the heiress was a relief for the young Mary of Burgundy and being a future heiress would give her a good future as well, she would be a dutiful daughter and she herself express her dislike for Frederick of Naples and Charles I of Burgundy is crowned as King of Burgundy in the end of 1473 in Austria, which alienated and insulted many people including the King of France which was also the last time he would see his daughter Mary.
Charles I of Burgundy had made lots of enemies and friends outside and inside the Empire which included the king of France.
Margaret of York would announce another pregnancy in mid-1473 as Charles is preparing for another war and she would not see Charles I of Burgundy since the first part of 1474 due to his warmongering, she would give birth to a daughter named Margaret of Burgundy in February 2, 1474, which would not be seen by her father as he is basically war mongering for his own good.
Margaret of Burgundy is beautiful and would have Frederick III and Louis XI as her godfathers in her baptism.
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