Charles the Bold eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 423 pages of information about Charles the Bold.

Charles the Bold eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 423 pages of information about Charles the Bold.
  to Sigismund;
  to Edward IV.;
  to Duke of Milan;
  at battle of Montl’hery;
  armies of;
  dictates terms of treaty of Conflans;
  marches against Liege;
  destroys Dinant;
  underestimates character and strength of enemies;
  accedes to the dukedom;
  invested with titles;
  unpopularity of;
  punishes Ghent;
  reforms of;
  weds Margaret of York;
  ducal state of;
  demands aides;
  receives Louis at Peronne;
  crushes revolt of Liege;
  makes treaty of Peronne;
  proposed sons-in-law for;
  signs treaty of St. Omer;
  takes lands from Sigismund;
  relations of, with Swiss;
  invested with Order of the Garter;
  Remonstrance presented to;
  embassies to;
  truces of, with Louis XI;
  besieges Beauvais;
  reverses of;
  acquires duchy of Guelders;
  negotiations between Emperor Frederic and;
  interview of, with emperor at Treves;
  becomes “protector” of Lorraine;
  interferes in Cologne affairs;
  visits Alsace;
  troubles with Alsace;
  besieges Neuss;
  war declared against;
  makes truce with Frederic;
  defeated at Hericourt;
  besieges Nancy;
  allies desert;
  defeated at Granson;
  at Morat;
  convenes states-general;
  last battle of;
  death and burial of
Burgundy, Cornelius, Bastard of
Burgundy, David of, Bishop of Utrecht
Burgundy, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of;
  ancestry of;
  English sympathies of;
  retires to convent;
  burial of
Burgundy, John the Fearless, Duke of;
  death of
Burgundy, Margaret, Bastard of
Burgundy, Margaret of York, Duchess of
Burgundy, Mary of (Duchess of Austria;
  godfather of;
  proposed marriages for
Burgundy, Philip the Good, Duke of, marriages of;
  institutes Order of Golden Fleece;
  children of;
  alliance of;
  signs treaty of Arras;
  territories acquired by;
  suppresses revolt in Bruges;
  wealth and magnificence of;
  crushes rebellion of Ghent;
  gives Feast of the Pheasant;
  plans crusade;
  chooses second wife for Charles;
  character of;
  interferes in affairs of Utrecht, of Liege, and of Cologne;
  hospitality of, to dauphin;
  influenced by the Croys;
  attends coronation of Louis XI;
  illnesses of;
  witnesses punishment of Dinant;
  death and burial of;
  epitaph of;
  description of;
  popularity of
Burgundy, Philip the Hardy, Duke of
Burgundy, Yolande, Bastard of

C

Cagnola
Calabria, Duke of, see Lorraine
Calais
Calixtus III. 
Cambray
Campobasso, Antonello de, mercenary captain;
  treachery of
Canterbury
Casanova
Castile
Castile, Henry IV., King of
Castile, Jeanne of
Cat, Gilles le
Catto, Angelo

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