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Young Margaret of York in a drawing by Jacques de Boucq (1520-1573) taken from a contemporary portrait. Duchess Isabella of Burgundy, the mother of Charles the Bold, was, through her blood ties and her perception of Burgundian interests, pro-English.
Mary of Burgundy was born in Brussels at the ducal castle of Coudenberg, to Charles the Bold, then known as the Count of Charolais, and his wife Isabella of Bourbon. [4] Her birth, according to the court chronicler Georges Chastellain, was attended by a clap of thunder ringing from the otherwise clear twilight sky.
Margaret of York (10 April 1472 – 11 December 1472) was a namesake niece of Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy. She was the fifth child and fourth daughter of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville .
Margaret was born on 10 January 1480 in Brussels and baptised in what is now the cathedral there, named after her step-grandmother, Margaret of York.She was the second child and only daughter of Maximilian of Austria (future Holy Roman Emperor) and Mary of Burgundy, co-sovereigns of the Low Countries. [2]
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Margaret of York (1446–1503) was the duchess of Burgundy from 1468 until 1477. Three more women named Margaret were duchesses of Burgundy: Margaret III of Flanders (1350–1405), married to Philip of Rouvres, and later to Philip the Bold; Margaret of Bavaria (1363–1424), wife of John the Fearless; Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (1584 ...
The Getty Tondal was commissioned by Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy during the 1470s. During this time she had other works she requested or collected for her own personal reading quarters. She was one of the most powerful women of her time period and as such had access to a variety of different methods of attaining manuscripts.
Margaret of York (1446–1503), Duchess of Burgundy as third wife of Charles the Bold Archduchess Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480–1530), daughter of Mary, Duchess of Burgundy, and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor