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The War of the Burgundian Succession [1] took place from 1477 to 1482 [2] (or 1493 according to some historians [3]), immediately following the Burgundian Wars.At stake was the partition of the Burgundian hereditary lands between the Kingdom of France and the House of Habsburg, after Duke Charles the Bold had perished in the Battle of Nancy on 5 January 1477.
Politically, the Burgundian and Habsburg periods were of tremendous importance to the Dutch, as the various Dutch fiefs were now united politically into one single entity. [2] The period ended in great turmoil, as the rise of Protestantism, the centralist policies of the Habsburg Empire , and other factors resulted in the Dutch Revolt and the ...
Crusader Kings II is a grand strategy game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.Set in the Middle Ages, the game was released on February 14, 2012, as a sequel to 2004's Crusader Kings.
Austria-Este [eu 2] Great-grandnephew of Franz Ferdinand, adopted heir of Duke Francis V (1846–1859). Hereditary: 1859 [238] Parma: Carlos: 18 August 2010: Bourbon-Parma [eu 7] Great-grandson of Duke Robert I (1854–1859). Also one of the contested heirs to the Carlist succession. [239] 1859 [240] [241] / Tuscany: Sigismondo: 18 June 1993 ...
Charles of Habsburg was born on 24 February 1500 in the Prinsenhof of Ghent, a Flemish city of the Low Countries, to Archduke Philip of Habsburg and Princess Joanna of Trastámara. [6] His father Philip, nicknamed Philip the Handsome, was the firstborn son of Maximilian I of Habsburg , Archduke of Austria as well as Holy Roman Emperor , and ...
The Burgundian Netherlands [a] were those parts of the Low Countries ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy during the Burgundian Age between 1384 and 1482. Within their Burgundian State, which itself belonged partly to the Holy Roman Empire and partly to the Kingdom of France, the dukes united these lowlands into a political union that went beyond a personal union as it gained central institutions ...
The Pragmatic Sanction, act of Emperor Charles VI. The Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (Latin: Sanctio Pragmatica; German: Pragmatische Sanktion) was an edict issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, on 19 April 1713 to ensure that the Habsburg monarchy, which included the Archduchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Croatia, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Duchy of Milan, the Kingdom ...
Its pretext was the right of Maria Theresa to succeed her father, Emperor Charles VI, as ruler of the Habsburg monarchy. France, Prussia, and Bavaria saw it as an opportunity to challenge Habsburg power, while Maria Theresa was backed by Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Hanover, collectively known as the Pragmatic Allies.