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Charles the Bold — Last Duke of Burgundy of the house of Valois, died in 1477
Only legitimate son of Philip the Good, cousin and adversary of Louis XI, whom he held prisoner at Péronne, he sought to weld his Burgundian and Netherlandish states into a kingdom between France and the Empire. Beaten by the Swiss at Grandson and Morat, he died a few months later, and his body was found in the snow; his daughter carried the inheritance to the Habsburgs. (Editorial synthesis)
Charles the Bold was born on 10 November 1433 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Charles the Bold was born in Dijon. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Charles the Bold died on 5 January 1477 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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