See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

MARY (1457-1482)  , duchess of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, only See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles the Bold, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Burgundy, and his wife See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella of See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 13th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1457 . As heiress of the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich Burgundian domains her See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand was eagerly sought by a number of princes . When her See also:

• FATHER

father See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell upon the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of See also:

• NANCY

Nancy, on the 5th of"See also:

• JANUARY

January 1477, See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary was not yet twenty years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis` XI. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France seized the opportunity afforded by his See also:

• RIVAL

rival's defeat and See also:

• DEATH

death to take See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the duchy of Burgundy as a See also:

• FIEF

fief lapsed to the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• CROWN

crown, and also of Franche See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

Comte, See also:

• PICARDY (La Picardie)

Picardy and See also:

• ARTOIS

Artois . He was anxious that Mary should marry the Dauphin Charles and thus secure the See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands for his descendants . Mary, however, distrusted Louis; declined the French See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance, and turned to her Netherland subjects for help . She obtained the help only at the See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price of See also:

• GREAT

great concessions . On the 11th of February 1477 she was compelled to sign a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of rights, known as " the Great See also:

• PRIVILEGE

Privilege," by which the provinces and towns of the Netherlands recovered all the See also:

• LOCAL

local and communal rights which had been abolished by the arbitrary decrees of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of Burgundy in their efforts to create in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries a centralized See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Mary had to undertake not to declare See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, make See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, or raise taxes without the consent of the States, and not to employ any but natives in See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official posts . Such was the hatred of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people to the old regime that two influential councillors of Charles the Bold, the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

Chancellor Hugonet and the Sire d'Humbercourt, having been discovered in See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with the French See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, were executed at See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent despite the tears and entreaties of the youthful duchess . Mary now made her choice among the many suitors for her hand, and selected the See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

archduke See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, afterwards the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Maximilian I., and the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at Ghent on the 18th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1477 . Affairs now went more smoothly in the Netherlands, the French aggression was checked, and See also:

• INTERNAL

internal peace was in a large measure restored, when the duchess met her death by a fall from her See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse on the 27th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1482 .

Three See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children had been the issue of her marriage, and her See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder son, See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip, succeeded to her dominions under the guardianship of his father . See E . Munch, Maria von Burgund, nebst d . Leben v . Margaretha v . See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York (2 vols., See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1832), and the See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge Mod . Hist . (vol. i., c. xii., bibliography, 1903) .