John the Fearless
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John I, called the Fearless, was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State as the Duke of Burgundy from 1404 until his assassination in 1419. He played a key role in French nat
Anonymous portrait, c. 1405
Assassination of John the Fearless on the Bridge of Montereau in 1419; detail from a 1470s miniature
His funeral
Philip the Bold
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Philip II the Bold was Duke of Burgundy and jure uxoris Count of Flanders, Artois and Burgundy. He was the fourth and youngest son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg.
John the Fearless
…successor Philip III the Good to seek an alliance with the English, thereby bringing the Hundred Years' War to its final phase. John, like his father Philip the Bold before him, played an important role in the development of gunpowder artillery in European warfare, making extensive and successful use of it in his…
Later copy of an early 15th-century portrait of Philip, possibly by Jean Malouel
Flanders, double groat or jangelaar, struck in Ghent under Philip the Bold (1384–1404) with the arms of Burgundy and Flanders.
Tomb of Philip the Bold at the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy at Dijon
The Château de Germolles in Burgundy.