John the Fearless
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John I 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 national affairs during t
Anonymous portrait, c. 1405
Assassination of John the Fearless on the Bridge of Montereau in 1419; detail from a 1470s miniature
His funeral
The Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War was a conflict between two cadet branches of the French royal family: the House of Orléans and the House of Burgundy from 1407 to 1435. It began during a lull in the
The Cabochien revolt in 1413
Louis of Orléans unveiling a mistress – Eugène Delacroix
The assassination of Louis I, Duke of Orléans in Paris in 23 November 1407
John the Fearless – head of the Burgundian party – sporting the "rabotures"