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John "the Fearless" of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy

French: Jean «sans Peur» de Bourgogne, duc de Bourgogne
Also Known As: "John - Duke Of /Burgundy/", "Jean Le /Hardi/", "-Duke Of Burgundy", "Duke Of Burgundy /Jean/", "'Fearless' Of Burgundy /John/", "The Fearless /John/", "Jean Sans Peur", "sans Peur", "sans peur", "Jan zonder vrees", "Jean de Nevers", "known as John of Valois and John of Burg...", "Jan I van"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dijon, Burgundy, France
Death: September 10, 1419 (48)
Pont de l'Yonne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France (murdered)
Place of Burial: Dijon, Burgundy, France
Immediate Family:

Son of Philip II the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Marguerite, Countess Flanders, d'Artois, de Nevers, Burgundy
Husband of Margareta de Borsselen and Margarethe von Bayern-Straubing
Partner of Dame Agnes de Croÿ
Father of Jean de Bourgogne, évêque de Cambrai; Guy de Bourgogne; Antoine de Bourgogne, chevalier de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem; Philippote de Bourgogne, dame de Joncy; Marguerite de Bourgogne and 7 others
Brother of Charles de Bourgogne; Marguerite de Bourgogne; Louis de Bourgogne; Catherine de Bourgogne; Bonne de Bourgogne and 3 others
Half brother of Henri du Risoir, seigneur de Bernissart

Occupation: Duke of Burgundy from 1404-1419; Fought in King Sigismund of Hungary's war against Sultan Bayezid, where he got his title; Was taken prisoner and released after an enormous ransom paid by his father, Sans Peur, Duke of Burgundy
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About John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy

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John the Fearless (May 28, 1371 – September 10 1419), was Duke of Burgundy, first pair de France, Count of Flanders, Comte Palatin de Bourgogne, and Regent of France.

Born in Dijon, John was the son of Philip the Bold and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders. He succeeded his father in 1404 as John "the Fearless", Duke of Burgundy and was made Regent of France in 1408.

On April 12, 1385, at the Burgundian double wedding in Cambrai, he married Margaret of Bavaria, daughter of Albrecht of Bavaria, Count of Holland and Hainaut at the same time his sister, Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria married their son William II, Duke of Bavaria, to consolidate his position in the Low Countries, after cancelling his engagement with Catherine of France, daughter of Charles V of France. The Oude Kronik van Brabant names:

"…secunda Margareta…" wife of "Johanni duci Burgundie, primogenitor ducis Philippi" as the daughter of "Albertus palatinus Reni, dux Bavarie" and his wife "Margaretam filiam Ludovici ducis de Briga ex Polonia"

On 10 September 1419 on the bridge at Montereau, John of Burgundy was assassinated by the men of the Dauphin, Charles VII, at a diplomatic meeting. He was later buried in Dijon. The necrology of Vauvert records the death "XVIII Kal Oct" of "Joannes dux Burgundie".

Family

  1. Margaret of Bavaria
    1. Marguerite de Bourgogne (1390-2 Feb 1441)
    2. Catherine de Bourgogne (1391-1414)
    3. Marie de Bourgogne (1393-30 Oct 1463)
    4. Isabelle de Bourgogne (died 18 Sep 1412)
    5. Philippe de Bourgogne (30 Jun 1396-15 Jun 1467)
    6. Jeanne de Bourgogne (born Oct 1399).
    7. Anne de Bourgogne (1404-14 Nov 1432)
    8. Agnes de Bourgogne (1407- 1 Dec 1476)
  2. Agnes de Croy
    1. Jean de Bourgogne (1404-27 Apr 1479)
  3. Margareta van Borsselen
    1. Guy de Bourgogne (died 1436)
    2. Antoine de Bourgogne
    3. Philipotte de Bourgogne

Stamboom nr. : 836.774.

Generatie : 20.

Gelijk aan nr. 418.390 - generatie : 19.



Stamboom nr. : 837.010.

Generatie : 20.

Gelijk aan nr. 418.390 - Generatie : 19.



Stamboom nr. : 418.390.

Generatie : 19.

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John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy's Timeline

1371
May 28, 1371
Dijon, Burgundy, France
1390
1390
1391
1391
1393
1393
1396
June 30, 1396
Château de Rouvres, Dijon, Burgundy, France
1399
October 1399
Rouvres, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
1404
1404
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
1404
Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France
1407
1407