Mary of Burgundy

Mary and Maximilian.

Mary and her family, by Bernhard Strigel.

The tomb of Mary of Burgundy.

María de Borgoña (Brussels, Flanders, February 13, 1457-Bruges, March 27, 1482), Duchess of Burgundy, was the wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and mother of Felipe el Hermoso.

Biography

As the only daughter of the last Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, and his second wife Isabel de Borbón, she inherited the dukedom from her father, at the age of 20, after his death at the Battle of Nancy. The French claim to the territories of the Netherlands caused King Louis XI to occupy the County of Burgundy or the Duchy of Burgundy itself, which prevented Mary from exercising her title in what had been her territories.

Casting of the lands of Burgundy between France and the Habsbugo between 1477 and 1493.

In order to expel the French, he promulgated a charter known as The Great Privilege and by which the self-government of the Netherlands was guaranteed.

She married on August 19, 1477, Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, son of Emperor Frederick III and later Holy Roman Emperor, with whom she would have Margaret of Austria and Felipe the Fair as children, whom she would introduce, for his marriage to Juana I of Castilla, the lineage of the Austrians in Spain.

Children:

1. Philip the Fair, 07/22/1478-09/25/1506.

2. Margaret of Austria, 10/01/1480-1/12/1530.

Mary of Burgundy died in Bruges as a result of a fall from a horse while pregnant, in 1482.

Titles

• 5 January 1477-27 March 1482: Duchess of Burgundy as Maria I - disputed.
• 5 January 1477-27 March 1482: Duchess of Brabant and Lothier as Maria I.
• 5 January 1477-27 March 1482: Duchess of Güeldres as Maria I.
• 5 January 1477-27 March 1482: Duchess of Limburg as Maria I.
• 5 January 1477-27 March 1482: Duchess of Luxembourg as Maria I.
• 5 January 1477-27 March 1482: Countess of Namur as Maria I.
• January 5, 1477-27, March 1482: Countess Palatine of Burgundy as Maria I.
• 5 January 1477-27 March 1482: Countess of Artois as Maria I.
• 5 January 1477-27 March 1482: Countess of Charolais as Maria I.
• 5 January 1477-27 March 1482: Countess of Flanders as Maria I.
• 5 January 1477-27 March 1482: Countess of Henao as Maria I.
• January 5, 1477-27, March 1482: Countess of Holland and Zealand as Maria I.
• 5 January 1477-27 March 1482: Countess of Zutphen as Maria I.

Ancestors

Succession

Predecessor: Carlos el Temerario	Duchess owner of Burgundy Duchess of Brabant, Limburg, Lothier, Luxembourg and Güeldres Marquesa de Namur Countess of Flanders, Count of Hainaut, Holland and Zeland and Zutphen 1477-1482	Successor: Philip the Beautiful
Predecessor: Carlos el Temerario	Countess of Artois, Burgundy and Charolais 1477-1482	Successor: Granted to the King of France as a dowry in the Arras treaty (1482).

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