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Facts

Also Known As Bourgogne

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Map of France highlighting the Burgundy (Bourgogne) region in white at the center-east of the country, with major cities such as Dijon, Nevers, Auxerre, and Macon labeled. Surrounding countries and bodies of water, including Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea, are also shown. An inset map in the upper left corner shows the location of Burgundy within France.
A high-speed TGV train with orange and white cars travels through green fields and farmland in the Burgundy region of France, with a village visible in the background.
Thematic map of Europe and the Mediterranean showing the routes of various barbarian groups during the invasions of the late Roman Empire. Colored arrows trace the migrations of groups such as the Goths, Vandals, Franks, Saxons, and others, with boundaries of the Roman Empire in 395 CE and subsequent political divisions marked. Major kingdoms and cities are labeled, illustrating the movement and settlement patterns of these peoples.
Cluny: belfry tower
Portrait of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, also known as Philip the Good, wearing an ornate red robe and elaborate red headdress, painted in oil on panel.
Mary of Burgundy
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Major Events

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Battle of Morat
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Treaty of Cambrai

Related Places

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Côte-d’Or
department, France
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Nièvre
department, France
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Saône-et-Loire
department, France
Dijon
Bourgogne–Franche-Comté
region, France

Key People

St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
Charles the Bold
Charles
duke of Burgundy
Nicholas II
Nicholas II
pope
Chromolithograph of Pippin III wearing a gold tunic with scale-like armor, a blue cape, a crown, and holding a sword, standing against a plain background.
Pippin III
king of the Franks
Philip III
Philip III
duke of Burgundy
John, duke of Burgundy
John
duke of Burgundy
Jeanne Baret
Jeanne Baret
French botanist and explorer
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Adso of Montier-en-Der
Benedictine monk and abbot
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Brunhild
queen of Austrasia
Richard Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick
Richard Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick
English soldier and diplomat
Philip II
Philip II
duke of Burgundy
Commynes, portrait drawing by Jacques Le Bouco, 16th century; in the Municipal Library Arras, Fr.
Philippe de Commynes
French statesman
Barante, Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, baron de
Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante
French statesman, historian, and author
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Guntram
king of Burgundy
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Louis II
count of Flanders
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Rudolf
king of France
Chastellain, Georges
Georges Chastellain
Burgundian author
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Gundobad
king of Burgundy
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Rudolf II
king of Burgundy
La Marche, detail of an engraving
Olivier de La Marche
Burgundian author