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Guinegatte (1479): Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, was killed at the battle of Nancy on January 5th 1477. Immediately, Louis XI invaded the Burgundian lands. The Dukedom, then known as the County of Burgundy – nowadays Franche-Comté – was occupied by the King. To the north the Burgundian Netherlands were taken by storm. Picardy, then Artois and county of Boulogne fell to Louis XI, not without a fight, because the population was very hostile to the French. In August 1477, Mary of Burgundy, sole child of Charles the Bold married Maximillian of Habsburg, son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III. It now fell to Maximillian to defend the heritage of the dukes of Burgundy. On July 29th 1479, he laid siege to the town of Thérouanne, occupied by a major French garrison that regularly raided the Flanders region to terrible effect. Louis XI was seriously ill at this time. He delegated the command of his armies in the north to Philippe de Crèvecoeur, Lord of Esquerdes, a Burgundian renegade who deserted to the King in 1477..
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