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Philip the Good

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Philip the Good
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(Biographies / Philip the Good (1396-1467) M, Burgundian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1396-1467, duke of Burgundy (1419-67), under whose rule Burgundy was one of the most powerful states in Europe


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1) The indiciaire, a post created by Philip the Good at the court of Burgundy in 1455 for George Chastelain, functioned as court historiographer and was the only figure at court commanding a regular salary (a comfortable one at that--Chastelain received 36 sous a day, 657 livres a year, an amount corresponding rougly to the annual salary of a ducal counselor).
11) At first the Burgundian dynasty principally tried to gain control over the kingdom of France, but especially after the accession of Philip the Good (1419-1467) (12) through a policy of warfare and marriages, it managed to construct a powerful composite state in Burgundy and in the Low Countries, including important principalities like Brabant and Holland.
But I think the French excelled themselves when Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, had a son named Charles the Bold.
 
 
 
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