Category:Burgundy (ancient)
Basic arms & blazon[edit]
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Arms of Burgundy (ancient): Bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules (arms of the first House of the Duchy of Burgundy)
The first w:House of Burgundy was a cadet branch of the w:Capetian dynasty, descending from w:Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, a younger son of King Robert II of France. The House ruled the Duchy of Burgundy from 1032 to 1361, when w:Philip I, Duke of Burgundy died childless and the Duchy reverted to King John II of France (of the House of Valois), who created his son w:Philip the Bold as the new Duke of Burgundy, thus beginning the w:House of Valois-Burgundy, or the Second House of Burgundy / Younger House of Burgundy. Philip the Bold's arms were his father's arms (royal arms of France) differenced by a bordure gobonny argent and gules, which became known as Bergundy (modern), and upon being created Duke of Bergundy he quartered the arms of Bergundy (ancient))
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Media in category "Burgundy (ancient)"
The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total.
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Arms of Eudes de Bourgogne.svg 410 × 478; 3 KB
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Audienz Reichskammergericht.jpg 2,496 × 3,088; 1.49 MB
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Champion des Dames (fol. 1v).JPEG 714 × 1,152; 379 KB
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Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian of Austria.jpg 695 × 2,000; 270 KB
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