THE GOOD, THE BOLD AND THE FEARLESS
CHARLES ‘THE BOLD’
AN AMBITIOUS LEADER, WHOSE REIGN SAW THE FINAL HOPE FOR BURGUNDIAN INDEPENDENCE 1433-1477
As the son and heir of Duke Philip the Good, Charles was thrust into the centre of the Franco-Burgundian conflict from an early age. In 1440, he was married to Catherine, Princess of France, as part of a peace treaty with Charles VII, though she fell ill and died just six years later.
Charles was raised with an education fitting for a European prince, spending time in martial pursuits as well as with scholarly study. He was also a member of his father’s Order of the
