Mary of Burgundy

Mary of Burgundy

Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; Dutch: Maria van Bourgondië; 13 February 1457 – 27 March 1482), nicknamed the Rich, was a member of the House of Valois-Burgundy who ruled a collection of states that included the duchies of Limburg, Brabant, Luxembourg, the counties of Namur, Holland, Hainaut and other territories, from 1477 until her death in 1482.As the only child of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Isabella of Bourbon, Mary inherited the Burgundian lands at the age of 19 upon the death of her father in the Battle of Nancy on 5 January 1477. In order to counter the appetite of the French king Louis XI for her lands, she married Maximilian of Austria, with whom she had two children. The marriage kept large parts of the Burgundian lands from disintegration, but also changed the dynasty from Valois to Habsburg (the Duchy of Burgundy itself soon became a French possession). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary of Burgundy has received more than 1,492,631 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary of Burgundy is the 464th most popular politician (down from 452nd in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 17th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Politician.

Mary of Burgundy was the daughter of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Margaret of York. She was married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Mary is most famous for being the last ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands.