Anne of Burgundy
Anne of Burgundy | |
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Hôtel de Bourgogne, Paris | |
Burial | Church of the Celestines, Paris Chartreuse de Champnol, Dijon |
Spouse |
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (m. 1423) |
Father | John the Fearless |
Mother | Margaret of Bavaria |
Anne of Burgundy, Duchess of Bedford (French: Anne de Bourgogne) (30 September 1404[citation needed] – 13 November 1432) was a daughter of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (1371–1419), and his wife Margaret of Bavaria (1363–1423).
Duchess of Bedford
In June 1423 at
Anne was present during the trial against Joan of Arc. She herself, [4] or the women of her household on her behalf, examined the virginity of Joan of Arc and confirmed her to be a virgin.[5] Anne was reportedly impressed by Joan of Arc, and gave orders that no man, guards or men or high rank, was to touch Joan during her imprisonment. [6] Anne attended the execution of Joan of Arc in Rouen in 1431.
Death and legacy
Anne died on 13 November 1432 in Paris, at the
Anne's death signified the beginning of one of two disastrous trends in Lancastrian history. The next year, John remarried to Jacquetta of Luxembourg. For various political reasons, this alienated Anne's brother, Duke Philip. Relations between John and Philip became cool, leading to the 1435 peace negotiations between Burgundy and Charles VII, the exiled king of France. Later that year, Philip formally broke the alliance with England.[9]
Ancestry
Ancestors of Anne of Burgundy Ludwik I the Fair | | |||||||||||||||
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29. Margaret of Bohemia | ||||||||||||||||
7. Margaret of Brieg | ||||||||||||||||
30. Henry IV the Faithful | ||||||||||||||||
15. Agnes of Głogów | ||||||||||||||||
31. Matilda of Brandenburg | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Griffiths, p. 26.
- ^ Neillands, p. 231.
- ^ Weir, p. 73.
- ^ Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages
- ^ Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc
- ^ Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc
- ^ Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris, 1405–1449, publié d'après les manuscrits de Rome et de Paris, par Alexandre Tuetey, chez Champion, Paris, 1881, pp. 289-290 [1]
- ^ Chipps Smith, p. 39.
- ISBN 978-0345404336
- ^ de Sousa, Antonio Caetano (1735). Historia genealogica da casa real portugueza (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Lisboa Occidental. p. 147.
Sources
- Chipps Smith, Jeffrey (1984). "The Tomb of Anne of Burgundy, Duchess of Bedford, in the Musée du Louvre". Gesta. 23 (1): 39–50. S2CID 157408009.
- Griffiths, R.A. (2005). The Reign of King Henry VI. The History Press. ISBN 0-7509-3777-7.
- Neillands, Robin (2001). The Hundred Years War. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26131-7.
- Weir, Alison (1996). The Wars of the Roses: Lancaster and York. London: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-40433-5.
External links
- Media related to Anne of Burgundy at Wikimedia Commons