page_title: Charles the Bold
hierarchical_section_title: Charles the Bold
caption_attribution_description: English: Charles the Bold, double Briquet, struck Bruges 1475. Obverse: Two lions rampant combatant, fire-steel (briquet) above. Reverse: Shield of Burgundy over floriated cross. Nederlands: Karel de Stoute, dubbel vuurijzer, geslagen te Brugge 1475. Voorzijde: Twee naar elkaar toegewende zittende leeuwen onder een vonkend vuurijzer. Keerzijde: Bloemenkruis met het Bourgondische wapen.
context_page_description: Charles, nicknamed the Bold, was the Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477.
  His main objective was to be crowned king by turning the growing Burgundian State into a territorially continuous kingdom. He declared himself and his lands independent, bought Upper Alsace and conquered Zutphen, Guelders and Lorraine, uniting at last Burgundian northern and southern possessions. It caused the enmity of several European powers and triggered the Burgundian Wars.
  His early death at the Battle of Nancy at the hands of Swiss mercenaries fighting for René II, Duke of Lorraine was of great consequence in European history. The Burgundian domains, long wedged between France and the Habsburg Empire, were divided, but the precise disposition of the vast and disparate territorial possessions involved was disputed among the European powers for centuries.
context_section_description: Charles (Charles Martin; German: Karl Martin; Dutch: Karel Maarten; 10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477), nicknamed the Bold (German: der Kühne; Dutch: de Stoute; French: le Téméraire), was the Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477.
  His main objective was to be crowned king by turning the growing Burgundian State into a territorially continuous kingdom. He declared himself and his lands independent, bought Upper Alsace and conquered Zutphen, Guelders and Lorraine, uniting at last Burgundian northern and southern possessions. It caused the enmity of several European powers and triggered the Burgundian Wars.
  His early death at the Battle of Nancy at the hands of Swiss mercenaries fighting for René II, Duke of Lorraine was of great consequence in European history. The Burgundian domains, long wedged between France and the Habsburg Empire, were divided, but the precise disposition of the vast and disparate territorial possessions involved was disputed among the European powers for centuries.
caption: Double Briquet, struck under Charles the Bold in Bruges, 1475
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