Burgundian Netherlands

In the history of the Low Countries, the Burgundian Netherlands  means a number of Imperial and French fiefs.  These were ruled in personal union by the House of Valois-Burgundy and their Habsburg heirs in the period from 1384 to 1482. The area was large parts of present-day Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as Luxembourg and parts of northern France.

Rulers
The Burgundian dukes who ruled the Netherlandish territories were:

House of Valois, territorial Dukes of Burgundy
Philip the Bold (1384–1405), son of King John II of France, by his wife Margaret III of Flanders
John the Fearless (1405–1419), son
Philip the Good (1419–1467), son
Charles the Bold (1467–1477), son

House of Valois, titular Duchess of Burgundy
Mary of Burgundy (1477–1482), Charles' daughter, married Maximilian I of Habsburg in 1477

House of Habsburg, titular Dukes of Burgundy (see Habsburg Netherlands)
Philip the Handsome (1482–1506), Mary's son; Maximilian I, his father, as regent (1482–1493)
Charles V (1506–1555), Philip's son; Margaret of Austria, regent (1507–1515) and (1519–1530)

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