The population is considered to have a Burgundian character by the other Dutch, meaning that they are supposed to be companiable people who like to party exuberantly.

René, then only ten, was to be brought up in Lorraine under the guardianship of Charles II and Louis, cardinal of Bar, both of whom were attached to the Burgundian party, but he retained the right to bear the arms of Anjou.

* 1420 – 1424: Jean Le Clerc, Burgundian party.

* 1424 – 1435: Louis de Luxembourg, bishop of Thérouanne, Burgundian party

During the struggle between the Burgundian party and the Armagnacs, he intrigued with both, and consequently was distrusted by the Dauphin, afterwards King Charles VII.

* Burgundian ( party )

In 1415, following the death of his family by a Burgundian raiding party, de Conte is sent to Domrémy to live with the parish priest.

In the Völsunga saga, Attila ( Atli in Norse ) defeats the Frankish king Sigebert I ( Sigurðr or Siegfried ) and the Burgundian King Guntram ( Gunnar or Gunther ), but is later assassinated by Queen Fredegund ( Gudrun or Kriemhild ), the sister of the latter and wife of the former.

Albert Henry wrote that although in 1988 the word Walloon evoked a constitutional reality, it originally referred to Roman populations of the Burgundian Netherlands and was also used to designate a territory by the terms provinces wallonnes or Walloon country ( Pays wallon ), from the 16th century to the Belgian revolution, and later Wallonia.

* Adrien Basin ( – 1476 ; died after 1498 ), Franco-Flemish composer, singer, and diplomat of the Burgundian school of the early Renaissance.

* Gilles Binchois, ( – 1460 ), Franco-Flemish composer, one of the earliest members of the Burgundian School.

* Antoine Busnois ( – 1492 ), French composer and poet of the early Renaissance Burgundian School.

* Hayne van Ghizeghem ( – 1472 or possibly later ; New Grove says he died between 1472 and 1497 ), Flemish composer of the early Renaissance Burgundian School.

* Flavius Aetius, Roman general ( magister militum ), attended to put an end to Burgundian raids in Gaul.

Clovis had previously married the Catholic Burgundian princess Clotilde ( later canonized as St. Clotilde ), and, according to Gregory of Tours, as a result of his victory at Tolbiac ( traditionally set in 496 ), he converted to her Catholic faith.

Boso having been proclaimed Burgundian King of Provence, or of Arelat ( after its capital Arles ), by the Synod of Mantaille, at the death of Louis the Stammerer ( 879 ), Avignon ceased to belong to the Frankish kings.

* Philippe Pot ( 1428 – 1493 ), Burgundian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat

After the Burgundian regime in the Low Countries ( 1363 – 1477 ), the Southern Netherlands ( whose area roughly encompassed that of present-day Belgium and Luxembourg ) as well as the northern provinces ( whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present-day Kingdom of the Netherlands ) had dynastic links with the Austrian Habsburgs and then with Spain and the Austrian Habsburgs together.

Their possessions can be renamed into the Burgundian Netherlands and the succeeding Habsburg Netherlands, also called the United Seventeen Provinces ( up to 1581 ), and later for the Southern parts as the Spanish Netherlands and Austrian Netherlands, whereas the northern parts formed the autonomous Dutch Republic.

Historically it had been a part of the Netherlands ( Seventeen Provinces or Burgundian Netherlands ), up to 1648, but Luxembourg was still a part of the discussions.

The last independent Duke of Guelders was Adolf's son Charles of Egmond ( 1467 – 1538, r1492 – 1538 ), who was raised at the Burgundian court of Charles the Bold and fought for the House of Habsburg in battles against the armies of Charles VIII of France, until being captured in the Battle of Béthune ( 1487 ) during the War of the Public Weal ( also known as the Mad War ).

The classic example of a Lance, as in the royal French and their opposing Burgundian forces, featured one noble heavy cavalryman, commonly known as a Knight, supported by at least two Sergeants ( professional soldiers, as opposed to gentry, who carried similar arms as knights, only lighter and cheaper ), two mounted archers, and between two and six valets or squires, non-combatant support troops in the service of the knight.

Berthold IV ( d. 1186 ), who followed his father Conrad, spent much of his time in Italy in the train of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa ; his son and successor, Berthold V, showed his prowess by reducing the Burgundian nobles to order.

At the Battle of Laupen ( 1339 ), Bernese pikemen overwhelmed the infantry forces of the opposing Habsburg / Burgundian army with a massive charge before wheeling over to strike and rout the Austro-Burgundian horsemen as well.

Regional identification is most pronounced today in cultures linked to regional languages and non-French-speaking traditions-French language itself being only a dialect of Langue d ' oïl, the mother language of many of the languages to-be-mentioned, which became a national vehicular language, like ( in alphabetical order ): Alsatian, Arpitan, Basque, Brezhoneg ( Breton ), Burgundian, Corsu ( Corsican ), Català ( Catalan ), Francique, Gallo, Lorrain, Norman, Occitan, Picard, Poitevin, Saintongeais, etc., and some of these regions have promoted movements calling for some degree of regional autonomy, and, occasionally, national independence ( see, for example, Breton nationalism, Corsica and Occitania ).

Although Alabama's adoption of its flag design predates that of Florida's by five years ( 1895 ), the 1868-1900 Seal of Florida depicted a white flag with a red saltire, similar to Florida's current flag or a Burgundian saltire, on top of a steamboat.

The Burgundian period, from Philip II ( the Bold ) to Charles the Bold, was one of political prestige and economic and artistic splendour.

His local and international reputation was aided by his ties to the then political and cultural influence of the Burgundian court.

But Charles also inherited the tradition of political and dynastic enmity between the Royal and the Burgundian Ducal lines of the Valois Dynasty.

At this point, the issue of Joanna's mental incompetence moved from courtly annoyance to the centre of the political stage, since it was clear that Philip and his Burgundian entourage would be the real power-holders in Castile.

During periods of political stability, such as the Burgundian Netherlands due to the great house of Charles the fifth, this was a center of cultural activity for more than two hundred years, although the exact centers shifted location during this time, and by the end of the sixteenth century the focal point of the Western musical world shifted from this region to Italy.

He entered the service of Charles, Duke of Burgundy from 1463, becoming secretary to Georges Chastellain ; in 1464 he wrote La complainte de Grece, a political work presenting the Burgundian side in current affairs.

* May 21 – Treaty of Troyes: With the Burgundian faction dominant in France, King Charles VI of France acknowledges Henry V of England as his heir and as virtual ruler of most of France.

After the death of Chlothar in 673, Theuderic III, his youngest brother, inherited his kingdoms, but a faction of prominent Burgundian nobles led by Saint Leodegar and Adalrich invited Childeric to become king in Neustria and Burgundy.

When the Burgundian faction in France's civil discord seized Paris in 1419, killing some professors in the process, he fled south and retired to Avignon.

: 1413 Louis II d ' Anjou aligned with the Orleanist known as ' Armagnac ' faction in opposition to Burgundian faction.

He was made the constable of France by Charles VI in 1402, but dismissed when the Burgundian faction gained power at court.

The culture and courtly life of the Burgundian Low Countries were an important influence in his early life.

This proceeding roused the anger of the Burgundian duke, Philip the Good, who required him early in the next year to return to his prison, from which he was released two years later on payment of a heavy ransom.

Heading a conspiracy, the Burgundian drove Robert from Constantinople, he fled to Rome to seek redress from the pope who convinced him to return to Constantinople, but on his return trip, in early in 1228, the emperor died in Morea.

1400 – 20 September 1460 ), was a Franco-Flemish composer, one of the earliest members of the Burgundian School, and one of the three most famous composers of the early 15th century.

He was one of the most famous composers active in the early 15th century, a near-contemporary of Leonel Power, and was widely influential, not only in England but on the continent, especially in the developing style of the Burgundian School.

Taken together, these are seen as defining characteristics of early Renaissance music, and both Le Franc's and Tinctoris's comments suggest that many of these traits may have originated in England, taking root in the Burgundian School around the middle of the century.

The last independent countess died early on 8 October 1436 ( presumably of tuberculosis ) in Teylingen Castle, near The Hague ( where she is buried ), her estates were incorporated into the Burgundian Netherlands.

An early Burgundian French treatise is Le jeu de la hache (" The Play of the Axe ") of ca.

In the early summer of 1423, the French Dauphin Charles assembled an army at Bourges intending to invade Burgundian territory.

Names associated with this early phase of Burgundian music include Johannes Tapissier and Nicolas Grenon, who carried the tradition across to the next phase of the chapel, when it was reorganized in 1415.

Hayne van Ghizeghem (– 1476 – 1497 ) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance Burgundian School.

His musical talent must have been noticed early by Charles, Count of Charolais ( later to become Charles the Bold ) because there is a record of his being personally assigned to a teacher by him ; in 1467 he is shown in the Burgundian employment records as being a singer.

Antoine Busnois ( also Busnoys ) ( c. 1430 – November 6, 1492 ) was a French composer and poet of the early Renaissance Burgundian School.

Two stylistic trends are evident in his music: the style of the Burgundian School, which he seems to have learned in his early career before coming to Italy, and the lighter style of the Italian composers current at the time, who were writing frottolas ( the light and popular predecessor to the madrigal ).

An early example is the Lombard League at the time of Frederick I " Barbarossa "; an example from Switzerland would be the " Burgundian Confederacy " of Bern.

Robert Morton ( c. 1430 – after 13 March 1479 ) was an English composer of the early Renaissance, mostly active at the Burgundian court.

The Burgundian Ordonnance army was a formidable combined-arms force relying on close cooperation between heavily armored knights, dismounted men-at-arms, a variety of ranged troops including archers and crossbowmen, and an early form of field artillery.

The Burgundian style gave birth to the Franco-Flemish style of polyphony which dominated European music in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

Guillaume Dufay and Gilles Binchois are two notable examples from the Burgundian school during the early Renaissance period.

Johannes Brassart ( also Jean Brasart ) ( – before 22 October 1455 ) was a Burgundian composer of the early Renaissance.

His music is typical of the early Burgundian style, using fauxbourdon techniques ( frequent 6-3 parallelism in two voices singing above the principal melody part in the tenor voice ), isorhythm, and the Burgundian under-third cadence.