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Anthony of Burgundy

Duke of Brabant who took part in the Hundred Years’ War and died at Agincourt. His position linked the Burgundian inheritance with the Low Countries.

1384 – 1415DukeValois-Burgundy
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Historical profile

Key details

Birth: 1 August 1384 Documented

Death: 25 October 1415 Documented

Role: Duke

Dynasty: Valois-Burgundy

Territories: Brabant (ES) · Limburg (ES) · Rethel (ES)

Recorded governments and reigns
Duke · Brabant · Duchy Pending review1406–1415Effective rule
Duke · Limburg · Duchy Pending review1406–1415Effective rule
Count · Rethel · County Documented1393–1406Effective ruleHe received the county as an apanage from Margaret III and Philip the Bold in 1393; he ceded it to his brother Philip in 1406.
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Their titles over time

Follow the changing territories and offices of Anthony of Burgundy. Each title retains its own status.

Governments in 1406

  • BrabantDuke
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  • LimburgDuke
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  • RethelCount
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    • Rethel · ESCount · Effective rule1393–1406 · He received the county as an apanage from Margaret III and Philip the Bold in 1393; he ceded it to his brother Philip in 1406.

Annual dates: overlap within one year does not prove that two offices were held on the same day. Regencies and co-rulerships retain their labels.

How these titles came together
  1. 1393 · RethelAgreement

    Margaret III and Philip the Bold ceded Rethel to their son Anthony in 1393; it passed to Philip of Nevers in 1406.

    Université de Liège · Cesión de Rethel a Antonio en 1393
  2. 1406 · BrabantInheritance · Agreement

    Anthony acceded through agreements directing the inheritance to the line of Margaret, Joanna's sister. He was the son of Margaret III of Flanders and grandson of Margaret of Brabant.

    Foundation for Medieval Genealogy · MedLandsEncyclopaedia Britannica

Selected explained accessions. Other titles remain in the profile’s list of recorded governments.

Documentation

Sources for this profile

Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.

Evidence for this profile

10 recorded claims · 4 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.

Dates (2/2 with a precise source)
Family and relationships (2/3 with a precise source)
Governments (1/3 with a precise source)
Successions (1/2 with a precise source)
  • SuccessionPending review

    Brabant · Joanna of Brabant → Anthony of Burgundy · 1406

    Anthony acceded through agreements directing the inheritance to the line of Margaret, Joanna's sister. He was the son of Margaret III of Flanders and grandson of Margaret of Brabant.A precise source has not yet been added.
    No individual review recorded ·
  • SuccessionDocumented

    Rethel · Anthony of Burgundy · 1393

    Margaret III and Philip the Bold ceded Rethel to their son Anthony in 1393; it passed to Philip of Nevers in 1406.
    Université de Liège · Cesión de Rethel a Antonio en 1393 · Source cited in the succession explanation
    No individual review recorded ·
Biographical and contextual references (6)
Editorial history
  • 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
  • 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.

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