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Montereau changes the balance

Burgundy: the kingdom that never was

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John the Fearless is murdered during negotiations at Montereau. His son Philip the Good inherits the duchy and moves towards the English side. Hostility towards the French Valois becomes one of the central forces in the Hundred Years’ War.

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