Chapter 5 / 11 · 1430

A court with royal ambitions

Burgundy: the kingdom that never was

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Philip the Good founds the Order of the Golden Fleece. The Burgundian court develops an exceptionally ambitious political and ceremonial culture, reflecting a state that links scattered territories from Burgundy to the Low Countries.

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Felipe III de Borgoña

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Isabel de Portugal

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