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ID: 901000647
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000647
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Burgundian Wars (European history, 1474-1477)

Note: Armed conflict between the Dukes of Burgundy and the Old Swiss Confederacy and its allies. Took place in Lorraine and northwest Switzerland; result was Franco-Swiss victory, the extinction of Valois Burgundy and division between Valois France and Habsburg heirs.

Display Date: 1474-1477

Names:
Burgundian Wars (European history, 1474-1477) (preferred,English-P,D)
Guerres de Bourgogne (European history, 1474-1477) (French-P,D)
Burgunderkriege (European history, 1474-1477) (German-P,D)
Guerre di Borgogna (European history, 1474-1477) (Italian-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Named Events (P)
....<European history> (P)
........Burgundian Wars (European history, 1474-1477) (I)
Other Relationships:
belligerent was .... Duchy of Burgundy
.....(France, Europe) (TGN)
belligerent was .... Old Swiss Confederacy
.....(Europe) (TGN)
role/characteristic is .... wars
.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
protagonist is .... Louis XI, King of France (French king, 1423-1483)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
protagonist is .... Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (Burgundian duke and patron, 1433-1477)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
protagonist is .... René II, Duc de Lorraine (French duke and patron, 1451-1508)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
located in .... Lorraine
.....(Europe) (TGN)
located in .... Switzerland
.....(Europe) (TGN)

Sources:
Burgundian Wars (European history, 1474-1477)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Guerres de Bourgogne (European history, 1474-1477)
................Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (2006-)
Burgunderkriege (European history, 1474-1477)
................Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (2006-)
Guerre di Borgogna (European history, 1474-1477)
................Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (2006-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 20 November 2016
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgundian_Wars#/media/File:Belagerung_von_Neuss_1474-1475_-_Conradius_Pfettisheim.jpg
................ Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (2006-) accessed 20 November 2016

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