v08_1257 - FLANDRE - COMTÉ DE FLANDRE - PHILIPPE LE HARDI ET JEANNE DE BRABANT Gros "roosbeker" c.1384 Malines

FLANDERS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - PHILIP THE BOLD AND JOANNA OF BRABANT

(1384-1389)

Jeanne de Brabant, the daughter of Duke John III (1312-1355), married in 1352 Wenceslas (1337-1383), the son of John the Blind Duke of Luxembourg (1354-1383), who became Duke of Brabant (1355 -1383). She administered the duchy alone on the death of her husband in 1383 until her own death in 1406. Philippe le Hardi (1342-1404) was the fourth son of Jean le Bon and Judith of Luxembourg. In 1369 he married Marguerite de Flandre (1350-1405), the daughter of Louis de Male. His father granted him the Duchy of Burgundy in 1363. On the death of his father-in-law in 1384, he became Count of Flanders and after the death of his brother, Charles V, he enjoyed great prestige with his nephew, Charles VI. On his death in 1404, his son, Jean sans Peur, succeeded him.