"I must inform your excellencies how the Duke of Burgundy came with all pomp for his coronation as king of the kingdom of Burgundy and Friesland with twenty-six standards besides a magnificent sceptre and crown. He also wished to take his duchy and territories in Savoy and Guelders and others in fief from him [the emperor] and not from the empire."
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Charles the Bold
Charles the Bold (10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477) was the last Duke of Burgundy, ruling from 1467 to 1477.
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