#JeanSansPeur, duc de #Bourgogne, signed an accord with Louis, duc d'Orléans #OnThisDay in 1407, but he was assassinated only three days later, sparking the assassination of the duke of #Burgundy in revenge as the independent duchy was in a state of war with #France

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#JeanSansPeur was assassinated #OnThisDay in 1419 to avenge the Duke of #Burgundy's assassination of the Duke of Orléans; Jean was the second of the four 'Grands Ducs d'Occident' who ruled an independent Burgundy; vive la #Bourgogne~!
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#JeanMalouel (ca. 1370-1415)
Portrait of #JohntheFearless, Duke of Burgundy (1371-1419), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1404-5
Musée du Louvre
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Unknown Southern Netherlandish Artist
Portrait of #JohntheFearless, Duke of Burgundy (1371-1419), who was #BornOnThisDay
15th Century
KMSKA
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Burgundy

Jean Sans Peur

#JeanSansPeur, duc de Bourgogne, signed an accord with Louis, duc d'Orléans #OnThisDay in 1407, but he was assassinated only three days later, sparking the assassination of the duke of #Burgundy in revenge...

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Burgundy

Jean Sans Peur

#JeanSansPeur was murdered #OnThisDay in 1419 on the orders of the dauphin to avenge the duc de #Bourgogne's assassination of the Duke of Orléans; Jean was the second of the four Grands Ducs d'Occident who ruled an independent duchy:
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