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<p>[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 4290068, member: 77704"]Here is one of mine when Brabant was part of Burgundy</p><p>AV Florin d'or de Bourgogne ND</p><p>22mm. 3.39g. .986</p><p>Charles the Bold/ Duke of Burgundy 1467-77</p><p>Antwerpen Mint "Hand" mm</p><p>Charles was the son of Philip the Good and Isabella of Portugal.</p><p>He started off on a good footing, Liege had rebelled, so his Father sent him to put down the rebellion.In the town of Dinant, they burnt him in effigy/ Charles then sacked the City, killed every man, women, child as a lesson. After Philips death, Liege again revolted, this time Charles crushed them at Brustem, and ended the revolt. Next on his list was Louis XI aka "The Spider King" of France, who had aided Liege. A Treaty was signed at Conflans with Louis, demanding his loyalty to Charles. In the meantime, Liege again revolted, this time Charles took the City and massacred its populace. In 1471 Louis broke the Treaty and invaded the Somme, capturing some towns. Charles answered by invading France with a huge army sacking Nesle/ devastating the countryside. However he failed to capture Beaulais. Soon after he inaded Lorraine seizing Nancy. Then he turned his army vs the Swiss Confederation which had aided Lorraine. He ended up getting clobbered in three battles by the Swiss. In 1477, he and his entire Army where killed at Nancy while trying to take the City from the Lorrainers and Swiss. He suffered having his head split in two by a halberd, plus many penetrating wounds from lances/ swords. Kinda like the dummy in the series, "Forged in Fire"<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> [ATTACH=full]1092045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1092046[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 4290068, member: 77704"]Here is one of mine when Brabant was part of Burgundy AV Florin d'or de Bourgogne ND 22mm. 3.39g. .986 Charles the Bold/ Duke of Burgundy 1467-77 Antwerpen Mint "Hand" mm Charles was the son of Philip the Good and Isabella of Portugal. He started off on a good footing, Liege had rebelled, so his Father sent him to put down the rebellion.In the town of Dinant, they burnt him in effigy/ Charles then sacked the City, killed every man, women, child as a lesson. After Philips death, Liege again revolted, this time Charles crushed them at Brustem, and ended the revolt. Next on his list was Louis XI aka "The Spider King" of France, who had aided Liege. A Treaty was signed at Conflans with Louis, demanding his loyalty to Charles. In the meantime, Liege again revolted, this time Charles took the City and massacred its populace. In 1471 Louis broke the Treaty and invaded the Somme, capturing some towns. Charles answered by invading France with a huge army sacking Nesle/ devastating the countryside. However he failed to capture Beaulais. Soon after he inaded Lorraine seizing Nancy. Then he turned his army vs the Swiss Confederation which had aided Lorraine. He ended up getting clobbered in three battles by the Swiss. In 1477, he and his entire Army where killed at Nancy while trying to take the City from the Lorrainers and Swiss. He suffered having his head split in two by a halberd, plus many penetrating wounds from lances/ swords. Kinda like the dummy in the series, "Forged in Fire":inpain::dead: [ATTACH=full]1092045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1092046[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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