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Encyclopedia > Anne of Burgundy

Anne de Bourgogne, or Anne of Burgundy (died 14 November 1432) was the daughter of John "the Fearless", Duke of Burgundy 1404_1419 and his wife Margaret of Bavaria.


In June 1423 at Troyes, she married John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford. She died in childbed in Paris and was buried there at the Church of the Celestines.




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Anne was the 18-year-old sister of Philip, Duke of Burgundy.
Anne’s marriage to John cemented the Treaty of Amiens, signed the previous month by the Dukes of Bedford, Burgundy and Brittany, pledging their support for English rule in France.
By her marriage to John, Duke of Bedford, Anne, a contemporary Burgundian princess, was re-enacting the legend, handing custody of the fleurs de lys, the French throne, to the English Regent.
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