Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1363 – 1559

Burgundian State

A state of 1363 – 1559 — 196 years in Europe. Its line of rulers holds 5 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
196 years
1363 – 1559
Rulers
5
the Duke of Burgundy
Symbols
2
on record, with years

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Burgundian State: 1363 – 1559

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

Philip the Bold · 1363 – 1404 · no death date to read the end againstJohn the Fearless · 1404 – 1419 · no death date to read the end againstPhilip the Good · 1419 – 1467 · no death date to read the end againstCharles the Bold · 1467 – 1477 · no death date to read the end againstMary of Burgundy · 1477 – 1482 · no death date to read the end against1400145015001550
ending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Philip the Bold1363 – 140441 yearsending not on record
John the Fearless1404 – 141915 yearsending not on recordchild
Philip the Good1419 – 146748 yearsending not on recordchild
Charles the Bold1467 – 147710 yearsending not on recordchild
Mary of Burgundy1477 – 14825 yearsending not on recordchild

5 rulers, 5 with terms dated as terms, covering 1363 – 1482. Median reign 15 years. 0 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Coat of Arms of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
    coat of arms, undatedCoat of Arms of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sodacan , some elements by Katepanomegas
  • Flag of the Low Countries
    flag, undatedFlag of the Low Countries · Public domain

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood196 years

    stood longer than 62% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median15 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 49% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record5

    has more rulers on record than 64% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

France · In the article · 481 · “On 28 December 1361 John II of France, the second Valois king, successfully claimed the duchy. The duchy did not merge into the royal domain; it remained a di…”FranceDuchy of Burgundy · Coincidence · 880 – 1477Duchy of BurgundyBurgundian State · 1363 – 1559Burgundian State6008001000120014001600
in the articlecoincidence

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q7882199 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.