April 20, 1385 - Jean The Fearless de Burgundy and Margaretha Wittelsbach were married in Cambrai, Nord, France. Jean pursued aims similar to those of the other rulers of his day: the consolidation and extension of his own and his familys power. In spite of his lapses into violence, his love of intrigue, his hypocrisy, and his rashness, he was a successful diplomat and military leader; he was more dynamic and more of a reformer than his son Philippe the Good and more cunning, though less scrupulous, than his father. Yet he has received less attention from historians than either of them. In the eye of history, especially French history, he has long been regarded as a traitor and assassin. There was, perhaps, a dark and sinister element in his character, but he lived in an age when vice, tyranny, and murder were the common properties of every ruler. If he wrought destruction in France, he also brought peace and prosperity to his own Burgundian lands. Margaretha was the fifth child of Albert, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing, Count of Hainault, Holland, and Zeelandand Lord of Friesia, and Margaret of Brieg. She was the regent of the Burgundian Low countries during the absence of her spouse in 1404–1419 and the regent in French Burgundy during the absence of her son in 1419–1423. She became most known for her successful defense of French Burgundy against John IV, Count of Armagnac in 1419. In 1385, at the Burgundian double wedding in Cambrai, she married John, Count of Nevers, the son and heir of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Margaret of Dampierre, Countess of Flanders, Artois and Burgundy; at the same time her brother, William II, Duke of Bavaria married their daughter Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria. With the death of Philip the Bold in 1404, and Margaret of Dampierre in 1405, John inherited these territories, and Margaret became his consort. They had only one son, Philip the Good (1396–1467), who inherited these territories, and seven daughters. 1. Margaret, Countess of Gien and Montargis (1393–2 February 1441, Paris), married, on 30 August 1404, Louis, Dauphin of France, then, on 10 October 1422, Arthur de Richemont, Constable of France, the future Duke of Brittany 2. Catherine (d. 1414, Ghent) 3. Mary (d. 30 October 1463, Monterberg bei Kalkar). She married Adolph I, Duke of Cleves. 4. Philip the Good, his successor (1396–1467) 5. Isabella, Countess of Penthièvre (d. 18 September 1412, Rouvres[disambiguation needed]), married at Arras on 22 July 1406 to Olivier de Châtillon-Blois, Count of Penthièvre and Périgord 6. Joan (b. 1399, Bouvres), d. young 7. Anne (1404–14 November 1432, Paris), married John, Duke of Bedford 8. Agnes (1407–1 December 1476, Château de Moulins), married Charles I, Duke of Bourbon They are ancestors of King James III of Scotland. Biography of Jean the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy , Vaughan, Richard.
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