!!!Maria von Burgund

b. Brussels (Belgium), Feb. 13, 1457, d. Bruges (Belgium, in a 
hunting accident), March 27, 1482, first wife of  Maximilian I 
(1477), daughter of Karl the Brave of Burgundy. With her marriage, the 
Netherlands and the Order of the Golden Fleece ("Orden vom Goldenen 
Vlies") fell to the Habsburg Dynasty. The world-wide Empire resulted 
from her son Philipp's marriage to Joanna of Castile.

!Literature
C. Vossen, M. von B., 1982; NDB.


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