Who married Mary of Burgundy?
Maximilian I married Mary of Burgundy on . Mary of Burgundy was 20 years old on the wedding day (20 years, 5 months and 29 days). Maximilian I was 18 years old on the wedding day (18 years, 4 months and 20 days). The age gap was 2 years, 1 months and 9 days.
The marriage lasted 4 years, 7 months and 16 days (1689 days ). The marriage ended on .
Mary of Burgundy: Marriage Status Timeline
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Mary of Burgundy
Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; Dutch: Maria van Bourgondië; 13 February 1457 – 27 March 1482), nicknamed the Rich, was a member of the House of Valois-Burgundy, and ruler in her own right (sui iuris) over much of the Valois-Burgundian lands, from 1477 to 1482. Her effective rule extended over major part of the Burgundian Netherlands, while she also claimed the rest of the Burgundian inheritance, including domains that were seized by her cousin, the French king Louis XI in 1477, such as the Duchy of Burgundy, the Free County of Burgundy and several other lands, both within the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire.
As the only child of Charles the Bold, ruler of the Valois-Burgundian State, and his wife Isabella of Bourbon, Mary became the heiress of Valois-Burgundian lands, and at the age of 19, upon the death of her father in the Battle of Nancy on 5 January 1477, she claimed the entire inheritance, being accepted as the new ruler in several domains. Her claims were not recognized by the French king Louis XI, who quickly seized various Valois-Burgundian domains, not only those that belonged to the French realm (such as the Duchy of Burgundy), but also some that belonged to the Holy Roman Empire (such as the Free County of Burgundy). Those disputes led to the War of the Burgundian Succession.
In order to counter the appetites of the French king, she married Maximilian of Austria, son of the emperor Frederick III, thus securing the support of the Habsburgs in her struggle against the ambitions of Louis XI and his successors. This became a turning point in European politics, leading to a long French–Habsburg rivalry that would endure for centuries. Mary and Maximilian succeeded in securing much of the Burgundian Netherlands, but were not able to recapture domains already seized by the French king. After Mary's death in a riding accident in 1482, her domains, titles and claims were inherited by her young son Philip I the Handsome.
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Maximilian I
Maximilien d'Autriche ou Maximilien Ier, né le à Wiener Neustadt et mort le au château de Wels, est un membre de la maison de Habsbourg, fils de l'empereur Frédéric III.
Ayant épousé en 1477 Marie de Bourgogne, fille de Charles le Téméraire, il est duc consort de Bourgogne jusqu'en 1482, puis, de 1482 à 1494, régent de l'État bourguignon pour son fils Philippe (Philippe le Beau), et de nouveau de 1506 à 1507, pour son petit-fils Charles (Charles Quint).
Veuf dès 1482, il intervient dans la succession du duc de Bretagne François II, mort en 1488, en épousant (par procuration) sa fille, la duchesse Anne, mais la cour de France refuse cette alliance menaçante pour le royaume et impose à Anne de Bretagne d'épouser Charles VIII, rompant ses fiançailles de 1482 avec la fille de Maximilien, Marguerite.
Élu roi des Romains en 1486, du vivant de son père, il devient archiduc d’Autriche à la mort de ce dernier en 1493, prenant ainsi la tête de la maison de Habsbourg et assumant les fonctions impériales. En 1508, avec l’accord du pape Jules II, il se proclame empereur du Saint-Empire romain germanique, devenant ainsi le premier souverain à porter ce titre sans sacre impérial à Rome. Il meurt sur le trône le 12 janvier 1519.
Son règne est marqué par le rétablissement militaire et politique de la situation de la maison de Habsbourg et par une modernisation de l’administration du Saint-Empire romain germanique.
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