Burgundian (party)

The Duke of Burgundy had inherited a large number of lands scattered from what is now the border of Switzerland up to the North Sea.

Prosperous textile manufacture in the Low Countries made this among the wealthiest realms in Europe and explained their desire to maintain trade with wool-producing England.

When Charles VI’s mental illness interrupted his ability to rule, John II and Louis I vied for power in a bitter dispute.

Popular rumor attributed an adulterous affair to the Duke of Orléans and French queen Isabeau of Bavaria.

[1] Burgundian partisans at the University of Paris published a treatise justifying this as tyrannicide in the belief that the Duke of Orléans had been plotting to kill the king and usurp the throne.

After Armagnac's murder by a Burgundian mob in Paris in 1418, leadership of the party devolved upon the young Dauphin, who retreated to Bourges.

John the Fearless , Duke of Burgundy
The Burgundian Party adopted a St. Andrew's Cross formed from two rough cut branches with buds as its symbol. The symbol is the predecessor to the Cross of Burgundy .