List of territories of the Valois dukes of Burgundy

[2] Although sometimes referred to as the Burgundian state,[3] it was in fact a composite monarchy,[4] comprising an array of duchies, counties and lordships acquired by the dukes over time by a number of means and joined in personal union.

The Brabantine inheritance of 1430 and the cession of Jacqueline of Hainaut's lands in 1433, when added to Flanders, meant that Philip's territories would include a powerful contiguous domain covering most of the Low Countries and referred to as the Burgundian Netherlands.

Finally, the last Valois duke, Charles the Bold, through almost continuous warfare after his accession in 1467, briefly extended the domains further but was killed in battle in 1477 without a male heir, the last of the dynasty being his daughter Mary of Burgundy.

[5] The dukes' lands straddled the border areas between the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire and were divided into two groups of possessions.

[note 1] Charles the Bold briefly united the southern and northern domains through conquest but these gains were lost with his death in 1477.