RT by @bartvanloo: #OTD in 1404, Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Count-Consort of Flanders died in Halle, near Brussels. A rather flamboyant man, in 1369 he married Margaret of Flanders, a marriage that would have big political repercussions

#OTD in 1404, Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Count-Consort of Flanders died in Halle, near Brussels. A rather flamboyant man, in 1369 he married Margaret of Flanders, a marriage that would have big political repercussions