The stamp on this Cover is about the Attachment of The Duchy of Burgundy (Duché de Bourgogne) which existed as a successor of an ancient and prestigious patrimony and a large
division of the lands of the Kingdom of the Burgundians. The duchy roughly
conforms to the borders and territories of the modern region of Burgundy, but
its dukes came to own considerable possession of numerous French and Imperial
fiefs further north in the Low Countries collectively known as the Burgundian
Netherlands. In its own right, it was one of the larger ducal territories that
existed at the time of the emergence of Early Modern Europe from Medieval
Europe, reminiscent of the Middle Frankish realm of Lotharingia.
The French remnants of the Burgundian kingdom were
demoted to a ducal rank by King Robert II of France in 1004 and in 1032 awarded
to the House of Burgundy as a cadet branch inheritance via Salic law – other
portions had passed to the Imperial Kingdom of Arles and the Free County of
Burgundy.
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