The early 1900s caption reads: “LAST FIGHT OF CHARLES THE BOLD.—This Duke of Burgundy had become so rich and powerful as to be greater than most kings. He was the proudest man in Europe, so vain and headstrong that he declared war against both Germany and Switzerland at once. Defeat only made him more obstinate, and at last with only a small remnant of his soldiers he attacked the entire army of his foes at Nancy. He charged repeatedly and furiously, until he was left almost alone. Bewildered and despairing, he kept on dealing savage blows around him, until he fell amid the flight of his follo
The early 1900s caption reads: “LAST FIGHT OF CHARLES THE BOLD.—This Duke of Burgundy had become so rich and powerful as to be greater than most kings. He was the proudest man in Europe, so vain and headstrong that he declared war against both Germany and Switzerland at once. Defeat only made him more obstinate, and at last with only a small remnant of his soldiers he attacked the entire army of his foes at Nancy. He charged repeatedly and furiously, until he was left almost alone. Bewildered and despairing, he kept on dealing savage blows around him, until he fell amid the flight of his followers, and his body was found trampled in the mud.” Charles I, nicknamed the Bold, was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477. Charles's main objective was to be crowned king by turning the growing Burgundian State into a territorially continuous kingdom. He died in 1477.
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