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He had thus become the richest and most powerful prince in Europe, and seemed on the point of founding a middle state lying between France and Germany, his weak point being that the imperial fiefs in Lorraine and Elsass lay between his dukedom of Burgundy and his counties in the Netherlands. No European court equalled in splendour that of Philip. HE HAD THUS BECOME THE RICHEST AND MOST POWERFUL PRINCE IN EUROPE AND SEEMED ON THE POINT OF FOUNDING A MIDDLE STATE LYING BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY HIS WEAK POINT BEING THAT THE IMPERIAL THIEFS IN LORNINE AND ELSACE LAY BETWEEN HIS DUKEDOM OF BURGUNDY AND HIS COUNTIES IN THE NETHERLANDS NO EUROPEAN COURT EQUALLED IN SPLENDOR THAT OF PHILIP
t of Provence, was an excellent painter on glass, and also a poet. CHAPTER III. THE STRUGGLE WITH BURGUNDY. 1. Power of Burgundy.--All the troubles of France, for the last 80 years, had gone to increase the strength of the Dukes of Burgundy. The county and duchy, of which Dijon was the capital, lay in the most fertile district of France, and had, as we have seen, been conferred on Philip the Bold. His marriage had given to him Flanders, with a gallant nobility, and with the chief manufacturing cities of Northern Europe. Philip's son, John the Fearless, had married a lady who ultimately brought into the family the great imperial counties of Holland and Zealand; and her son, Duke Philip the Good, by purchase or inheritance, obtained possession of all the adjoining little fiefs forming the country called the Netherlands, some belonging to the Empire, some to France. Philip had turned the scale in the struggle between England and France, and, as his reward, had won the cities on the Somme. VISIT LIBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY ADEL POOLY HISTORY OF FRANCE BY CHARLOTTE M YOUNGER CHAPTER THREE THE STRUGGLE WITH BURGUNDY ONE POWER OF BURGUNDY ALL THE TROUBLES OF FRANCE FOR THE LAST EIGHTY YEARS HAD GONE TO INCREASE THE STRENGTH OF THE DUKES OF BURGUNDY THE COUNTY AND DUCHY OF WHICH DIJON WAS THE CAPITAL LAY IN THE MOST FERTILE DISTRICT OF FRANCE AND HAD AS WE HAVE SEEN BEEN CONFERRED ON PHILIP THE BOLD HIS MARRIAGE HAD GIVEN TO HIM FLANDERS WITH A GALLANT NOBILITY AND WITH THE CHIEF MANUFACTURING CITIES OF NORTHERN EUROPE PHILIP'S SON JOHN THE FEARLESS HAD MARRIED A LADY WHO ULTIMATELY BROUGHT INTO THE FAMILY THE GREAT IMPERIAL COUNTIES OF HOLLAND AND ZEALAND AND HER SON DUKE PHILIP THE GOOD BY PURCHASE OR INHERITANCE OBTAINED POSSESSION OF ALL THE ADJOINING LITTLE THIEFS FORMING THE COUNTRY CALLED THE NETHERLANDS SOME BELONGING TO THE EMPIRE SOME TO FRANCE PHILIP HAD TURNED THE SCALE IN THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE AND AS HIS REWARD HAD WON THE CITIES ON THE SOMME
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