John the Fearless
| John the Fearless | |
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| Duke of Burgundy | |
| Reign | 27 April 1404–10 September 1419 |
| Predecessor | Philip the Bold |
| Successor | Philip the Good |
| Born | 28 May 1371 Dijon, France |
| Died | 10 September 1419 (aged 48) Montereau, France |
| Burial | Dijon, Burgundy |
| Spouse | Margaret of Bavaria |
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| House | Valois-Burgundy |
| Father | Philip the Bold |
| Mother | Margaret III, Countess of Flanders |
John the Fearless (French: Jean sans Peur, Dutch: Jan zonder Vrees), also known as John of Valois and John I of Burgundy (28 May 1371 – 10 September 1419), was Duke of Burgundy from 1404 to 1419. He was a member of the Burgundian branch of the Valois Dynasty. For a period of time, he served as regent of France on behalf of his first cousin King Charles VI of France, who suffered from severe mental illness.
John was born in Dijon on 27 May 1371 to Philip II "the Bold," Duke of Burgundy, and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders. On the death of his maternal grandfather Louis II, Count of Flanders, in 1384, he received the title Count of Nevers, which he bore until his father’s death in 1405, when he ceded it to his brother Philip.
In 1385, a double wedding for the Burgundian family took place in Cambrai. John married Margaret of Bavaria, daughter of Albrecht of Bavaria, Count of Holland and Hainaut, while at the same time his sister Margaret of Burgundy married Albrecht's son William in order to consolidate John's position in the Low Countries. The marriage took place after John cancelled his engagement to Catherine of France, a daughter of King Charles V of France who was only a child at the time.
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