Anton Bastard of Burgundy
Anton (* 1421 probably in Lizy in Picardy ; † May 5, 1504 in Tournehem near Calais ), known to his contemporaries as the Bastard of Burgundy or the Great Bastard (le grand bâtard), was an illegitimate son of Philip III. , Duke of Burgundy , and his mistress Jeanne de Presle. He was probably born in Lizy in Picardy in 1421 and raised together with his younger half-brother, the Count of Charolais , who later became Duke Charles the Bold , with whom he had a very close relationship.
Life
From 1451 at the latest he took part in various campaigns of his father, in 1456 he was accepted into the Burgundian Order of the Golden Fleece . In 1464 he was made Count of La Roche and in the same year he took part in a campaign against the Ottomans aimed at lifting the siege of Ceuta . In 1465 he fought in the Battle of Montlhéry , in which he is said to have saved the life of the Count of Charolais after he was separated from his men and wounded in the neck. In 1466 he fought with Charles in the siege of Dinant . In the same year he was invited by King Edward IV of England for a longer stay on the island, where he played in a tournament against Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers , the brother of the Queen. When news of his father's death arrived in the summer of 1467, Anton hurriedly returned to the continent.
From now on he took part in almost every campaign of the new duke, first in the siege of Liège in 1467, in which the largest contingent of 1353 soldiers was under his command. In 1468 Charles the Bold made him his First Chamberlain among 99 other Chamberlain and 13 chaplains who were in his service.
In contrast to his more ascetic half-brother Karl, Anton's private life seems to resemble that of his father: At the chapter meeting of the order in 1468, instead of being honored for his courage, bravery and prudence, he was punished for fornication and adultery, albeit without being punished Karl turned away from him because of this. Even when he was accused by Karl in 1473, 20,000 gold écu from King Ludwig XI. Having accepted the Burgundians' worst enemy, the Duke did not question his loyalty.
In 1475 he was sent again as a diplomat to the King of England, Duke of Brittany, the Kings of Sicily, Portugal, Aragon and Naples, to Venice and to the Pope, and between these trips he still found time to take part in the siege of Neuss and later in the Year also on the conquest of Lorraine. In 1476 and 1477 he fought alongside Charles in the Battle of Grandson , the Battle of Murten and the Battle of Nancy , in which Charles was killed, and after which he was held hostage to the King of France by Duke Renée II of Lorraine was delivered. At the French court, he offered Ludwig his services to stabilize the situation in the Burgundian states after the death of Charles, but then also helped to arrange the wedding between Charles' daughter Maria of Burgundy and Archduke Maximilian of Austria , who later became emperor.
Anton was a well-known collector of book illumination , mostly new editions by the best Flemish illuminators and scribes. He owned at least 45 volumes, of which about 30 were probably contemporary. Many of these books with his title have survived in various libraries, including an illustrated Froissart in four volumes. Like many other high-ranking gentlemen of the time, Anton had an (unknown) illuminator at his disposal, an artist who was first mentioned as Master Anton of Burgundy in 1921 and who worked for numerous bibliophiles in Bruges in the 1460s and 1470s .
Anton Bastard of Burgundy was legitimized in 1485 by the young King Charles VIII , who also accepted him into the Ordre de Saint-Michel . He died in Tournehem near Calais in 1504 .
family
In 1459 (but maybe even before 1454) he married Marie de la Viefville , from whom he had three children:
- Philipp , † July 4, 1498 in Bruges, 1464 Comte de La Roche "Admiral of the Sea", Burgundian councilor and chamberlain, knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece; ⚭ Anna von Borsselen, † 1518, daughter of Wolfhart VI. von Borsselen, Count von Grandpré, Earl of Buchan etc., Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (House of Borsselen)
- Jeanne, † February 9, 1511; ⚭ 1471 Jasper, 1480 Lord of Culemborg etc., imperial chamberlain, † 1504
- Marie, † small
In addition, he had two other children from his relationship with Marie de Braem :
- Anton Bastard of Burgundy, 1510/35 attested, † April 4 after 1535, ⚭ Klara van Wakkene, † 31. 1519/1525, heir daughter of Andries Andriesz zu Wakkene and Agnes von Heverskerke
- Nicolas Bastard of Burgundy, † 1520, vicar of Gapiurge, canon to Sint-Peter zu Utrecht
literature
- Karl Theodor Wenzelburger: Burgundy, Anton von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 617 f.
- Richard Vaughan: Charles the Bold: The Last Valois Duke of Burgundy . Longman Group, London 1973. ISBN 0-582-50251-9
- Richard Vaughan: Philip the Good: The Apogee of Burgundy . Boydell & Brewer, London 2004. ISBN 0-851-15917-6
- Philippe de Commynes : Memoires 1464-1474 . Joseph Calmette , 1964.
- Olivier de la Marche : Memoires d'Olivier de la Marche . ed. H. Beaune & J. d'Arbaumont, Paris 1888
- Raphael de Smedt (ed.): Les chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d'or au XVe siècle. Notices bio-bibliographiques. (Kieler Werkstücke, D 3) 2nd, improved edition, Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2000, ISBN 3-631-36017-7 , pp. 129-131.
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ T Kren & S McKendrick (eds), Illuminating the Renaissance - The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, Getty Museum / Royal Academy of Arts, 2003, p.69 & passim, ISBN 1-903973-28-7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anton Bastard of Burgundy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anton the Great Bastard; Antoine le grand batard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Counts of La Roche |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1421 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Lizy , Picardy |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1504 |
| Place of death | Tournehem near Calais |