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409: 397: 246: 26: 358:, mostly newly commissioned from the best Flemish illuminators and scribes. He had at least forty-five volumes, of which it is estimated that about thirty were contemporary illuminated volumes. Many volumes with his inscription of ownership survive in various libraries, notably an illustrated 343:, and delivered to the King of France, who was anxious that Burgundy should never again rebel. But Antoine had no interest in making trouble, and he offered Louis his services to help stabilize the precarious political situation. He was instrumental in arranging the marriage of 269:, in spite of his "valour, prowess and prudence and several other good habits and virtues". But Charles trusted Anthony implicitly, and Anthony served his half-brother militarily and diplomatically with considerable success right up to the time of Charles' dramatic death at the 408: 396: 223:, the queen's brother, in a famous contest which spread over two days. During this visit, which extended into the summer of 1467, Anthony's father, Philip the Good, died, and Anthony had to hurry back across the channel. 148:, and one of his mistresses, Jeanne de Presle. He was comte de La Roche (Ardenne), de Grandpré, de Sainte-Menehould et de Guînes, seigneur de Crèvecoeur, Beveren et Tournehem, and chevalier of the 211:(1465), when he is said to have saved the life of his half-brother, Charles, after he was separated from his men and wounded in the neck. In 1466, he was present with Charles at the siege of 30: 466:
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,
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In contrast to his rather ascetic younger half-brother Charles, it seems that Anthony inherited his father's sexual proclivities: at the chapter of the
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in 1477. This loyalty was never called into question even when in 1473 he was accused by Charles of accepting a monetary gift of 20,000 gold
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in 1472, Antoine reportedly lost his best jewels. In 1475, he was again sent as a diplomat to the King of England, the Duke of
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in four volumes. Like many other major patrons, Anthony has had an unknown illuminator he commissioned named for him – the "
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After the death of his father, Anthony participated in nearly every campaign led by the new duke, his half-brother
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Anthony fought for his father on several campaigns, from at least 1451 onwards, and in 1464 left for a
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Arms of Antoine of Burgundy: arms of Bourgogne under Philip III, brisé by a cotice en barre argent.
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In 1476–1477, he fought alongside Charles the Bold at the three great battles of
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Anthony, bastard of Burgundy. Portrait attributed to
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for a stay in England during which he jousted against
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against the Moors when he helped raise the siege of
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Index


Portrait by Rogier van der Weyden
Picardy
Burgundy
Tournehem
Calais
Issue
Philip of Burgundy-Beveren
House
Valois-Burgundy
Philip the Good
Roman Catholicism
Philip III, Duke of Burgundy
Golden Fleece
Lizy
Picardy
half-brother
Charolais
Charles the Bold
Valois
Burgundy
Corneille, bastard of Burgundy
crusade
Ceuta
Order of the Golden Fleece
Battle of Montlhéry
Dinant
King Edward IV
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
Charles the Bold

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