Jacqueline of Bavaria is back in the Low Countries with a new husband. While Philip the Good, John IV of Brabant, and John the Pitiless are all arrayed against her, the Countess of Hainaut-Holland-Zeeland is going to fight for her Counties and now she has the English backing her up…right?
Time Period Covered: 1421-1425
Notable People: Philip the Good, Jaqueline of Bavaria, Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, John IV of Brabant, Philip of Saint-Pol, John Duke of Bedford, John the Pitiless
Notable Events/Developments: Marriage of Jacqueline of Bavaria and Humphrey of Gloucester, Death of John the Pitiless, The Hook and Cod Wars
Left: Jacqueline of Bavaria as Painted by the Low Country artist Jan Van Eyck. Van Eyck began his career in the court of Jacqueline’s uncle John the Pitiless and continued his career in the court of her Cousin Philip the Bold. Right: An illustration of the Humphrey of Gloucester from a medieval manuscript.
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The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet
The Promised Lands by Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier
The Golden Age of Burgundy by Joseph Calmette
The Hundred Years War: Triumph and Illusion by Jonathan Sumption
A Mediaeval Princess by Ruth Putnam
The Duchy of Brabant between France, Burgundy, and England by Sergio Boffa in The Hundred Years War Part III Edited by Villalon and Kagay
Conflicting Roles: Jacqueline of Bavaria, Countess and Wife by Renee Nip in Scholars, Saints, and Politicians: Gender as a Tool in Medieval Studies Edited by van Dijk and Nip
Magnanimous Dukes and Rising States by Robert Stein
The Burgundians by Bart Van Loo
Grand Dukes of the West 