Charles le Téméraire

[Charles de Bourgogne]
1433-1477

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Displaying 25 events

Biography

First son of Philip the Good, count of Charolais, and fourth Valois Duke of Burgundy, 1467-1477.

Information

  • Roles

    Composer
    Dedicatee/Owner
    Employer/Patron

  • Gender

    Male

Events

(YYYY-MM-DD)

25 in database

Birth

1433-11-10
Dijon (France)

[As patron]

Waghe Feustrier | Professional career - others | Member of a church (lower ranked officer)
1457
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Cour ducale de Bourgogne, Brugge (Belgium)

Comments: He received 3 gifts from Charles, then count of Charolais, for unspecified services

[As patron]

Hayne van Ghizeghem | Musical position | Member of a princely/private household
1457/1476
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)

Comments: Valet de chambre

[As patron]

Enguerrand Seignart | Religious position | Member of a princely/private household
1458-12-22
Brugge (Belgium)

[As patron]

Jean Daule | Religious position | Member of a princely/private household
1460-10-01/1467-06-01
Châlons-sur-Saône (France)


Institution: Chapelle du comte de Charolais, Châlons-sur-Saône (France)

[As patron]

Philippe Du Passage | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1462-01-01/1481
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)

Comments: Progression hiérarchique
- Clerc, 1462-mai 1466
- Chapelain, mai 1466

[As patron]

Guillaume Dore | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1463/1474-12
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)

Comments: Sommelier ou clerc de l'oratoire, statut surtout cérémoniel mais néanmoins inclus comme membre musicien de la chapelle

[As patron]

Jacques Bueckel | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1465/1477-08-09
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)

[As patron]

Guillermus Parvus | Religious position | Member of a court chapel (higher ecclesiastic)
1466-11-20
Bruxelles (Belgium)


Institution: Chapelle du comte de Charolais, Châlons-sur-Saône (France)

Bibliography: Fiala PCR

[As patron]

Robert Morton | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1467/1475-01-31
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)

Comments: Il sert Charles le Téméraire, comte de Charolais, dès les années 1460.

[As patron]

Antoine Busnoys | Musical position | Choirmaster
1467/1477
Dijon (France)


Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)

[As patron]

Pasquier des Prez [van der Mersch, de Prato] | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1467/1477
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)

[As patron]

Matthias Cocquel [de Hane] | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1467/1477
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)

Bibliography: Fiala 2002

[As patron]

Claude Le Petit | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1467/1479-05-14
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)

[As patron]

Adrien Basin | Musical position | Member of a princely/private household
1467-01/1477-01
Lille (France)


Institution: Cour ducale de Bourgogne, Brugge (Belgium)

Comments: Payé dès janvier 1467, il est donc déjà au service de Charles, comte de Charolais, avant qu'il devienne duc de Bourgogne en juin 1467.

[As patron]

Odot Le Roy | Religious position | Member of a court chapel (higher ecclesiastic)
1468/1477
Burgundy (France)


Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)

[As patron]

Pasquin Louis alias d'Ardembourg | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1469-08/1477
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Cour ducale de Bourgogne, Brugge (Belgium)

[As patron]

Gauthier Vrankenzonne | Musical source | Music copyist (no known copy identified)
1469-10
Den Haag (Netherlands)


Institution: Chapel of the ducal palace in Den Haag, Den Haag (Netherlands)

[As patron]

Guillaume Dore | Benefice
1469-10-02/1474
Zierikzee (Netherlands)


Bibliography: Jongkees 1942

Comments: Dans la lettre de remerciement qu'il adresse à la ville de Zierikzee pour la faveur qui lui a été accordée, il promet de confier la direction de l'école "à un notable personnage, et dans laquelle Dieu et la ville seront honorés et les enfants bien instruits et éduqués" (Jongkees 1942, p. 293). On peut supposer que dans ces conditions, il conserva officiellement cet office jusqu'à sa mort.

[As patron]

Jean de Decker | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (lower ranked officer)
1470/1476-12-09
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)

[As patron]

Ernoult de Thalice | Musical source | Music copyist
1470-01
Bruxelles (Belgium)


Institution: Cour ducale de Bourgogne, Brugge (Belgium)

Comments: La cour de Bourgogne réside alors essentiellement à Bruxelles.

[As patron]

Jean de Thalice | Musical source | Music copyist
1470-01
Bruxelles (Belgium)


Institution: Cour ducale de Bourgogne, Brugge (Belgium)

Comments: La cour de Bourgogne réside alors essentiellement à Bruxelles

[As patron]

Thomas France | Musical position | Member of a court chapel (musician)
1472-07-02/1478-10
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)

Death

1477-01-05
Nancy (France)

[As patron]

Claude Le Petit | Benefice | Member of a court chapel (higher ecclesiastic)
1479-05
Besançon (France)


Institution: Saint-Jean de Besançon, Besançon (France)

Comments: Expectative. Il n'entra probablement jamais en possession de ce canonicat

Associated works

1 in database

Variant names

Charles de Valois de Bourgogne ; Charles le Hardi ; Charles le Téméraire ; Charles le Travaillant ; Charles of Burgundy ; Charles the Bold

Associated people

Marie de Bourgogne (Father (Charles) and Daughter (Marie))

Philip the Good (Father (Philip) and Son (Charles))

Bibliography

[Fiala 2002]

Fiala, D., 2002, Le mécénat musical des ducs de Bourgogne et des princes de la maison de Habsbourgs : 1467-1506 : étude documentaire et prosopographique, Thèse de doctorat soutenue à Tours, 2002 http://www.sudoc.fr/069901945.

Contributors

David Fiala - Project manager

Clemens Goldberg - Scientific editor


Data collectors

collab_surname Guillaume Avocat

David Fiala

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