The Burgundian States in 1465

From 1465 to 1467, Charles the Bold, count of Charolais, kept growing his influence at the Burgundian court. However Duke Philip "retained power in his own hands till the end, ruling through the grand conseil". (Richard Vaughan, Charles the Bold, p.3). These Burgundian States the Duke was rulling formed a great but complex territory including a lots of principalities from the English Channel to Franche-Comté. Sure, the erection of such a wide "empire" had been long and complicated : from 1363 and the gift in apanage of the duchy of Burgundy to Philip the Bold by king John II the Good to 1477 and the death of Charles the Bold in Nancy. During that period four dukes had succeeded at the head of the Burgundian States and all of them had succeeded in their policy of territorial aggrandizement especially Charles the Bold who managed to widen his "empire" overseas.

But the conquering policy of Charles the Bold involved a lots of disavandtages such as a constant growth of taxes, endless bloody conflicts which led to the collaspe of Burgundian power. However, in 1465, when Charles the Bold became the lieutenant général of the duchy of Burgundy, the Burgundian power seemed to be at its apogee. The same year, Charles the Bold took part in a league  directed against Louis XI, king of France which went to war during the spring of 1465 : the war of Bien public.