First video in a new miniseries on the channel, "Ghost Events," which looks at...well, lesser-known events from history that may or may not be connected to a ghost country. 😅 Let us know if you have any other events you'd like to see covered! Also, if you have any questions for us (about pretty much anything) comment in the Q&A post on the community tab. We'll be answering your questions and highlighting some top comments in our next podcast.

So Burgundy went from a potential European powerhouse to nothing in three battles, a bit sad but also a tad embarrassing

There is a saying in German about Charles the Bolds decline. "Bei Grandson das Gut, bei Murten then Mut, bei Nacy das Blut" which roughly translates to "At Grandson (he lost) his belongings, at Murten (he lost) his courage, at Nacy (he lost) his blood".

Fun fact: not the first time that the name Burgundy is tied to a sever downfall: The original Germanic tribe (then living around the Rhine area) was almost completely wiped out by the Huns. Events captured in the Nibelungen Epic.

Burgundy is one of those unknown states which had a huge effect on how the world ended up

Also a fun fact is that the Swiss Confederacy captured so many high-quality cannons from Burgundy that it actually torpedoed any impetus for local artillery production and when time came for that captured artillery to be outdated, in disrepair and need for replacement the Swiss armies were in trouble.

I'm from Nancy and this battle isn't forgotten here, it's the big historical event that happened locally.

the funny gamer state!!!

Fascinating stuff my man. Hard to believe such a brutal and bloody chapter of European history has become all but forgotten admits the sands of time.

Once again very well done. Graphics are great 👍

Really interesting video and, honestly, I'm glad to see history from another part of Europe that I didn't know much about.

wow, really entertaining and the battle map is awesome!

Why is this so underrated

So intense and interesting I had to watch twice! Can’t imagine the work involved in this episode. Wow 👏

Fascinating history!!

Nice video, but you mainly covered the decline/Charles the bold's life. I'd have liked a bit more on the rise, especially under Philip II.

Fantastic video once again. The animations are amazing bro, I’m glad your channel is growing you definitely deserve much more, You upload consistently and you talk about history in great detail.

I found Charles The Bold Double Patard hammered coin from 1457 whilst metal detecting in Manchester UK 🇬🇧 yesterday 😮

bei Grandson das Gut, bei Murten den Mut, bei Nancy das Blut.

Best Thumbnail I ever saw by far!

Correction: Charles VI died in 1422, Charles VII was king in 1435

1:15 - County of Flanders did not belong to HRE. Counties of Hainaut and Holland and Duchies of Brabant and Luxembourg did.

Man, it looks like you invested a lot of time into this episode!

1:57, I think it would be Charles the 7th right? Btw, thanks, nice to see someone voicing for some forgotten episodes of history.

1:16 County of Flanders did not belong to HRE. It belonged to Crown of France. To HRE belonged: - county of Burgundy (aka Franche-Comte), - county of Hainaut, - duchy of Brabant, - duchy of Luxembourg, - duchy of Holland, - duchy of Guelders.

By experience in eu4, fighting in the swiss region is a nightmare. Huge terrain bonus for defenders and brutal attrition for large armies.

I shouldn’t have commented that. I feel kinda bad ngl. Great video. I heard Charles’ head was cut off and later found in a ditch, according to eu4 anyway

There is something about executing hundreds of men who had surrendered, it often doesn't spread fear it spreads anger and gives fighting men a grim determination to fight on. The Bergundians were the architects of their own demise.

You should have more subscribers, great work!

Very interesting! But i thought the territories of Burgundy continued for a bit longer after the battle of Nancy in 1477, or did they not? Will have to do my own research now!

This lines up with eu4 lore so well

TNO fans are shitting rn

Nice job. Just one little thing. Calvary ✝️ Cavalry 🎠

I am really suprised by the amount of subscribers you have beacuse you deserve more

Well well well, Ghost. It seems Dijon just couldn't cut the mustard... 😁

Nowadays Burgundian state is VERY different

5:40 HAGGINBATCH! :D

The county of Flanders was a vassal of the french king and not the HRE, Duchy of Brabant and county of Holland on the other hand were

Note to self: Never attack in winter.

Well, had it not been for Charles failing there probably wouldn’t have been the tale of Maria and Maximilian…

If you want your country to be continuous then perhaps you should try to connect your territories and swap territories to make it continuous. Also if you have a very fruitful and prosperous region like Flanders you want to consolidate around that and swap territories from near Dijon to other territories more north and create a border between the Holy Roman Empire and the French, just in case they do not have enough trouble with the English and the Turks, to have something that preoccupies them instead of you know, conquering Burgundy.

Why does this channel have so little subscribers

Historical error, in 1435 (treaty of Arras) king Charles VI was already dead, since 1422.

Awesome video, loved the quality of the maps and animations. Thank you! And too bad for the Burgundians xd they bit too much.

I knew Tno users will come to this video

4:01 💡The way the HRE elected the Emperor sounds alot like the Anglo Saxon Bretwalda….

STRENG GEHIEM

My oversimplified take is they gave Jean to the Brits so to heck with em.

I wonder why the Habsburgs never melded all of the Netherlands they had into a kingdom or new Archduchy.

Finally someone else who says eggs are way older than chickens

At least they still make good wine 🍷

> (...) the situation was rather complicated and needs further explanation. Dude, you already told us it was about the HRE, you repeat yourself!

You say BuRgUnDiAn State?

No references to the SS-Orderstate of Burgundy?

Hello, Burgundianist here, I would like to open up a discussion about your use of the term 'state' in reference to the Burgundian entity. I for one do not believe that it is apt to refer the the Burgundian Netherlands as a state. Historians such as A Brown, G Small and K Wilson argue that the Burgundian entity is more so an independent principality which bore little resemblance to any contemporary or period notions of a state. There is no evidence either that the Burgundian dukes sought to establish an independent state. Philip the Bold's acquisition of the Burgundian and Flandern territories is entirely an opportunist action. Unlike nation states, Burgundy never held permanent borders, instead having fluctuating borders which ebbed and flowed based on the whims and wishes of Valois courtiers. Furthermore, the Burgundian Netherlands held no unifying cultural identity, and suffered from massive internal segregation and conflict between the four major language groups. Settlements in the dominions also held a dynamic relationship with the Valois court in that they could (and did in the case of Bruges) reject ducal authority. Burgundian state theory also suffers from the fact that a centralised governmental entity never exists during the Valois reign. The ducal court acts as a nomadic administrative entity which travels from estate to estate, the owner's of which would serve the whims of the Valois dukes, reinforcing ducal authority in the process. To add to this, all cities and towns within the Burgundian dominions were autonomous in their system of governance, only paying tithes and taxes to the Valois court when the 'nomadic' court passes through their jurisdiction. This led to a plethora of issues for Ducal rule, primarily that it was incredibly difficult to raise any reliable armed forces, instead being forced to rely on the already loyal landed aristocracy and various jousting guilds and shooting confraternities. So if the Burgundian 'thing' isn't a state, then what is it? wellll historians have argued about this since the ascension of the Valois duchy. some state it's an independent principality, An independent polity, a gathering of sub confraternities, or a Geographical entity based upon empty display, and others refer to it as a collection of dominions and others argue that it wasn't really anything! Sorry to be pedantic, but the use of the term 'state' is an incredibly loaded one within the field of Burgundian studies, and has led to the death of many friendships! lol. besides that, this is a good video. :)

there no hope under black sun

6:40 I must refute for chickens are the descendants of dinosaurs therefore the chicken came first. Hail the Black Phoenix

Ohhh it’s a ghost…. 😅

If only these little stupid jokes could be avoided... It seems Americans feel compelled to do it.

I'm sorry it took me this long to watch this video. The best parts were, of course, Peter von HagenbaCHHHHH... and the dinosaurs solving the old "chicken or the egg" dilemma. ;-)

There is no hope under the black sun

I do enjoy a video in which a bunch of frogs loose there heads… plus thank you for these videos. I’m going to Burgundy on a family holiday, not knowing any of the regions history I wanted to know more before I go. Much appreciated.

bruh if you're gonna call it the rise of the Burgundians show the rise..

Speer germany invasion of burgundy colorized 1972

Bruh video didn’t even need to be 17 minutes. Alls you had to do was say they fought the Swiss. We all know how that goes lol.

Kids got jokes 😂

I like History videos... so don't take this to hard, but man, you have to check the pronunciations of common place names like Alsace (Al-SAHSS) and Arras (ARR-ess in English, let's not even try French or Dutch), let alone others - like sometimes you try to use the long A but then inexplicably throw in an "ay" sound in like when you say Alsace. *Go all-in on the English way* or *really learn how to say them.* You attempt some local pronunciations, but then other times it's all English sauce on there. Some mangling of some really odd foreign names is ok (like saying "von" for the German von rather than "fon"), but practice them in advance if you're going to make attempts at local pronunciations. Americans being unable to read the letters in their own alphabet is a tired joke already, it's not endearing. In short, make an editorial decision on how you're going to do it, and then stick to it please.

Degenerate EU4 players - like me - in the comments