The Burgundian Wars: How the Swiss Destroyed Burgundy
6 min readJun 10, 2022
The Fall of Burgundy
The Rise of Burgundy
During the 15th century, the Valois Dukes of Burgundy broke their vassalage to the French kings and began to establish their own state by rapidly expanding their domains.
By the 1470s, Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, was ruling over a state that was made up…
