Philip the Bold

noun

1. Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy13421404MFrenchMILITARY: soldierPOLITICS: statesman 1342–1404, duke of Burgundy (1363–1404), noted for his courage at Poitiers (1356) in the Hundred Years' War: regent of France for his nephew Charles VI (1368–88, 1392–1404)

Example Sentences

According to the ordinance issued by Philip the Bold, Gamay not only threatened the livelihoods of honest vignerons who used higher-quality grapes, but also ruined Burgundy's reputation for fine Pinot Noir wines with its bitter taste and apparently harmful effects on public health.

From Salon

After Louis I’s tapestry, the accounts of Philip the Bold, Louis’s younger brother, record the commissioning of another set of six tapestries in 1386 from Poincon.

From The Guardian

You may recall the latter as the variety of Beaujolais, and a grape that had been originally banished from Burgundy’s vineyard land by Duke Philip the Bold in the 14th century, who famously decreed, in an edict dated 1395, that it was “an evil and disloyal plant,” one “injurious to the human creature.”

From Los Angeles Times

One such example is a Book of Hours begun in 1376 in Paris for Philip the Bold of Burgundy, but completed for his grandson, Philip the Good, in 1451 in Brussels.

From New York Times

VI. of France, acquires the Dauphin�, 395; accession of, 420;advances with army to Cr�cy, 430-431;defeated at Cr�cy, 433-436.Philip of Hohenstaufen, 402-403.Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, 440.Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, 440.Philippa, wife of Edward III.,

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