Mary of Burgundy – Muntplein, Bruges, Belgium - Coats of Arms on Waymarking.com

Mary of Burgundy
Mary was born on 13th February 1457 in Brussels and died aged only 25 on 27th March 1482 in Bruges. She was heiress presumptive to a vast and wealthy domain, made up of the Duchy of Burgundy, the Free County of Burgundy, and the majority of the Low Countries. As such many princes aspired to marry her, both as wealthy partner, but also as a way of expanding their territory.

After her father died in the Battle of Nancy on 5th January 1477, King Louis XI of France was especially keen for his son Charles to marry her, but she preferred remain part of the Netherlands. In order to do this she restored various rights and privileges to the towns of Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut, and Holland that had been abolished by the Dukes of Burgundy in 1470.

She married the Archduke Maximilian of Austria at Ghent on 18th August 1477. During their reign together there was a period of peace with no French aggression. They both liked to hunt but whilst out falconing her horse tripped, threw her off and then fell on her and broke her back, an injury she did not survive.

After this untimely death only 5 years since they were married, King Louis forced Maximilian to agree to the treaty of Arras and Franche-Comte and Artois passed to French Rule. See this Wikipedia site for further details.

The Coat of Arms
She had a number of titles other than Duchess of Burgundy and her own personal coat of arms was made up of a combination of arms from all her titles.

One of her titles was the Countess of Flanders, the region that contains the City of Bruges, where she is buried.

These arms on the horse's flank are the arms of Flanders and consist of a single large lion on a shield.

In heraldry the arms show a black lion on a golden shield.

Bearer of Coat of Arms: Historic country Full name of the bearer: Flanders Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?: On a shield carried by a horse being ridden by Mary, Duchess of Burgundy. Material / Design: Cast metal Blazon (heraldic description): Or a lion rampant sable armed and langued gules. Address: Muntplein Brugge West-Vlaanderen Belgium Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): [Web Link] Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]

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