Talk:Dukes of Burgundy family tree

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Re the sequence of dukes of Burgundy: Philip II "The Bold", Jean "The Fearless", Philip III "The Good" and Charles "Le Hardi", I rather think that the nicknames of Philip II and Charles are the wrong way round. The correct sequence is Philip "Le Hardi" (the bold), Jean "Sans Peur" (the fearless), Philip "Le Bon" (the good) and Charles "Le Téméraire" (the rash). This confusion sometimes arises because in English "hardi" and "téméraire" can both be translated as "bold". Philip II was originally nicknamed "le hardi" in the sense of "cheeky, cocky". Charles was named "le téméraire" in the admiring sense of "brave, bold", but post mortem and in retrospect "rash" is more fitting, which is usually how he is called in English.

There is an error in this family tree. Joanna (1293-1348), daughter of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy, married (1313) Philip VI, King of France. Joanna, Countess of Burgundy, married (1307) Philip V, King of France, and their daughter, Joanna (1308-1347; Countess of Burgundy after her mother's death in 1329), married (1318) Eudes IV. In addition, "La Marche" is misspelled as "La Merche" under Hugh XIII.

• Thanks for your corrections: they will be taken to consideration in a next version of this tree. muriel@pt 15:47, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Ah. After leaving the comment, I saw on your userpage that you'd retired from doing these, so I fixed it myself.

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The comments at the end of the image contain a mistake, Mary died in 1482, as stated, correctely, just above. --130.161.31.146 11:58, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Muriel, if you're still about, looking at this, Charles the Bold's nickname in French was not "le Hardi" but "le Téméraire." john k 18:53, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

A further correction is required as the wives of Hugh III have been reported in the wrong order. Deknyff 16:57, 10 September 2006 (UTC)