Anthony, bastard of Burgundy

Antoine de Bourgogne
Born1421
Picardy, Burgundy
Died5 May 1504
Tournehem, Calais
SpouseMarie de la Viesville
IssuePhilip of Burgundy-Beveren
HouseValois-Burgundy
FatherPhilip the Good
MotherJeanne de Presle
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Antoine de Bourgogne (1421 – 5 May 1504), known to his contemporaries as the Bastard of Burgundy or Le grand bâtard ("the Great Bastard"), was the natural son (and second child) of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, and one of his mistresses, Jeanne de Presle.[1] He was comte de La Roche (Ardenne), de Grandpré, de Sainte-Menehould et de Guînes, seigneur de Crèvecoeur, Beveren et Tournehem, and chevalier of the Golden Fleece.

  1. ^ Richard Vaughan, Philip the Good: The Apogee of Burgundy, (Boydell Press, 2002), 134–135.