Habsburg inheritance of the Burgundian legacy (1493)

Timeline

1. 1493Low Countries · Low CountriesAfter Duke Charles of Burgundy was killed in battle in 1477, his daughter Mary married Maximilian of Habsburg, and the Low Countries became a core Habsburg interest. France long contested control of the inheritance on the grounds of vassalage and the Treaty of Arras, among others.
2. 1493Senlis · FranceMaximilian and Charles VIII concluded a treaty at Senlis: France recognized Habsburg de facto control over Flanders, Brabant, Holland, Hainaut, Namur, Luxembourg, and other Low Countries territories, while France retained certain rights to Artois and Picardy; the duchy of Burgundy proper and Franche-Comté went to France.
3. 1493Brussels · BrabantAfter the treaty, the Low Countries territories were gradually taken over under the Habsburg name by Maximilian's son Philip (the Handsome), and the Burgundian inheritance became an important fiscal and political foundation of the later Spanish Habsburg Empire.