Burgundian Succession Crisis

Timeline

1. 1477Ghent · FlandersAfter Charles the Bold fell in battle, Mary convened the Estates in Ghent to confirm her inheritance and secretly married Maximilian to counter French annexation attempts.
2. 1477–1482Arras · Hauts-de-FranceFrance and the Habsburgs fought repeatedly in Picardy, Artois, and elsewhere. Under the 1482 Treaty of Arras France retained most occupied lands and the Low Countries passed to Habsburg regency, though the crisis had already fully erupted between 1477 and 1480.
3. 1477–1480Flanders · FlandersFlemish cities such as Ghent and Bruges used the succession crisis to seek autonomy guarantees like the Great Privilege, with tensions against Maximilian's regency escalating and laying the groundwork for the 1480 revolt.