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Battle of Chalon-sur-Saône

Type Event Region Europe Time 1485–1486

Between 1485 and 1486, French Burgundy governor Jean de Baudricourt, based at Chalon-sur-Saône, repelled Habsburg invasions of the Burgundian border;…

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  1. 1485Chalon-sur-Saône · Saône-et-LoireAfter the Treaty of Arras in 1482 the French king still held the core of the Duchy of Burgundy, and Chalon-sur-Saône became a key border town facing Habsburg-controlled Franche-Comté. Governor Baudricourt assembled eight to ten thousand royal troops here against an imperial counterattack.
  2. 1485Montjustin · JuraImperial forces invaded the Franche-Comté border; Baudricourt led the royal army against them, defeating the imperial troops around Montjustin, thwarting Habsburg attempts to recover border territories and consolidating French military superiority on the eastern Burgundian front.
  3. 1486Chalon-sur-Saône · Saône-et-LoireAfter the 1485 border victory, Baudricourt was appointed Marshal of France on January 21, 1486, continuing to base himself at Chalon to guard the eastern Burgundian frontier. Chalon-sur-Saône was thus established as France's frontline fortress against the Habsburgs.

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