Philip the Bold

British  

noun

1. 1342–1404, duke of Burgundy (1363–1404), noted for his courage at Poitiers (1356) in the Hundred Years' War: regent of France for his nephew Charles VI (1368–88, 1392–1404)

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Example Sentences

After Louis I’s tapestry, the accounts of Philip the Bold, Louis’s younger brother, record the commissioning of another set of six tapestries in 1386 from Poincon.

From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2020

One such example is a Book of Hours begun in 1376 in Paris for Philip the Bold of Burgundy, but completed for his grandson, Philip the Good, in 1451 in Brussels.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2016

Instructed by John the Fearless to create a tomb nearly identical to that of his father, Philip the Bold, de la Huerta and Le Moiturier spent 25 years working on the project.

From New York Times • May 12, 2010

But the king, Charles VI., excited by his uncle, Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, took arms in support of the defeated count, and marched with a powerful army against the rebellious burghers.

From Holland The History of the Netherlands by Grattan, Thomas Colley

His daughter Joan married Philip the Fair, "the harm of France," the son of Philip the Bold.

From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Purgatory by Norton, Charles Eliot