The duchy covered lands similar to modernBurgundy. When Duke Philip I died in 1361, the duchy returned to the French crown. In 1363, King John II gave it to his son Philip the Bold, who married Margaret III of Flanders. This marriage helped create the Burgundian State, which expanded into the Burgundian Netherlands.
The Burgundian State became one of the largest territories in early modern Europe. However, after Duke Charles the Bold died in 1477, the duchy was absorbed into France. Most of the Burgundian lands in the Netherlands went to Charles’ daughter, Mary, and her Habsburg descendants.
