These economic resources have been used by Philippe III, the Good, to expand the influence of his family even further, acquiring title after title along the Meuse and Rhine in an attempt to connect his realm.
Taken together the dukes of Burgundy command enormous wealth. In short time they have created a realm that straddles some of the richest parts of France and the Holy Roman Empire. The Bourgogne branch of the Valois dynasty not only rules the duchy of Burgundy, de jure a French possession, but also a significant part of the Low Countries, Vermandois and the county of Nevers.
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