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Olivier de la Marche

Illustration — Contemporary drawing of de la Marche Olivier de la Marche (1425–1502) was a courtier, soldier, chronicler, and poet in the last decades of the independent Duchy of Burgundy. He was close to Charles the Bold, and after his death held the important position of maître d'hotel to his daughter Mary of Burgundy, and her husband, and was sent on a mission as ambassador to France. • Illustration — Olivier de La Marche He saw at close hand the dispute over Flanders between the kingdom of France and the dynasty of the Habsburgs after Charles' death. The area then held a central place in the Empire over which Charles V and his successors wanted hegemony.

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Olivier de la Marche

Olivier de la Marche (1425-1502), contemporary portrait sketch

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Born
1425. · Saône-et-Loire.
Died
1502. · Brussels metropolitan area.
Nationality
France.
Occupation
writer and poet.
Known for
Le chevalier délibéré, L'estat de la maison du duc Charles de Bourgoingne dit le Hardy, Memorial sur la feste de la Thoison d'or, L'advis au roy Maximilian premier touchant la maniere dont on se doibt comporter a l'occasion de rupture avec la France, Le parement et triomphe des dames, L'epistre pour tenir et celebrer la noble feste de la Toison d'or, Les memoires and Le debat de Cuidier et de Fortune.
Languages
Middle French.

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Illustration — Contemporary drawing of de la Marche Olivier de la Marche (1425–1502) was a courtier, soldier, chronicler, and poet in the last decades of the independent Duchy of Burgundy. He was close to Charles the Bold, and after his death held the important position of maître d'hotel to his daughter Mary of Burgundy, and her husband, and was sent on a mission as ambassador to France. • Illustration — Olivier de La Marche He saw at close hand the dispute over Flanders between the kingdom of France and the dynasty of the Habsburgs after Charles' death. The area then held a central place in the Empire over which Charles V and his successors wanted hegemony.

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