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1490

Anne of Brittany married by proxy the recently widowed Maximilian of Hapsburg who had inherited Burgundy and Flanders from his first wife.

Source:(WSJ, 7/30/97, p.A13)

Brittany was under siege by France and Maximilian failed to send troops in its defense. Anne had her marriage annulled and mar-ried the French Dauphin who had been engaged to marry Margaret of Austria, the daughter of Maximilian and Mary of Burgundy. Anne’s portrait was later painted by Jan Mostaert.