1482 - Political Events

Political Events

Mary of Burgundy, daughter of the late Charles the Bold, dies March 27 at age 27 after a hunting accident in Flanders. Her husband, Maximilian of Austria, claims power over the Lowlands as regent for their infant son, Philippe; Brabant and Flanders reject his claims (see 1485).

Humanist-mercenary Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino, dies at age 60 (approximate) and is succeeded by his 10-year-old son Guidobaldo (see 1502).

The Peace of Arras December 23 ends hostilities between the Hapsburg family and France's Louis XI, who has lived in isolation for the past 2 years in his spider's-nest château Plessis-les-Tours, two miles southwest of Tours, surrounded by astrologers and physicians. Burgundy and Picardy are absorbed into France.

Venice begins a 2-year war with Ferrara that will result in the Venetian acquisition of Polesine and Rovigo, the last expansion of Venice on the mainland.