Charles the Bold died at Nancy, the King of France seized Burgundy from his 19-year-old heiress, and her marriage gave the Netherlands to the Habsburgs

Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, was killed at the battle of Nancy on 5 January 1477. His only child, Mary, born 13 February 1457, inherited his lands. Louis XI of France seized the duchy of Burgundy and other territories. In Ghent in February 1477, the Estates made Mary grant the Great Privilege, restoring local and communal rights. Ghent burghers seized her father's councillors Hugonet and Humbercourt and executed them on 3 April 1477. On 19 August 1477 she married Maximilian of Austria at Ghent. He led the war while she kept political control. She kept most of her lands but never recovered the duchy of Burgundy. While hunting near Wijnendale castle she fell from her horse. She died on 27 March 1482, aged 25, and was buried in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges. The Treaty of Arras that year gave France Franche-Comté and Artois for a time. Her son, Philip the Handsome, inherited her lands. The Burgundian Netherlands passed into the Habsburg family through him.