# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-the-fearless
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:00:59.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-the-fearless"
name: "John the Fearless"
slug: "john-the-fearless"
description: "A duke who murdered his way toward the French throne, then paid for it the same way. John the Fearless ran Burgundy like a sovereign state, killed the king's brother to seize power, and triggered a civil war that tore France apart — until someone returned the favor on a bridge in 1419."
tagline: "Duke of Burgundy"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_duke_of_burgundy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1371-05-28"
deathDate: "1419-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.25
  momentum:             0.3548842076527595
  historical:           23.48599066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - name: "Europe"
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  - name: "Medieval Era"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 28 May 1371 into the French royal family, John inherited the Duchy of Burgundy in 1404 and immediately set his sights on controlling a kingdom whose king, Charles VI, had lost his mind. In 1407 he had Charles's brother, the Duke of Orléans, assassinated in a bid for the regency. The murder ignited the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War, fracturing France while England pressed its claims in the Hundred Years' War. John proved as capable in war as in conspiracy, advancing the use of gunpowder artillery in his campaigns. On 10 September 1419, he was killed on a bridge during peace talks — the king's heir, Dauphin Charles, almost certainly involved. His death pushed his son Philip the Good into an English alliance that would shape the final, bloodiest phase of the war.