What is Philip the Good?
[[File:Weyden, Rogier van der, D'après - Portrait de Philippe le Bon (1396-1467), duc de Bourgogne, MI 818.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Philip the Good (1396-1467)]] '''Philip III the Good''' ( 31 July 1396 in [[Dijon]] – 15 June 1467 in [[Bruges]]) ruled as [[Duke of Burgundy]] from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet line of the [[Valois dynasty]], to which all 15th-century [[List of French monarchs|kings of France]] belonged. During his reign, the [[Burgundian State]] reached the apex of its prosperity and prestige, and became a leading centre of the arts. [[Category:1396 births]] [[Category:1467 deaths]] [[Category:Counts of Holland]]