Editing Charles the Bold (section)

=== Youth ===
[[File:Jacques de Guise, Chroniques de Hainaut, frontispiece, KBR 9242 (c).jpg|alt=Philip the Good, dressed in black, wearing chaperon, and beside him is Charles, bareheaded and wearing the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece|thumb|right|Charles, aged 12 or 13, standing beside his father, Philip, Duke of Burgundy; ''[[Jean Wauquelin presenting his 'Chroniques de Hainaut' to Philip the Good]]'', 1447]]

In 1449, the wealthy city of Ghent [[Revolt of Ghent (1449–1453)|rebelled]] against Burgundian rule in response to new taxes on salt.{{Sfn|Vaughan|Small|2010|p=306}} Charles took part in the fighting; however, to keep him out of danger, Philip the Good falsely told Charles that his mother Isabella was seriously ill in [[Lille]]. Charles left shortly before the decisive [[Battle of Gavere]] in 1453.{{Sfn|Vaughan|Small|2010|p=341}} In Lille, his mother honoured him with a feast, and to everyone's surprise, encouraged him to return to the battlefield and fight for his inheritance. By that time, Philip the Good had won the battle and defeated the rebellious [[Burgher (social class)|burghers]].{{Sfn|Putnam|1908|p=39}}

Charles remained a widower for eight years until he married [[Isabella of Bourbon]] in 1454.{{Sfn|Kiening|1994|p=17}} Isabella was the daughter of [[Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon|Agnes of Burgundy]], and was Philip the Good's niece. Her father, [[Charles I, Duke of Bourbon]], sent her as a child to the Burgundian court as a ward of Isabella of Portugal. A shy and pliant young woman, Isabella was adored by Philip the Good, who saw an opportunity to renew the Treaty of Arras (which had been debased by Charles VII's threatening actions towards Burgundy) by marrying a Bourbon to his son.{{Sfn|Taylor|2002|pp=125, 139}} Charles was not aware of his father's intention until the night before his marriage on 31 October; he did not resist the match.{{Sfn|Taylor|2002|pp=138–139}} With his marriage, the town of [[Chinon]] was incorporated into Philip the Good's realm, as part of Isabella's dowry.{{Sfn|Taylor|2002|p=139}}