Editing Charles the Bold (section)

=== Disputes with Philip the Good ===
From 1454 to 1464, Charles was excluded from power—the ducal council and the Burgundian court—by his father, Philip the Good.{{Sfn|Vaughan|Small|2010|p=346}}{{Efn|From the early stages of his reign, Philip the Good had employed many juridical and political advisors, who were the central institution of the government. In the decade 1435-45, with the acquisition of the [[Burgundian Netherlands]], the state had doubled in size; the need for a specialized council gave rise to the Ducal Council ({{langx|fr|grand conseil}}), whose ranks were filled with Philip's advisors.{{sfn|Van Rompaey|1979|page= 213}}}} In 1454, Philip appointed Charles "governor and lieutenant-general in absence" while he attended the [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]] in [[Regensburg]].{{Sfn|Paravicini|2003|p=310}} Philip hoped to meet [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Frederick III]] and attach him to [[Feast of the Pheasant|his aspirations for a crusade]] to retake [[Constantinople]] from the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]]. However, the emperor did not show up.{{Sfn|Housley|2004|p=74}} Even as regent, Charles held little to no power compared to his mother, the duchess, and his father.{{Sfn|Paravicini|2003|p=310}} Nevertheless, Charles still was able to issue documents in his own name. His regency was short-lived, for Philip returned to Burgundy on 7 or 9 August, and Charles returned to his former powerless position.{{Sfn|Paravicini|2003|p=310}}

Charles was on bad terms with his father due to his exclusion from power, and their bad relations climaxed in 1457, when Charles wanted to appoint Antoin Rolin, the {{Transliteration|Fr|seigneur}} of [[Aulnoye-Aymeries|Aymeries]], as his chamberlain. Antoin was the son of [[Nicolas Rolin]], Philip the Good's chancellor. The Duke, wary of the power his chancellor might get with this appointment, refused his son's request and instead proposed [[Philip I de Croÿ|Philip I of Porcéan]], [[High Bailiff|high bailiff]] of [[County of Hainaut|Hainault]] and a member of the influential [[House of Croÿ]].{{Sfn|Paravicini|2003|pp=311–312}}{{Sfn|Blockmans|Pervenier|1999|p=113}} Charles distrusted Philip, because he suspected that the Croÿ family accepted money from Charles VII to undermine Philip the Good,{{Sfn|Blockmans|Pervenier|1999|pp=113, 114}} and refused his father's proposal. Philip was so furious that Charles's mother feared for Charles's life and had him removed from court. Charles fled to [[Dendermonde]] (today in northern Belgium) and Philip got lost in the forests of [[Soignies]] trying to find his son. Through the mediation of Isabella of Bourbon, who was pregnant with Charles's child, Philip and his son reached a truce.{{Sfn|Paravicini|2003|p=312}}

When Charles's daughter, [[Mary of Burgundy|Mary]], was born on 13 February 1457, neither Charles nor his father attended her baptism, for both wanted to avoid each other.{{Sfn|Van Loo|2021|p=353}} Nicolas Rolin was removed from the chancellery, and Rolin's close ally, [[Jean Chevrot]], was removed from the ducal council. Consequently, de Croÿ became more powerful.{{Sfn|Blockmans|Pervenier|1999|p=114}} Charles left the court for his personal estate at [[Le Quesnoy]] in Hainaut. There, he was entrusted with minor tasks regarding the Flemish subjects of his father. He also constructed the [[Blue Tower (Gorinchem)|Blue Tower]] castle in [[Gorinchem]] as his personal seat in 1461. He attempted to formalise his status as the heir to the [[Burgundian State]], which in turn prompted his father to cut off his allowance.{{Sfn|Blockmans|Pervenier|1999|p=114}} Charles was deprived of any money to pay his staff or otherwise maintain his estate. According to Burgundian court chronicler [[Georges Chastellain]], in 1463, Charles dismissed his staff because he could not pay their salaries, however, his staff were adamant to serve him and even offered him a share of their money.{{Sfn|Paravicini|2003|pp=307–308}} According to German historian Werner Paravicini, such acts of [[altruism]] were typical of that time, rendring the account more plausible.{{Sfn|Paravicini|2003|p=308}}

In 1462, Charles survived a poisoning attempt on his life by Jehan Coustain, {{Transliteration|Fr|[[Valet de chambre|premier valet de chambre]]}}. Coustain was executed in [[Rupelmonde]]. Charles blamed de Croÿ for the assassination attempt, while de Croÿ came to believe that Charles had staged this attempt.{{Sfn|Vaughan|Small|2010|p=344}} By the end of 1463, the disputes between Charles and his father caused the [[States General of the Netherlands|States General of the Burgundian Netherlands]] to intervene. In 5 February 1464, Charles made a speech, attacking de Croÿ's family, to the deputies assembled at Ghent.{{Sfn|Vaughan|Small|2010|p=345}} Charles and Philip the Good reconciled in June 1464, after they met in Lille, although de Croÿ maintained his hold on power.{{Sfn|Vaughan|Small|2010|p=346}} Later that year, Charles assumed full power by arguing that Philip was becoming senile. Charles put pressure on de Croÿ, but Philip protected de Croÿ by threatening Charles.{{Sfn|Van Loo|2021|p=369}} Ten days later, the States General gave Charles full power by appointing him {{Transliteration|Fr|lieutenant général}}.{{Sfn|Van Loo|2021|p=369}} His first act was to confiscate de Croÿ's estates; de Croÿ and his family were banished to France, where their French patron, Louis XI, gave them no support.{{Sfn|Paravicini|2003|p=378}}