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Bourgogne shieldBourgogne

(būr-gôn´yə) (pron: boor-goan-yuh)

Capital: Dijon (pron: dee-zhawn)
French annexation: 1477

This shield is “quartered,” representing the first (diagonals) and second (fleurs-de-lys) ducal families to rule Bourgogne.

Bourgogne provincial map