Olivier de la Marche

Olivier de la Marche ( * 1425 in Burgundy, † 1502 in Brussels) was a native of Burgundy writer and Generalmünzmeister of funds.

Life

La Marche was born into a noble family that had long been in the service of the Dukes of Burgundy. La Marche was at the court of Duke Philip III Page. the Good of Burgundy and faithfully served his son and successor, Charles the Bold, as secretary and messenger. After this had fallen in 1477 in Nancy ( where La Marche was taken prisoner ), he served Charles' daughter Mary of Burgundy and her husband, the Archduke and later Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg; In 1480 he was entrusted with the education of Philip the Fair. La Marche wrote Lobgedichte to its patrons, a report on the rule and a description of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Most important are his " Mémoires " over the years 1435-1488; they are still an important source of Burgundian history, even if they never reached the critical level of La Marches contemporaries Philippe de Commynes.