Ivory, Jura
Encyclopedia
Ivory is a commune
in the Jura department in Franche-Comté
in eastern France
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. Now old and hollow, the trunk could accommodate a table for six or eight diners. It is said to have been planted to mark the marriage of Maria
, nineteen year old daughter and heiress of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to Emperor Maximilian I
. The marriage took place on 18 August 1477. Maria's father had died in battle outside Nancy on 5 January that same year.
Why plant a tree in Ivory ? Who planted it ? It was completely unmarked and unknown until a passing visitor told the local 'Tourist Board' the story and the tree was ring fenced and its history recorded on a plaque.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Jura department in Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France...
in eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Old tree
In a farmyard in the village is a huge old lime treeTilia
Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The greatest species diversity is found in Asia, and the genus also occurs in Europe and eastern North America, but not western North America...
. Now old and hollow, the trunk could accommodate a table for six or eight diners. It is said to have been planted to mark the marriage of Maria
Mary of Burgundy
Mary of Burgundy ruled the Burgundian territories in Low Countries and was suo jure Duchess of Burgundy from 1477 until her death...
, nineteen year old daughter and heiress of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to Emperor Maximilian I
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Maximilian I , the son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor of Portugal, was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death, though he was never in fact crowned by the Pope, the journey to Rome always being too risky...
. The marriage took place on 18 August 1477. Maria's father had died in battle outside Nancy on 5 January that same year.
Why plant a tree in Ivory ? Who planted it ? It was completely unmarked and unknown until a passing visitor told the local 'Tourist Board' the story and the tree was ring fenced and its history recorded on a plaque.