Elizabeth sold the duchy to Philip the Good, who paid her off in 1444.

Here he lived in the pay of Philip the Good till 1421 .

In 1428 he was promoted to the position of secretary to Philip the Good.

After John's death in 1425 he moved to Bruges and came to the attention of Philip the Good.

In 1443, the castle was destroyed by Philip the Good but was rebuilt before 1500.

Their daughter Anna married a grandson of Philip the Good.

In that year he was made an esquire (écuyer tranchant) by Philip the Good.

Charles himself was later required by treaty with Philip the Good, John's son, to pay penance for the murder, but he never did so.

However, permission to build the canal had already been granted by Philip the Good in 1436.

She was a niece of Philip the Good.