Pics & History of your Empire

[Innocentius]

Burgundy: 1335 - 1365 A.D.

While Duke Philippe yet remained in Provence, establishing his position and planning for the naval expansions of his little country, the French had not forgotten the loss of the same province.
Simply taking revenge on the Burgundians, the King of France himself commanded a massive army marched into Burgundy itself in the summer of 1336. The Burgundian troops were outnumbered 2:1. Unfortuneately for the French, they had to cross the Rhone before they could enter Burgundy. This was where the Burgundians under the command of Prince Philippe made their stand.
The French trying to cross the bridge were hit by volley after volley from the Burgundian crossbowmen, and once they got across all they found was a compact hedge of halberds pointed towards them. When the King of France himself foolishly attacked across the bridge, trying to turn the tide of the battle, Burgundian cavalry hit him in the rear. The King of France could not be taken prisoner however, as the fierce Burgundians killed him at first sight. At the end of the day, the French had to retreat, suffering heavy casualties:

The next year, the French signed a ceasefire with Duke Philippe. This meant the beginning of a long period of peace for the Burgundians.

At the end of his days, Duke Philippe II saw a few setbacks for his duchy. The economy was struggling, and he was unable to construct the impressive trading fleet that he had hoped for, but a few ships were actually constructed. At the time of his death, in 1342, he had expanded Burgundy widely, and had kept it at peace for many years. He was succeeded by his son Philippe, now Duke Philippe III. Philippe was 32 years of age as he took over the rule after his father.

Philippe III's reign is remembered as happy times, later on often refered to as "the good old days". Burgundy was at peace, however mainly because it lacked the resources needed to go to war. All the money had to be spent on the defences of the country.
During this time however, Burgundy became infamous as dangerous lands to travel through, especially French princesses had a nasty habit of turning up dead.

Philippe drew his last breath in 1364, and was succeeded by his only son, Prince Jean, who matured just in time to be able to claim the throne. Duke Jean I was merely 16 years of age as he took over the rule after his father.

If Duke Jean I was to break the peace remains yet to be told however.

The Duchy of Burgundy in the year 1365 of our Lord:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Any suggestions for where I should turn next? The HRE is on the decline, facing plenty of wars on plenty of fronts, but their only province bordering to my own lands is the single of their provinces that has a reasonable army (about 1200 of good untis, a few really good).
The French are becoming more and more powerful. I'm not worried about them really attacking me, as their armies are huge, but concist of really crappy units. But I can't really attack them, I can only afford one army per province, so invading them means I have to leave something unwatched (which means this province being invaded by someone else). Also, if I invaded them, I'd probably face numbers so huge not even the much higher quality of my troops could save me...

Any suggestions?

Edit: Oh, just noticed that I have no borders to the HRE anymore. Didn't check carefully enough.