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	Brabant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Duchy of Brabant was formally erected in 1183/1184.
		The title "Duke of Brabant" was created by the German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in favor of Henry I of Brabant, son of Godfrey I of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia.
		During the French occupation of the Southern Netherlands in 1795 the duchy of Brabant was dissolved.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brabant (615 words)

	BRABANT - LoveToKnow Article on BRABANT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He it was to whom Brabant owed the great charter of its liberties, called Lajoyeuse entre, because it was granted on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter Johanna (Jeanne) with Wenzel (Wenceslaus) of Luxemburg, and was proclaimed on their state entry into Brussels (1356).
		The chief city of Brabant, Brussels, became under the Habsburg rgime the residence of the court and the capital of the Netherlands.
		The important part played by Brabant at this crisis of the history of the southern Netherlands was marked in 1831 by the adoption of the ancient Brabancon colors to form the national flag, and of the lion of Brabant as the armorial bearings of Belgium.
	69.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BR/BRABANT.htm (1407 words)

	North Brabant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River (Maas) in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.
		After the Union of Utrecht was signed in 1579, Brabant became a battlefield between the protestant Republic of the Seven United Netherlands and the catholic Spain, which occupied the southern Netherlands.
		With the Peace of Westphalia, the northern part of Brabant became part of the Netherlands as the territory of Staats-Brabant (State Brabant) under federal rule (the founding provinces of the Dutch Republic were self-governing).
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/North_Brabant (632 words)

	Flemish Brabant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium.
		It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders.
		The official language in Flemish Brabant is Dutch (as it is in the whole of Flanders), but a few municipalities are allowed to use French to communicate with their citizens; these are called the municipalities with linguistic facilities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flemish_Brabant (328 words)

	a short history of Brabant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In 1406 Duchess Johanna of Brabant, was succeeded by Antoon of Burgundy.
		The first university in the Netherlands, in Leuven, was founded in 1425 by the latter's son, Jan IV of Brabant.
		During the rule of Napoleon I Bonaparte, from 1795 - 1814, the remaining southern estates of Brabant were split in the Département de la Dyle (later the Belgian province of Brabant) and the Département des Deux-Nethes (now the Belgian province of Antwerpen).
	www.aegee.tue.nl /brabant/brab1.html (583 words)

	Brabant, Pierre
		Brabant composed the music for Ruth Sorel's ballet La Gaspésienne (1949), premiered in Montreal and performed in Toronto, New York, and at the Warsaw Opera in 1950.
		Later, Brabant became interested in pop music, writing the music for Jean-Pierre Ferland's 'Feuilles de gui,' which was awarded prizes on the CBC's 'Chansons sur mesure' and in Brussels in 1962.
		Brabant was music director and arranger for some recordings by Jean-Paul Filion, Hervé Brousseau, Georges Dor and Félix Leclerc and also composed the music for 'La Semaine verte' and 'Rue des pignons,' a popular TV series for which he recorded the theme song (Sel SSP 24161) and played the background music 1967-78.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000404 (346 words)

	AllRefer.com - Brabant, duchy of (Benelux History) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Brabant, duchy of, former duchy, divided between Belgium (Brabant and Antwerp provs.) and the Netherlands (North Brabant prov.).
		(For the history of Brabant from 1477 to 1794 see Netherlands, Austrian and Spanish.) Like the rest of the S Low Countries, Brabant owed its extraordinary prosperity during the Middle Ages to its wool and other textile industries and to the commercial enterprise of the inhabitants of its cities and towns.
		The dukes of Brabant, who relied on the towns to finance their wars and luxurious lifestyles, granted them virtual self-government and an ever-increasing share in the management of the duchy.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/BrabntDuc.html (375 words)

	Van der Heiden Family History
		Brabant came under the rule of the Counts of Leuven (Louvain), who enlarged their domain considerably between the 10th and 12th centuries, with the county of Ukkel-Brussel (Uccle-Brussels), the abbeys of Nijvel and Gembloers, and the domains of Antwerpen and Orthen, later 's-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc).
		Wilhelmina Van den Asseldonk was born _____________, at ______________, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands, the daughter of ______________ and _____________ (________) Van den Asseldonk.
		Hendrina Van Nistelroy was born _____________, at ______________, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands, the daughter of ______________ and _____________ (______________) Van Nistelroy.
	vanderheiden.family-history.com /VdHfamilyhistory.htm (4185 words)

	Flemish Brabant
		The duchy of Brabant was at the zenith of its power in the 13th century.
		It was incorporated into Burgundy in 1430, and became part of the Habsburg Empire on the marriage of Mary of Burgundy to Emperor Maximilian I. In 1556, control of the duchy passed to the Habsburg Philip II of Spain.
		Brabant became an autonomous Belgian province in 1995, based on the division of the Flemish and Walloon communities.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0017971.html (312 words)

	The Brabant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Brabant (also known as the Brabancon and Belgian Heavy Draught) is a magnificent horse which takes its name from the region in central Belgium where it was first bred.
		The Brabant dates back to the 11th century, and is believed to resemble the war horses bred in the Middle Ages.
		Brabants have been exported all over the world for cross-breeding, to improve such quality of other heavy-horse types such as the Shire and Clydesdale in Great Britain.
	members.tripod.com /horse_crazy/brabant.htm (227 words)

	Brabant -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It was transferred to the (A native or inhabitant of Austria) Austrian branch of that family in 1714.
		At the French occupation of the Southern Netherlands in 1795 the duchy of Brabant was dissolved.
		The capital of Brabant was (The capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Brussels.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/brabant.htm (647 words)

	AllRefer.com - North Brabant (Benelux Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The history of the province was that of Brabant (see Brabant, duchy of) until the late 16th cent., when the Dutch revolted against the harsh Spanish rule.
		As a result of the Spanish reconquest of the larger part of the duchy, Brabant was divided by the Peace of Westphalia (1648) between the Spanish (later Austrian) Netherlands and the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
		In 1795, North Brabant became a province of the Netherlands.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NorthBrb.html (331 words)

	Brabant Research (Carrot Projects 1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		All of the carrots were grown using the Brabant Program outline, differentiating only in the seed treatments, either raw seed or treated pellet.
		As the project was 45 acres in scope, with ten seed treatments, the difficulty of maintaining different fertilizer treatments, especially in light of Brabant's previous experience with typical grower program results, seemed unnecessary.
		Brabant believes that this is an important issue to the processing food industry.
	www.brabantresearch.com /projects/carrots.html (1335 words)

	Brabant, duchy of
		The duchy of Brabant emerged (1190) from the duchy of Lower Lorraine.
		Since 1840 the eldest son of the king of the Belgians has held the title duke of Brabant.
		85,018), Flemish Brabant prov., central Belgium, on the Dijle...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0808638.html (338 words)

	North Brabant Province (The Netherlands)
		During the Dutch Republic the Staten of Brabant continued the lion as arms of Brabant.
		In the Middle Ages, it was occupied by Salic Franks, and was first a part of Austrasia, later of Lorraine, and since the 10th century, it formed the county of Leuven, which became the duchy of Brabant in the 12th century.
		As to the colours of the arms, in 1234 in a Crusade against the Stedingen in East-Frisia, Henry I supposedly used a fl flag, with on the one side the Holy Mary in an aureole, and on the other side a lion or, tongued and nailed gules.
	flagspot.net /flags/nl-nb.html (654 words)

	Provincie Vlaams-Brabant
		Flemish Brabant has an elongated form (90 km east to west, 40 km north to south) and with an area of 2106km² is the smallest Flemish province.
		Flemish Brabant has rolling contours, its ground level rising gradually from north to south, culminating in the Forest of Zoniën (139 m).
		The well wooded part of Flemish Brabant (Forest of Zoniën, Halle Wood) to the south of Brussels, which lies on the language border and stretches from Halle to Overijse, is currently designated by the term ‘Zenne and Zoniën’, North of Leuven there is the brabant sand-clay area, where Brabant’s vegetables come from.
	www.vlaamsbrabant.be /vlbrEn/fbtoday/fbtodayHOME.jsp?page=534 (410 words)

	SIGER DE BRABANT - LoveToKnow Article on SIGER DE BRABANT
		The matter was settled by the Papal Legate, Simon de Brion, afterwards Pope Martin IV.
		Again Siger and Bernier de Nivelles were summoned to appear on a charge of heresy, especially in connection with the Impossibilia, where the existence of God is discussed.
		See P. Mandonnet, Siger de Brabant et lAverroisme latin du XIII~ sicle (Fribourg, 1899); G. Paris, Siger de Brabant in La Posie du moyen age (1895); and an article in the Revue de Paris (Sept. 1st, 1900).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SI/SIGER_DE_BRABANT.htm (512 words)

	Brabant & Limburg
		The province of Noord Brabant is a plain that mostly consists of agriculture.
		The countryside in Brabant is very beautiful with landscapes of forestry, polders, natural fens, heathlands, drift sands, and large country estates.
		In Brabant and Limburg, the three day party tradition and parade is as strong as ever.
	www.spacetrekkers.fcpages.com /brabant&.htm (966 words)

	Provincie Vlaams-Brabant
		Flemish Brabant, the youngest of the five provinces of Flanders, was created in 1995 when the single province of Brabant was split into three: a Flemish part, a Walloon part, and the capital region of Brussels.
		Flemish Brabant is proud to present to you the magnificent cultural heritage city of Leuven and two very remarkable regions – the Green Belt and the Hageland.
		But no matter where you are, you can wander and cycle freely, recharge your cultural batteries, or simply enjoy the delicious food and drink that the region has to offer.
	www.vlaamsbrabant.be /vlbrEn/homeEn.jsp?page=497 (151 words)

	Tilburg University: Profile of the Brabant Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Brabant Collection contains several hundred early and recent journals that are concerned with the history of Noord Brabant and the Flemish areas of the old Duchy of Brabant.
		The Brabant Collection contains a collection of recent and early Brabant newspapers (the earliest is from 1771!) The largest part of the collection is formed by Het Brabants Dagblad and the forerunners (‘s-Hertogenbosch etc).
		The department of the Brabant Collection that is concerned with film, photo and sound material is called 'Sound and Image'.
	www.tilburguniversity.nl /services/library/collections/brabant/profile.html (495 words)

	Brabant
		Brabant, duchy of - Brabant, duchy of, former duchy, divided between Belgium (Brabant and Antwerp provs.) and the...
		Mont-Saint-Jean - Mont-Saint-Jean, village, Walloon Brabant prov., central Belgium, on a height S of Waterloo.
		Province of Brabant, near the town of Wavre.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0808637.html (192 words)

	Flemish Brabant (Province, Belgium) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Municipal flags in the province of Flemish Brabant
		The flag and arms of the Flemish Brabant were adopted by the Provincial Council on 17 January 1995 and approved by the Flemish Minister of Culture, Family and Welfare on 16 April 1996.
		According to Harmignies and Warlop, the flag is a "reproduction" of the shield of the arms described as:
	www.flagspot.com /flags/be-vbr.html (136 words)

	Horsesdaily News: International Equestrian Elite Rallies at Indoor Brabant, March 21-24, 2002
		The Indoor Brabant pioneered the indoor driving event for four-in-hand drivers Taking place from 21 - 24 March at the Brabant Indoor Arena of 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands), the Indoor Brabant horse show includes World Cup competitions in no less than three disciplines.
		Some years ago Indoor Brabant created a World premiere with their indoor four-in-hand driving competition, an initiative which fell on fruitful ground, leading to the introduction of the FEI World Cup.
		At the Indoor Brabant competition, six four-in-hand teams are on the competitors' list, including two Dutchman, World champion IJsbrand Chardon and, representing the younger generation, Koos de Ronde.
	www.horsesdaily.com /news/driving/2002/02-08-indoorbrabant.html (423 words)

	Brabant. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Much of its soil is fertile and under cultivation, and industry is prevalent.
		Belgian Brabant occupies the southern part of the former duchy of Brabant.
		The Brussels capital region is surrounded by, but not part of, Flemish Brabant.
	www.bartleby.com /65/br/BrabntBel.html (147 words)

	D'Almeida v. Stork Brabant B.V.
		John J. McGivney, with whom Burns and Levinson was on brief for Stork Brabant, B.V. and Stork Brabant, Inc., defendants, third-party plaintiffs-appellants.
		Stork Brabant B.V. and Stork Brabant, Inc. ("Stork") appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing a third-party action for indemnification and contribution against Ing.
		The facts are set out at length in the Report and Recommendation of the magistrate judge; the legal issues are whether the Massachusetts long-arm statute, Mass.
	www.law.emory.edu /1circuit/dec95/95-1513.01a.html (1076 words)

	Brabant 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Local nobles resented this and the duchy was fought over for most of the 12th century.
		The family finally abandoned the title of Lower Lorraine in favor of Brabant.
		Henry II of Brabant married Sophia, niece of Heinrich Raspe of Thuringia, a major landholder in Germany.
	genealogy.euweb.cz /brabant/brabant1.html (319 words)

	Holidays in Brabant Province
		Dutch Brabant, a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River (Maas) in the north, the province of
		Regions in Brabant : Brabantse Kempen, de Peel, Land of Cuijk, Groene Driehoek [ the green triangle ], Brabantse Meijerij, Land of Heusden and Altena.
		This nature reserve is one of the last remnants of the marshy-woodland landscape of Brabant: wet marsh woods with reed vegetation and grasslands.
	www.reiswijs.co.uk /destinations/europe/netherlands/brabant/brabant.html (1560 words)

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