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	Limburg, Lower Lorraine - LoveToKnow 1911
		The duchy comprised during this period the bailiwicks of Herve, Montzen, Baelen, Sprimont and Wallhorn, and the counties of Rolduc, Daelhem and Falkenberg, to which was added in 1530 the town of Maastricht.
		In 1814 the old name of Limburg was restored to one of the provinces of the newly created kingdom of the Netherlands, but the new Limburg comprised besides the ancient duchy, a piece of Gelderland and the county of Looz.
		At the revolution of 1830 Limburg, with the exception of Maastricht, threw in its lot with the Belgians, and during the nine years that King William refused to recognize the existence of the kingdom of Belgium the Limburgers sent representatives to the legislature at Brussels and were treated as Belgians.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Limburg,_Lower_Lorraine (788 words)

	Brabant, Netherlands (Duchy) - LoveToKnow 1911
		The remnant of the duchy, united since i 100 with the rnargraviate of Antwerp, was conferred in 1106 by the emperor Henry V., with the title of duke of Lower Lorraine, upon Godfrey (Godefroid) the Bearded," count of Louvain and Brussels.
		His title was disputed by Count Henry of Limburg, and for three generations the representatives of the rival houses contested the possession of the ducal dignity in Lower Lorraine.
		After his death (1383) his widow continued to rule over the two duchies for eighteen years, but was obliged to rely on the support of the house of Burgundy in her contests with the turbulent city gilds and with her neighbours, the dukes of Julich and Gelderland.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Brabant,_Netherlands_(Duchy) (1260 words)

	Duchy of Limburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Duchy of Limburg, situated in the Low Countries between the river Meuse and the city of Aachen, was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and the German Confederation.
		Its territory is presently divided between the Belgian provinces of Liège and Limburg (Voeren) and the Dutch province of Limburg.
		The Austrian Duchy of Limburg was disbanded and became part of the département of Ourte.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duchy_of_Limburg (535 words)

	Limburg - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Limburg (Netherlands), in the south of the Netherlands.
		Limburg (Belgium), in the Flanders region of Belgium.
		Since Limburg is located in Flanders and the Netherlands, the official languages in Limburg are Flemish and Dutch, respectively, but Limburgish language, which has many divergent dialects, is spoken throughout the region.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Limburg (414 words)

	Limburg (Netherlands)
		Limburg is the southern-most of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands, located in the south-east of the country.
		When the Netherlands and Belgium separated in 1830, there was support for adding Limburg to Belgium, but in the end (1839) the province was divided in two, with the eastern part going to the Netherlands and the western part to Belgium.
		Dutch Limburg was from that moment on, as the Duchy Limburg, also part of the German Confederation.
	ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/Limburg_(Netherlands).html (427 words)

	Wikinfo \| Battle of Worringen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The battle was fought for the possession of the duchy of Limburg, and was one of the largest battles in Europe in the Middle Ages.
		After duke Walram of Limburg died in 1282, the duchy of Limburg was inherited by his daughter Irmgard, wife of count Reinoud I of Guelders.
		The duchy of Limburg was important for John of Brabant as it was on the trade route to the Rhine.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Battle_of_Worringen (489 words)

	Counts and Dukes of Limburg
		As a compensation Limburg was elevated to a duchy 1106.
		Limburg was later united with Brabant after a war over the succession 1283-1288 and together with Brabant became Limburg a part of the Burgundian lands 1430.
		The northern half of Limburg with the city of Maastricht was later conquered by The Netherlands during the Dutch revolt.
	www.tacitus.nu /historical-atlas/regents/benelux/limburg.htm (186 words)

	Limburg - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Founded in the 11th cent., the duchy was divided in the Peace of Westphalia (1648) between the United Netherlands (which received Maastricht) and the Spanish Netherlands.
		The duchy was united (1815) under the kingdom of the Netherlands.
		Limburg prov., as established in 1815, did not correspond to the borders of the old duchy.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-limburgnet.html (336 words)

	1. History of South Limburg
		Limburg started as one of the many small feudal states into which the duchy of Lower Lorraine was split up in the second half of the 11th century.
		Limburg received her name from the strong castle built by Count Walram on the river Vesdre in Wallonia, where the little town of Limbourg, once the capital of the Duchy of Limburg, now stands.
		The own Limburg language (one of the oldest in Europe, and not much different from the Doric in Scotland) and culture are not recognized, and may not be taught at schools: they are considered vulgar, and must therefore yield for the decadent Dutch or Flemish language and culture.
	www.clannasaor.com /limburghistory.htm (2575 words)

	Limburg (Province, Belgium) # fahnenversand.de - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Nationalflaggen Nationalflagge Shop ...
		At the end of the Ancient Regime, the region limited by Liège, Maastricht and Aachen was divided among several feudal states: the County of Loon (in French, Looz), the Principality of Liège, the Duchy of Limburg, the domains of Valkenburg and 's Hertogenrad (belonging to Limburg) and the County of Dalhem.
		The Dutch Limburg is still related to the historical Duchy of Limburg but the Belgian Limburg does not include a single piece of land formerly belonging to the Duchy, being mostly made of the former County of Loon.
		The new arms of Limburg were derived from the arms of the Duchy of Limburg, with the addition of a Ducal coronet over the lion and of an escutcheon with the colours of Loon.
	www.fahnenversand.de /fotw/flags/be-vli.html (1112 words)

	Grand duchy - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		It has been a grand duchy since 1815, when the Netherlands became an independent kingdom and Luxembourg was handed over to the King of the Netherlands, William I.
		Grand Duchy is the appellation of the territory of a sovereign Grand Duke's territory.
		An established use of the title was in Grand Duchy of Lithuania (since 14th century) and Grand Duchy of Moscow.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Grand_duchy (1497 words)

	Brabant - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Brabant is a former duchy in the Low Countries, and a former province of Belgium.
		The territory of the Duchy of Brabant corresponded approximately to that of the present Dutch province North Brabant and three provinces and one region of Belgium: Antwerp, Walloon Brabant, Flemish Brabant and Brussels-Capital Region.
		At the French occupation of the Southern Netherlands in 1795 the duchy of Brabant was dissolved.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Brabant (509 words)

	Limburg (Netherlands) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Limburg got its name from the fortified castle known as Limbourg, situated on the small river Vesdre in the Ardennes, nowadays in the Belgian province of Liège.
		Limburg was also the scene of many a bloody battle during the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648), in which the Netherlands threw off Spanish rule.
		As such, the name of the new province derived from the old duchy of Limburg that had existed until 1648 within the triangle Maastricht – Liège – Aachen.
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Limburg_(Netherlands) (1290 words)

	Duchy Of Brabant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Map of the Duchy of Brabant; territory covering approximately the present province of North Brabant, the three Belgian provinces Antwerp, Walloon Brabant and Flemish Brabant, and the Brussels-Capital Region.
		The Duchy of Brabant was a feudal elevation of the already existing title of Landgrave of Brabant.
		During the French occupation of the Southern Netherlands in 1795 the duchy of Brabant was dissolved.
	www.infoforyou.org /input.php?title=Duchy_of_Brabant (419 words)

	Limburg, Netherlands
		The former County (and later Duchy) of Limburg, to the east of the Maas, was declared by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to be a province of the kingdom of the United Netherlands, which included the northern provinces of the Netherlands, Belgium and the old diocese of Liège.
		Limburg remained a duchy until 1903, and this is perhaps why the Queen's Commissioner for Limburg is still called Governor and the arms of Limburg province incorporate those of the duchies of Gelderland and Limburg.
		Apart from the towns Limburg is still largely an agricultural province, though since the end of the 19th century industry has come to play a predominant role in the economy.
	www.planetware.com /netherlands/limburg-nl-lb-lb.htm (268 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Limburg's name derives the fortified castle town known as Limbourg, situated on the river Vesdre in the Ardennes, nowadays in the Belgian province of LiÃ¨ge.
		However, most the area of the current Dutch Limburg was not part of this polity but was divided among several states including the Duchy of Brabant, the Duchy of JÃ¼lich, and the Bishopric of LiÃ¨ge, as well as the Duchy of Limburg.
		Limburg's surface is largely formed by deposits from this Meuse river, consisting of river clay, fertile loessial soil and large deposits of pebblestone, currently being quarried for the construction industry.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Limburg_(Netherlands) (1407 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Limburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The political independence of the Duchy of Nassau and of the imperial free city of Frankfort-on-the-Main came to an end in the German war of 1866, after which both were incorporated in the Kingdom of Prussia.
		By the Sperrgesetz, the clergy of Limburg found themselves deprived of salaries, while the bishop, after suffering fines and distraints for filling parishes without giving to the Government the newly prescribed notification, was, in 1876, expelled from office by the civil authority, and exiled.
		The Diocese of Limburg includes the Prussian civil district of Wiesbaden in the Province of Hesse-Nassau, with the exception of that part of the city of Frankfort-on-the-Main which belongs to the Diocese of Fulda and four towns in the Grand Duchy of Hesse.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09260a.htm (1512 words)

	Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit Limburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Limburg - a town in the Wiesbaden District, Hessen Germany
		At the end of the 13th Century there was still a Jew street there under the protection of the Duchy of Limburg.
		The economic situation of the Jewish families who lived in Limburg in the middle ages was fairly good.
	www.cjz-limburg.de /Archiv/Jews_in_Limburg.htm (461 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		in his expedition against Peter III., king of Aragon, but the duchy of Limburg was the scene of his chief activity and greatest successes.
		She died childless, but her husband continued to rule in Limburg, although his rights were disputed by Count Adolph of Berg, nephew to Waleran IV.
		Limburg was henceforth attached to the duchy of Brabant.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=36133 (448 words)

	The Low Countries: 2.2.2 Belgian Province of Limburg (1839/NOW)
		The area East of the Meuse formed in the Middle Ages the county, and later on the duchy of Limburg, which was formed in the 11th century and got its name from the fortress on the place where now Limbourg (in the present-day Belgian province of Liège) lies.
		During the Middle Ages, the duchy of Limburg was one of the Seventeen Provinces.
		During the French occupation, which lasted from 1795 until 1815, the land of Herve, part of the duchy of Limburg, was merged to the departement of Ourthe, while the rest of the duchy together with the county of Loon formed the departement Lower-Meuse.
	home.online.no /~vlaenen/low_countries/beplb.htm (390 words)

	John I of Brabant
		He was Duke of Brabant (1267-94) and Limburg (1288-94) and Duke of Lorraine.
		The greatest victory of Jan I was the famous battle of Woeringen [?] by which Jan I came to reign over the Duchy of Limburg.
		Jan I is said to be a perfect model of a feudal prince in the days of chivalry: brave, adventurous, excelling in every form of active exercise, fond of display, generous in temper.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/John_I_of_Brabant.html (276 words)

	Limbourg (Municipality, Province of Liège, Belgium) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The city was the former capital city of the Duchy of Limburg but is no longer in the Province of Limburg, which should have another name.
		Valéran II's son, Henri IV (1082-1106) was Count of Limburg, Count of Arlon, Duke of Lower-Lorraine and Marquis of Antwerp.
		The Duchy of Limburg included 43 villages and seven domains said to be "beyond the woods", which were enclaved in the Principality of Liège (Sprimont, Esneux, Tavier, Villers-aux-Tours, La Chapelle, La Rimière and Baugnée).
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/be-wlglm.html (556 words)

	International Civic Heraldry-Belgium-Limburg (Province)
		Henry, count of Limburg was mentioned Duke of Limburg in 1101, but this title was taken from him in 1106 again.
		The new arms still show the lion of Limburg, with an escutcheon with the arms of the former County of Loon, as the largest part of the province belonged to Loon in the Middle Ages.
		Hasselt is the capital of the province, Tongeren the seat of the oldest High Court of Limburg.
	www.ngw.nl /int/bel/prov/limburg.htm (377 words)

	Province of Limburg (L)
		In the 12th century the Duchy of Limburg covered part of the south of the current province it was named after.
		While the Duchy of Brabant ruled parts in the south, much of the north belonged to Gelre.
		To preserve the memory of the long vanished Duchy a new province was founded with the name of Limburg.
	limburgchurches.tripod.com /limburg.html (387 words)

	(HIS,P) Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Prussia, and Russia, relative ...
		Article I. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, maintains the ties which attach the said Duchy to the House of Orange-Nassau, in virtue of the Treaties which placed that State under the Sovereignty of the King Grand Duke, his descendants and successors.
		The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, within the Limits determined by the Act annexed to the Treaties of the 19th April, 1839, under the Guarantee of the Courts, of Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, and Russia, shall henceforth form a perpetually Neutral State.
		The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg being Neutralized, according to the terms of the preceding Article, the maintenance or establishment of Fortresses upon its Territory becomes without necessity as well as without object.
	www.zum.de /psm/div/lux/mowat3.php3 (540 words)

	goDutch.com :: Limburg's history unique among Dutch provinces
		The province of Limburg is one of four that gained the status of province during the post-Napoleonic era.
		Limburg partly belonged as a territory to the United Dutch Republic since 1648, while other areas, like much of the Southern Dutch provinces, belonged to Austria.
		With the treaty of 1839 when the Belgian secession was settled, Netherlands-Limburg as a duchy remained a member of the Union of German States.
	www.godutch.com /windmill/newsItem.asp?id=171 (245 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - CoA project
		The duchy of Limburg was one time a duchy in the vicinity of Maastricht and the capital was actually a city called Limburg - (between today's Eupen and Verviers) it was also an old ducal title held by nobility.
		Friesland was not a duchy but it was a separate entity withint HRE and Germany and I'd say it was powerful enough and important to consider it at least a duchy.
		Flanders was not a duchy, at least not in CK period, but as said this was one of the strongest French vassals and so it should be considered Duchy.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=201977 (1877 words)

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