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| | Francia Media: Lorraine & Burgundy |
 | | There is briefly a tug-of-war between the Counts of Limburg and those of Louvain (Löwen) and Brabant, calling on different sides in the dynastic struggles going on in Germany, before the Brabant line establishes itself. |
 | | The genealogy of Mons, Louvain, Hainault, Limburg, and Brabant is drawn from the Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte, Volume II Part 1, Europäische Kaiser-, Königs, und Fürstenhäuser I Westeuropa [Andreas Thiele, Third Edition, R. Fischer Verlag, 2001, pp.14, 16-18, & 20-25]. |
 | | After a couple of female heirs, both named Ermesinde (or Ermesind), the House of Luxemburg, now actually the House of Limburg, became one of the most important political forces in the 14th century, contending with the Hapsburgs for supremacy in Central Europe. |
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