The Lordship of Mechelen (Dutch: Heerlijkheid Mechelen, French: Seigneurie de Malines) was a small autonomous Lordship in the Low Countries, consisting...

Mechelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛxələ(n)]; Limburgish: Mechele [ˈmæxələ]) is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality...

concept of a heerlijkheid; there is no equivalent in English for the Dutch-language term. In its earliest history, Mechelen was a heerlijkheid of the Bishopric...

Willem was a leader of the Berthout family, which ruled over the Heerlijkheid of Mechelen. William was appointed without intervention from the chapters by...

List of Lords of Saint-Floris, former Flemish title, coupled to the Heerlijkheid of Sint-Floris, located in Artois. The title belonged to the Flemish House...

Margaretha van Mechelen and Maurice, Prince of Orange, and so a collateral member of the House of Orange-Nassau. He was a Lord of the heerlijkheid van De Lek...

the church became part of Lobbes Abbey. The heerlijkheid (landed estate) belonged to the Lordship of Mechelen. The village was mainly an agricultural community...

concept of a heerlijkheid; there is no equivalent in English for the Dutch-language term. In its earliest history, Mechelen was a heerlijkheid of the Bishopric...

The Lords of Poederlee held a heerlijkheid (lordship) in Lille, Belgium, which in the 17th century became a barony. Jean of Vriessele, Lord of Poederlee:...

he was granted lands and the title Lord of De Lek. He received his heerlijkheid of De Lek as a bequest from his father to him and his descendants. His...

and Befferhof Castle. The family was important for the history of the Heerlijkheid of Oppuers. For generations they were Lord of Oppuurs and Poederlee....

known Coudenbergh family from Brussels. This family would govern the heerlijkheid as it was raised in status first to a barony and later to a margravate...

Nassau [nl]), a house in Mechelen, the heerlijkheid of the Lek [nl], Monster and Polanen, Zundert and Nispen, and the heerlijkheid of Drimmelen. On 27 February...

Abbey and the Abbey of Kortenberg were important landowners. The feudal heerlijkheid of Zaventem then came to be owned by the knight Hendrik van der Meeren...

- Hepburn, Audrey - Herentals - Herenthout - Hergé - Herk-de-Stad - Heerlijkheid - Herselt - Herstappe - Herzele - Heusden-Zolder - Heuvelland - Heysel...

village in Limburg, located in the Netherlands. Originally, the lordship (Heerlijkheid) of Hornes was a property of the Counts of Looz. The first mentioned...

schepenbanken or vierscharen, baljuw (a county official) courts, and Heerlijkheid courts (courts of feudal lords with the privilege of high or low justice)...

1692–1701; and 1704–1707. During this length of time he frequently travelled to Mechelen, Antwerp and Brussels to attend Carmelite chapter-meetings. From 1679 until...

level, applying local law, like Schepenbanken, Baljuw's courts, and Heerlijkheid's courts that acted as courts of first instance in both criminal and civil...

1956 De Opstand in de Nederlanden Staring Instituut: Bredevoort een Heerlijkheid", ISBN 90-900213-5-3 (first edition 1988) Staatkundige historie van Holland:...