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    The counts of Limburg ruled a medieval county with its capital at Limbourg-sur-Vesdre, lying between Liège and Aachen. They rose to prominence when one...
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  • Brabant, dukes of Lothier, and rulers of Limburg) List of dukes of Burgundy (1384–1795, see also List of counts of Burgundy) List of bishops and archbishops...
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  • territory of Luxembourg has been ruled successively by counts, dukes and grand dukes. It was part of the medieval Kingdom of Germany, and later the Holy...
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    of Berg in 1348, and in 1380 the Emperor Wenceslaus elevated the counts of Berg to the rank of dukes, thus originating the Duchy of Jülich-Berg. In 1509...
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    as an honorific title. In 1288, the dukes of Brabant became also dukes of Limburg. The title fell to the dukes of Burgundy in 1430. Later on, it followed...
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    The Counts were elevated to Princes of Schaumburg in 1619/1620, however, the Dukes of Holstein opposed the transition of that title to the County of Holstein-Pinneberg...
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    century. The Limburg-Stirum were imperial counts within the Holy Roman Empire, until they were mediatised in 1806 by the Confederation of the Rhine. Although...
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    1152 and held by the Zähringer dukes until 1218. As a result, they are sometimes referred to as 'Dukes of Burgundy', although the existing Duchy of Burgundy...
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    Klingenberg (1293–1306) Dukes of Teck – Adalbert II, Duke of Teck, Conrad II of Teck (~1260-1292) Counts of Wurttemberg – Hartmann, Count of Württemberg (1181–1236)...
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    Duke (redirect from Dukes)
    kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked below princes and grand dukes. The title comes from French...
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  • Bayreuth Counts of Bentheim Counts of Bentheim-Alpen Counts of Bentheim-Bentheim Counts of Bentheim-Limburg Counts of Bentheim-Lingen Counts of Bentheim-Steinfurt...
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    Burgundy (Franche-Comté), and other lands through marriage, forming what is now known as the Burgundian State. The term "Valois Dukes of Burgundy" is employed...
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  • Godfrey of Bouillon received the mark in 1076 from emperor Henry IV. After his death in the Crusader state of Jerusalem in 1100, Henry I of Limburg was appointed...
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    Godfrey III of Louvain and his wife Margaret, daughter of Duke Henry II of Limburg. His father also held the title of a landgrave of Brabant, duke of Lower...
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  • subadvocatus and the abbey's own brethren and tenants, but also with the higher advocatus, the Dukes of Limburg, and their successors the Dukes of Brabant...
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    Emperors Henry IV and Henry V: In 1100 Henry IV had enfeoffed Count Henry of Limburg, whom Henry V, having enforced the abdication of his father, immediately...
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    Dutch Republic Lion (category Dutch coats of arms)
    with the red lion of Limburg. Today these arms are used by the Kings of the Belgians. Arms of the counts of Flanders Arms of the dukes of Brabant, now used...
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    later Dukes of Brabant as an honorific title. In 1288, the Duchess of Brabant became also Duchess of Limburg. The title fell to the Duchess of Burgundy...
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  • Grand duke (redirect from Grand Dukes)
    void style and title of "Grand Duke of the West" in 1435, having previously brought the duchies of Brabant and Limburg as well as the counties of Holland...
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    Heerlen (redirect from History of Heerlen)
    [ˈɦeə˦lə]) is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg. Measured as...
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  • The Lords of Ligny, later Counts of Ligny, ruled the fief of Ligny-en-Barrois during the Middle Ages. In 1240, the seigniory of Ligny-en-Barrois was given...
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    des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XIX (Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke, 2011), 436. "The Habsburg Most Illustrious Order of the Golden Fleece: Its Potential...
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  • Spain, heir of the Dukes of Burgundy. This left a great part of the executive and legislative power to the Ridderschap (knightly estate) of each province,...
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    and Duke of Limburg 1840–1849: William II, also Grand Duke of Luxemburg and Duke of Limburg 1849–1890: William III, also Grand Duke of Luxemburg and Duke...
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  • conflict. Counts of Bilstein vs Counts of Northeim 1105–1110 – Conflict between the counts of Northeim and the Counts of Bilstein in which the Counts of Northeim...
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    Merenberg, Limburg and Eppstein. It should, however, be noted that many of the titles are held without regard to the strict rules of Salic inheritance and that...
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    Waleran of Limburg (c. 1085 – 1139), the son of Henry, whom Henry V had deprived in 1106. Nonetheless, Godfrey maintained the margraviate of Antwerp and retained...
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    S2CID 155502574. Genealogy of the Middle Ages – House of Nassau Nassau-info.de Titles of Counts, Princes, and Dukes of Nassau Marek, Miroslav. "Nassau...
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    Babenbergs and of his victory over Ottokar II of Bohemia at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278, he appointed his sons as Dukes of Austria and moved the...
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  • Thumbnail for Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine
    was formally Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1319 to 1327. He was the second son of Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Mechtild of Nassau. He didn't...
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