Burgundian Circle

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The Burgundian Circle was an administrative and military district of the Holy Roman Empire that encompassed the Habsburg Netherlands and surrounding Burgundian territories in the early modern period.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Circle
administrative district
military district
appliesToJurisdiction Burgundian Netherlands
County of Artois
County of Burgundy
County of Flanders
County of Hainaut
County of Holland
County of Namur
County of Holland
surface form: County of Zeeland

County of Zutphen
Duchy of Bouillon
Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Guelders
Duchy of Limburg
Duchy of Luxembourg
Franche-Comté
Habsburg Netherlands
Imperial City of Cambrai
Imperial City of Tournai
Lordship of Friesland
Lordship of Groningen
Lordship of Overijssel
Margraviate of Antwerp
Bishopric of Cambrai
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Cambrai

Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence)
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège

Bishopric of Utrecht
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolved 1797
end of the Holy Roman Empire’s effective control in the Low Countries
followedBy Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Austrian Netherlands

Seventeen Provinces
Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
follows Burgundian Netherlands
hasCapital Bruges
Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

Mechelen
inception 1512
languageUsed Dutch
French
German
Latin
locatedIn Burgundy
Habsburg Netherlands
Low Countries
namedAfter Burgundy
partOf Holy Roman Empire
significantEvent Imperial Reform
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549

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Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 relatedTo Burgundian Circle
Lordship of Friesland partOf Burgundian Circle
Lordship of Overijssel partOf Burgundian Circle
Lower Saxon Circle borderedBy Burgundian Circle
this entity surface form: Burgundian Circle (via coastal and Low Countries proximity)
County of Holland partOf Burgundian Circle
Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) hasPart Burgundian Circle
subject surface form: Imperial Circles
Holy Roman Empire forces operatedIn Burgundian Circle
Sticht Utrecht partOf Burgundian Circle