Cambrésis

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former province of France historic region

Cambrésis is a historic region in northern France centered around the city of Cambrai, known for its medieval bishopric and strategic importance in European conflicts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cambrésis canonical 5
Ternois 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former province of France ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
annexationTreaty Treaty of Nijmegen ⓘ
annexationYear 1678 ⓘ
annexedBy Kingdom of France ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Italian War of 1551–1559 ⓘ
associatedWithTreaty Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis ⓘ
surface form: Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis
borderedBy Artois ⓘ
Hainaut ⓘ
Picardy ⓘ
centeredOn Cambrai ⓘ
contains Cambrai ⓘ
Caudry ⓘ
Le Cateau-Cambrésis ⓘ
country France ⓘ
culturalRegion French Flanders ⓘ
currentUseOfName local historical and cultural designation ⓘ
economicActivityHistorically agriculture ⓘ
textile production ⓘ
formerStatus imperial immediacy ⓘ
governedBy Bishop of Cambrai ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishop of Cambrai
hasCapital Cambrai ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernment prince-bishopric ⓘ
historicalEra Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalJurisdiction Bishopric of Cambrai ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Cambrai
historicalRegionOf France ⓘ
knownFor Bishopric of Cambrai ⓘ
surface form: medieval bishopric of Cambrai

strategic importance in European conflicts ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken French ⓘ
Picard ⓘ
locatedIn Hauts-de-France ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
militaryImportance fortified frontier region ⓘ
notableCity Cambrai ⓘ
notableTown Caudry ⓘ
Le Cateau-Cambrésis ⓘ
nowMostlyIn Nord department ⓘ
partOf County of Flanders ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousCenter Archdiocese of Cambrai ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Cambrai
strategicRole frontier zone between France and the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
wasAutonomousWithin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
wasEcclesiasticalPrincipality true ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Le Cateau-Cambrésis → namedAfter → Cambrésis ⓘ
Cambrai → historicalRegion → Cambrésis ⓘ
Cambrai → isPrefectureOf → Cambrésis ⓘ
Picard language → hasDialect → Cambrésis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ternois
Cateau-Cambrésis, France → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Cambrésis ⓘ
subject surface form: Cateau-Cambrésis
canton of Le Cateau-Cambrésis → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Cambrésis ⓘ