Margraviate of Antwerp

E308508

The Margraviate of Antwerp was a medieval border territory and important feudal principality within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the city of Antwerp in what is now Belgium.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Margraviate of Antwerp canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border territory
former state
margraviate
medieval principality
borderedBy County of Flanders
Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Guelders
Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence)
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
capital Antwerp
centeredOn Antwerp
surface form: city of Antwerp
continent Europe
feudalRank march
governmentType feudal monarchy
hasTitleHolder Margrave of Antwerp
historicalCategory Former monarchies of Europe
Burgundian Netherlands
surface form: Medieval Belgium

States of the Holy Roman Empire
historicalEra Middle Ages
importantFor military frontier
trade
integratedInto Duchy of Brabant
language Latin
Middle Dutch
locatedInPresentDay Belgium
locatedInRegion Flanders
Low Countries
locatedOnRiver Scheldt
partOf Holy Roman Empire
politicalStatus imperial fief
presentInModernCountry Belgium
presentInModernRegion Antwerp Province
surface form: Province of Antwerp
religion Roman Catholicism
sovereign Holy Roman Emperor
strategicRole control of Scheldt River access
defense of the Holy Roman Empire’s western frontier
successor Duchy of Brabant

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Lordship of Mechelen borderedBy Margraviate of Antwerp
Burgundian Circle appliesToJurisdiction Margraviate of Antwerp