County of Buren

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The County of Buren was a historic territorial lordship in the Low Countries, centered on the town of Buren in present-day Netherlands and notable for its noble families and later connection to the Dutch royal house.

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Label Occurrences
County of Buren canonical 6
County of Buren in the Low Countries 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic county
territorial lordship
borderedBy other lordships in the Low Countries
connectedTo House of Orange-Nassau
surface form: Dutch royal house
country Low Countries
existedInPeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages
hasCapital Buren
hasConnection title used incognito by Dutch monarchs as "van Buren"
hasEconomyBasedOn agriculture
local trade
hasFeudalRank county
hasHeritageStatus historic region of the Netherlands
hasHistoricalSignificance example of a small territorial lordship in the Low Countries
origin of a title borne by the Dutch monarchs
hasLanguage Dutch
hasLegalSystem feudal law
hasNobleFamily House of Buren
House of Egmond
House of Orange-Nassau
hasReligion Roman Catholicism
hasRulingClass nobility
hasSuccessor municipality of Buren
hasSymbol coat of arms of Buren
hasTitle Count of Buren
hasTitleHolder Anna van Egmond
Dutch monarch
William I, Prince of Orange
surface form: William I of Orange
hasTypeOfGovernment feudal lordship
laterReligion Protestantism
locatedIn present-day Netherlands
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Gelderland
namedAfter Buren
nowPartOf Kingdom of the Netherlands
province of Gelderland
partOf Holy Roman Empire

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

Anna van Egmond associatedWith County of Buren
Anna van Buren associatedWith County of Buren
Buren historicalRegion County of Buren
Countess of Buren associatedWith County of Buren
Countess of Buren feudalContext County of Buren
this entity surface form: County of Buren in the Low Countries
Count of Buren linkedTo County of Buren
Count of Buren nobleJurisdiction County of Buren