Loon

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former administrative territorial entity medieval county

Loon is a historic medieval county in what is now eastern Belgium, centered around the city of Borgloon and influential in the region’s feudal politics.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Loon canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
absorbedBy Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence) ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
approximateEndTime 14th century ⓘ
approximateStartTime 11th century ⓘ
borderedBy Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
Duchy of Guelders ⓘ
Duchy of Limburg ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence) ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
capital Borgloon ⓘ
coatOfArms three red chevrons on a gold field ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
economy agriculture-based medieval economy ⓘ
followedBy Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence) ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
governmentForm feudal county ⓘ
hasCenter Borgloon ⓘ
hasCity Borgloon ⓘ
St. Truiden ⓘ
Tongeren ⓘ
historicalRegion Limburg ⓘ
surface form: Limburg (historical region)

Low Countries ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence) ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
language Middle Dutch ⓘ
Middle Low Franconian dialects ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Belgium ⓘ
present-day Belgium ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
namedAfter Borgloon ⓘ
notableRuler Arnold IV, Count of Loon ⓘ
Gerard I, Count of Loon ⓘ
Louis I, Count of Loon ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of Lotharingia ⓘ
surface form: Lotharingia

Lower Lorraine ⓘ
surface form: Lower Lotharingia

Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence) ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
partOfFeudalStructure Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
politicalSystem feudalism ⓘ
presentIn modern Belgian province of Limburg ⓘ
presentLocationIncludes Limburg (Belgium) ⓘ
surface form: Belgian province of Limburg

parts of Liège Province ⓘ
regionType seigneurial territory ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rulingDynasty House of Chiny-Loon ⓘ
House of Loon ⓘ
significantFor medieval territorial conflicts in the Meuse–Rhine region ⓘ
regional feudal politics in the Low Countries ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
vassalTo Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence) ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège

Referenced by (3)

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

County of Loon → alternativeName → Loon ⓘ
Midden-Drenthe → containsSettlement → Loon ⓘ
Looz → hasAlternativeName → Loon ⓘ