Duchy of Limburg

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former duchy historic territory state of the Holy Roman Empire

The Duchy of Limburg was a historic territory in the Low Countries, centered on the town of Limbourg, that played a significant role in medieval and early modern European politics.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former duchy → historic territory → state of the Holy Roman Empire →
borderedBy	Duchy of Brabant → Duchy of Jülich → Prince-Bishopric of Liège →
capital	Limbourg →
continent	Europe →
country	Holy Roman Empire →
currency	various medieval currencies of the Low Countries →
endTime	18th century →
feudalStatus	imperial fief →
governmentType	monarchy →
language	German → Middle Dutch → Walloon →
locatedIn	Low Countries →
locatedInPresentDay	Belgium → Germany → Netherlands →
namedAfter	Limbourg →
nobleFamily	House of Limburg →
partOf	Austrian Netherlands → Burgundian Netherlands → Habsburg Netherlands → Holy Roman Empire → Imperial Circle of the Lower Rhine-Westphalia → Lower Lorraine → Seventeen Provinces → Spanish Netherlands →
region	Meuse valley →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
rulerTitle	Duke of Limburg →
significantEvent	Burgundian inheritance of Limburg → Habsburg inheritance of Limburg → War of the Limburg Succession →
significantRoleIn	early modern European politics → medieval European politics →
startTime	11th century →
successor	Austrian Netherlands → Burgundian Netherlands → French First Empire → French First Republic → Habsburg Netherlands → Kingdom of Belgium → United Kingdom of the Netherlands →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
County of Loon → Prince-Bishopric of Liège →	borderedBy
Duchess of Limburg → Duke of Limburg →	country
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 →	appliesTo
Duchess of Limburg →	associatedWith
Duke of Limburg →	governs
Seventeen Provinces →	hasPart
Limburg (Netherlands) →	historicalRegion
William I of the Netherlands →	monarchOf
Lord of the Seventeen Provinces →	sovereigntyOver
Middle Dutch →	spokenIn