Lordship of Groningen

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The Lordship of Groningen was a historical territorial lordship in the northern Low Countries that formed part of the Habsburg-era Seventeen Provinces in what is now the Netherlands.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent territory of the Seventeen Provinces
former territorial lordship
historical polity
borderedBy Drenthe
East Frisia
Lordship of Friesland
Ommelanden
capital Groningen NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Habsburg Netherlands
governmentType feudal lordship
historicalCountry Low Countries
historicalEra Early modern period
includedCity Groningen NERFINISHED
includedRegion surrounding Ommelanden
language Dutch
Low Saxon dialects
locatedInPresentDay Netherlands
locatedInRegion northern Low Countries
namedAfter Groningen NERFINISHED
partOf Habsburg Netherlands
Holy Roman Empire
Seventeen Provinces
politicalStatus lordship under Habsburg sovereignty
predecessor City of Groningen as semi-independent commune
presentIn modern province of Groningen
religion Roman Catholicism
rulingDynasty Habsburg dynasty
sovereignDuringPeriod House of Habsburg
successor Province of Groningen NERFINISHED

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