Lordship of Mechelen

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former polity lordship territorial entity in the Low Countries

The Lordship of Mechelen was a small but strategically important autonomous territory in the Low Countries, centered on the city of Mechelen and historically part of the Habsburg Netherlands.

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former polity ⓘ
lordship ⓘ
territorial entity in the Low Countries ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty House of Burgundy ⓘ
House of Habsburg ⓘ
borderedBy County of Flanders ⓘ
Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
Margraviate of Antwerp ⓘ
capital Mechelen ⓘ
country Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
followedBy Mechelen ⓘ
surface form: Mechelen (Austrian Netherlands)
governmentType feudal lordship ⓘ
hadInstitution Great Council of Mechelen ⓘ
hasCentralCity Mechelen ⓘ
highestCourtFor Burgundian Netherlands ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
historicalEra Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Late Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalSignificance small but strategically important territory in the Low Countries ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
Middle Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn Low Countries ⓘ
Southern Netherlands ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Belgium ⓘ
Flemish Region ⓘ
Antwerp Province ⓘ
surface form: Province of Antwerp
notableFeature seat of the Great Council, supreme court of the Low Countries ⓘ
nowPartOf Mechelen ⓘ
surface form: City of Mechelen

Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Belgium
partOf Burgundian Netherlands ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Seventeen Provinces ⓘ
politicalStatus autonomous territory ⓘ
imperial fief ⓘ
precededBy City of Mechelen as imperial fief ⓘ
regionType enclave in surrounding territories ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulerTitle Lord of Mechelen ⓘ
sovereignDuringPeriod House of Habsburg ⓘ
strategicImportance administrative and judicial center in the Low Countries ⓘ
control of routes between Antwerp and Brussels ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 → appliesTo → Lordship of Mechelen ⓘ
Lord of the Netherlands → hasPart → Lordship of Mechelen ⓘ
Seventeen Provinces → hasPart → Lordship of Mechelen ⓘ
Lord of the Seventeen Provinces → sovereigntyOver → Lordship of Mechelen ⓘ
Burgundian Netherlands → territoryIncludes → Lordship of Mechelen ⓘ