County of Loon

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former principality medieval county

The County of Loon was a medieval principality in what is now eastern Belgium, historically associated with the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former principality → medieval county →
alternativeName	Loon → Looz →
associatedWithDynasty	Counts of Loon →
borderedBy	Duchy of Brabant NERFINISHED → Duchy of Limburg → Prince-Bishopric of Liège →
capital	Borgloon →
coatOfArmsDescription	three red chevrons on a gold field →
country	Holy Roman Empire →
currency	Loonse denier →
endTime	1366 → 14th century →
feudalStatus	imperial fief →
governmentType	feudal monarchy →
hasCity	Borgloon → Hasselt NERFINISHED → St. Truiden NERFINISHED → Tongeren →
hasTypeOfSubdivision	parishes → seigneuries →
historicalImportance	one of the principal secular lordships in the region of Liège →
historicalRegion	Lower Lotharingia → Prince-Bishopric of Liège →
incorporatedInto	Prince-Bishopric of Liège →
incorporationDate	1366 →
languageOfName	Dutch → French →
legalSystem	feudal law →
locatedIn	eastern Belgium → present-day Belgium →
locatedOn	western edge of the Meuse basin →
namedAfter	Borgloon →
notableEvent	annexation by the Prince-Bishopric of Liège in 1366 →
partOf	Low Countries → Prince-Bishopric of Liège →
presentInTerritoryOf	Belgium → Limburg (Belgium) → Liège Province NERFINISHED →
primaryLanguage	Middle Dutch →
regionType	county of the Holy Roman Empire →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
rulingTitle	Count of Loon →
secondaryLanguage	Latin →
startTime	11th century →
suzerain	Prince-Bishop of Liège →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Middle Dutch →	spokenIn