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- In 1555, the Duchy of Luxembourg was annexed by the Spanish Empire. This period of Spanish rule lasted until 1684, when the French took control of the region. The French were eventually replaced by the Austrians in 1795.
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The territory of what would become Luxembourg by the 480s, became part of Merovingia Austrasia and eventually part of the core territory of the Carolingian Empire. With the Treaty of Verdun (843), it fell to Middle Francia, and in 855, to Lotharingia.
Luxembourg took no part in the revolt of the Low Countries against Philip II of Spain; it was to remain with what is now Belgium as part of the Spanish Netherlands. The duchy was able to remain aloof from the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48) for a time, but in 1635, when France became involved, a period of disaster began in Luxembourg, which was ...
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The Spanish Empire, [b] sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy [c] or the Catholic Monarchy, [d] [5] [6] [7] was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. [8] [9] In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery. It achieved a global scale, [10] controlling vast portions of the Americas ...
Meanwhile, the Dutch Revolt broke out against Habsburg rule in the Spanish Netherlands, beginning an Eighty Years War of independence. During this period, Luxembourg was heavily fortified by...
Luxembourg took no part in the revolt of the Low Countries against Philip II of Spain; it was to remain with what is now Belgium as part of the Spanish Netherlands. (For more specific information about the period, see Netherlands .)
After Emperor Charles V (1500-1558) abdicated in 1556, the division of the Habsburg territories put the duchy in the possession of the Spanish Habsburgs. Luxembourg took no part in the revolt of the Low Countries against Philip II of Spain, and remained with what became Belgium as part of the Spanish Netherlands.
Aug 11, 2019 · The medieval Duchy of Luxembourg, a territory somewhat larger than the current Grand Duchy, became a part of the Southern (Belgian) Netherlands in the 15th century, and had remained adjoined...
