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Luxembourg. Father. John of Bohemia. Mother. Beatrice of Bourbon. Wenceslaus I (also Wenceslas, Venceslas, Wenzel, or Václav, often called Wenceslaus of Bohemia in chronicles) (25 February 1337 – 7 December 1383) was the first Duke of Luxembourg from 1354. He was the son of John the Blind, King of Bohemia, and Beatrice of Bourbon. [1]
The Duchy of Brabant, a state of the Holy Roman Empire, was established in 1183. It developed from the Landgraviate of Brabant of 1085–1183, and formed the heart of the historic Low Countries . The Duchy comprised part of the Burgundian Netherlands from 1430 and of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1482, until it was partitioned after the Dutch ...
Duchy of Limburg. The Duchy of Limburg or Limbourg was an imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire. Much of the area of the duchy is today located within Liège Province of Belgium, with a small portion in the municipality of Voeren, an exclave of the neighbouring Limburg Province. Its chief town was Limbourg-sur-Vesdre, in today's Liège Province.
In 1289, the duchy of Limburg was added to the duchy of Brabant. It is believed that this was one of the last battles typical to the Middle Ages, where the combatants were mainly knights and their direct helpers. It also shaped – until today – the boarder between Rhineland and the Low Countries.
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Brabant, feudal duchy that emerged after the decline and collapse of the Frankish Carolingian empire in the mid-9th century. Centred in Louvain (now Leuven) and Brussels, it was a division of the former duchy of Lower Lorraine, which was split up into Brabant, Luxembourg, Hainaut, Namur, and other small feudal states in the 11th century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Story of Brabant lifts the lid on the key moments in the history of Brabant. Along the way, you encounter Roman conquerors, dukes of Brabant, iconoclasts and mercenaries. But also gentry from the Hague, pious priests, and successful entrepreneurs. It is a story of prehistoric farmers and their precarious existence.
The history of Brabant is connected with that of the duchy of Lower Lorraine, which became in the course of the 11th century split up into a number of small feudal states. The counts of Hainaut, Namur, Luxemburg and Limburg asserted their independence, and the territory of Liege passed to the bishops of that city.
