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2 days ago · Most of modern Belgium was in the Middle Kingdom, later known as Lotharingia, but the coastal county of Flanders, west of the Scheldt, became the northernmost part of West Francia, the predecessor of France.
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20 hours ago · Antwerp became a margraviate in 980, by the German emperor Otto II, a border province facing the County of Flanders. In the 11th century, the best-known leader of the First Crusade (1096–1099), Godfrey of Bouillon , was originally Margrave of Antwerp , from 1076 until his death in 1100, though he was later also Duke of Lower Lorraine (1087 ...
3 days ago · Philip was thus given the dynastic title Count of Flanders in 1840. This was a reference to the old County of Flanders, which emerged in 865 when a knight who eloped with a French king’s daughter was given the title of count and a plot of swampy land.
5 days ago · Charles IX was the king of France from 1560, remembered for authorizing the massacre of Protestants on St. Bartholomew’s Day, August 23–24, 1572, on the advice of his mother, Catherine de Médicis. The second son of Henry II and Catherine, Charles became king on the death of his brother Francis II,
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20 hours ago · Calais was improved by the Count of Flanders in 997 and fortified by the Count of Boulogne in 1224. The first document mentioning the existence of this community is the town charter granted by Mathieu d'Alsace, Count of Boulogne, in 1181 to Gerard de Guelders; Calais thus became part of the county of Boulogne.
4 days ago · Flemish is spoken predominantly in the Flemish region, consisting of approximately 59% of the country’s population. On the other hand, French is spoken in the Walloon Region, which encompasses around 40% of Belgians. The German-speaking community is much smaller, accounting for only about 1% of the overall population.
3 days ago · Faces of the Belgian Resistance. As the legacies from last century’s wars begin to fade away, the aim is to preserve the memory of resistance fighters who gave their lives to defend the country from Nazi rule. Belgium was occupied from 28 May 1940 to February 1945 – and as many as 150,000 Belgians are believed to have participated in the ...
