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4 days ago · If Liège’s arrangement wasn’t weird enough, it was involved in another political quirk, the Two Lordships of Maastricht. The city on the Meuse or Maas was governed by both the Duke of Brabant (later replaced by the Dutch Republic) and the Prince-Bishop of Liège.
5 days ago · The tomb once held the mortal remains of Duke John I of Brabant and Limburg (c. 1252–1294), amidst ruins of a 1238 Franciscan monastery. First excavated in 1988, it was re-excavated and renovated in 2020-22 to showcase the history of Brussels since its founding in 979.
2 days ago · Philippe had a fraught relationship with his brother Leopold, then the Duke of Brabant, who enjoyed teasing his sibling with sarcastic jibes. The younger duke had a much closer connection to Charlotte, a relationship that grew stronger after their mother died in 1850.
4 days ago · In 1420, one of the most severe political conflicts in Brabantine history caused a coalition of members of the upper nobility and Leuven city councillors to remove Duke John IV from the throne and convict his councillors.
1 day ago · Large parts of what now comprise the Netherlands were governed by the Count of Holland, the Duke of Gelre, the Duke of Brabant and the Bishop of Utrecht. Friesland and Groningen in the north maintained their independence and were governed by the lower nobility.
1 day ago · He was the king between 1993 (following the death of his brother King Baudouin) and 21 July 2013, the Belgian National Day, when he abdicated in favour of his son Philippe, Duke of Brabant, because of ill health.
4 days ago · Minne de Boodt is a postdoctoral fellow with the Research Group of Medieval History. Her current research focuses on political interactions between governors and subjects, power relations, and political thinking in the Late Middle Ages.
