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Philip the Good of Burgundy
- In 1430 the Duchies of Lower Lotharingia, Brabant and Limburg were inherited by Philip the Good of Burgundy and became part of the Burgundian Netherlands.
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In 1430 the Duchies of Lower Lotharingia, Brabant and Limburg were inherited by Philip the Good of Burgundy and became part of the Burgundian Netherlands. In 1477 the Duchy of Brabant became part of the House of Habsburg as part of the dowry of Mary of Burgundy.
- Feudal Duchy
- Middle Ages
Three generations of his heirs ruled relatively peacefully. In 1283 John I of Brabant bought the duchy of Limburg from Adolph V of Berg and secured this acquisition by defeating and slaying his competitor, Henry of Luxembourg, at the Battle of Woeringen (June 5, 1288).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
While this title Duke of Brabant was granted to Godfrey III of Leuven (Godfrey VII of Lower Lotharingia), it was his son Henry who was the first one to use the new title. See: Counts of Leuven. By now it boarders of Brabant had become more defined.
In Lower Lorraine, the title of duke was given to the counts of Leuven and the counts of Limburg—the former at first called themselves dukes of Lorraine but soon assumed the title of dukes of Brabant; the latter were known as the dukes of Limburg. The spiritual principalities.
views 2,786,000 updated. duchy of Brabant, former duchy, divided between Belgium ( Brabant and Antwerp provs.) and the Netherlands ( North Brabant prov.). Louvain, Brussels, and Antwerp were its chief cities. The duchy of Brabant emerged (1190) from the duchy of Lower Lorraine.
Frederick the III the Strong († 1381) married the heiress of Coburg. The rise of the House of Wettin continued in the 15th century. In 1423, Emperor Sigismond conferred the electoral duchy of Saxony to Frederick I the Warlike, Margrave of Misnia and Landgrave of Thuringia.
The War of the Brabantian Succession (Dutch: Brabantse Successieoorlog, French: Guerre de la succession du Brabant) was a war of succession triggered by the death of John III, Duke of Brabant.
