Polity Brabant Duchy

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Was a small landgraviate and then a duchy west of Brussels, consisting of the area between the Dender and Zenne rivers in the Low Countries, then part of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1184: Brabant is elevated to a duchy.

Chronology

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1. War of the Limburg Succession

Was a conflict between 1283 and 1289 for the succession in the Duchy of Limburg.

  • June 1288: After the decisive Battle of Worringen in 1288, won by Duke John I of Brabant and his allies, the Duchy of Limburg came in the possession of the Duke of Brabant.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1191: Upon the death of Duke Godfrey III in 1190, his son Duke Henry I inherited the ducal title by order of Emperor Henry VI at the Diet of Schwäbisch Hall. The Duchy of Lower Lorraine therefore lost its territorial authority, while the remainder of the imperial fiefdoms were held by the Dukes of Brabant and then called the Duchy of Lothier (or Lothryk).
  • January 1309: The Lordship of Cuijk fell into the sphere of influence of Brabant.
  • January 1328: The lordship of Breda is sold to Brabant.
  • January 1337: City rights were awarded to Gerolstein in 1336.
  • January 1351: Breda is sold to Johannes II of Wassenaar, pracitcally reverting to an independent domain.

Disestablishment

  • January 1431: Brabant falls to the Duchy of Burgundy.