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- After the Belgian Revolution of 1830, the Southern Netherlands (including South and Central Brabant) became independent as Belgium and later also Luxembourg. The province was then renamed simply Brabant and became the central province of Belgium, with its capital city Brussels.
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After the Belgian Revolution of 1830, the Southern Netherlands (including South and Central Brabant) became independent as Belgium and later also Luxembourg. The province was then renamed simply Brabant and became the central province of Belgium, with its capital city Brussels.
Jul 19, 1998 · 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.
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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.
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Eventually the House of Burgundy inherited the Duchy of Brabant, later followed by the Habsburg Emperor Charles V. His son Philips II as King of Spain and ruler of the Low Countries started a process of modernization of his government. This resulted in a shift of power towards a more centralized form of government. Much to the resentment of the nob...
In combination with the religious turmoil and the reformation this resulted in the Dutch revolt against the Spanish rule. The first step was taken by the provincial parliament of the Duchy of Brabant when they called for an assembly of the Estates General of the Low Countries. The war ended in a separation of the Low Countries. The south remained u...
In 1796 the citizens of Noord-Brabant decided ' enough is enough' and demanded their own provincial government and parliament. This marks the start of the modern province of Noord-Brabant. Was Brabant originally a predominantly agricultural society, in the 19th century this changed. Industrialization and urbanization had their impact on society. Ju...
Brabant was a territory formed from Lotharingia, in a frontier zone between East Francia and West Francia. At the end of the 9th c., in favour of weakening the emperor's ... From: Brabant in Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages »
In 1796, the Netherlands were absorbed by France and renamed the Batavian Republic, while Staats-Brabant was renamed Batavian Brabant (Bataafs Brabant). Napoleon created the Kingdom of Holland (1806-1810) and reorganised the province into several departments.
From the first hunter-gatherers who, thousands of years ago, tracked mammoths over icy plains, to present-day Brabant with its population of 2.5 million people. How did people live in these various eras, through periods of prosperity and times of crisis? What makes Brabant authentically Brabant?
