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Örjan Martinsson

Counts and Dukes of Limburg

Today there is both a Belgian and a Dutch province with the name Limburg, the original Limburg was a county that does not have much in common with these provinces. The counts of Limburg were also dukes of Lower Lorraine 1101-1106 and 1128-1139 but they lost Lorraine to the counts of Leuven (Brabant). As a compensation Limburg was elevated to a duchy 1106. Limburg was later united with Brabant after a war over the succession 1283-1288 and together with Brabant became Limburg a part of the Burgundian lands 1430. The northern half of Limburg with the city of Maastricht was later conquered by The Netherlands during the Dutch revolt. The former Austrian Netherlands, Which southern Limburg belonged to, joined the Netherlands in 1815 and a province named Limburg that was much larger than the original county was created. The Belgian revolt 1830 led to a partition of that province. Apart from a small strip of land have the Belgian province nothing in common with the original county. The southern French speaking half of the county is instead a part of the Belgian province of Liége today.

c. 1033
c. 1033
c. 1056
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Theodorik
Richwin
Frederik van Luxemburg
Udo
1061-1082 Walram III
1082-1119 Hendrik I
1119-1139
1139-1167
1167-1221
1221-1226

Walram IV
Hendrik II
Hendrik III
Walram V

1226-1247
1247-1280
1280-1283
Hendrik IV
Walram VI
Irmingard


 
1280-1288
1283-1288
Reinald van Gelre
War over the succession
1283-1294 Jan I
1294-1312 Jan II
1312-1347 Jan III
1347-1349 Hendrik V
1349-1355 Jan III (restored)
1355-1406 Johanna
1405-1415 Anton van Bourgondië
1415-1427 Jan IV
1427-1430 Filips I

United with Burgundy in a personal union 1430

= Lower Lorraine = Hainaut = Brabant = Holland = Geldern = Berg = The Palatinate