County of Breda

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The County of Breda was a historical feudal territory in the Low Countries centered on the town of Breda, in what is now the southern Netherlands.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
County of Breda canonical 2
County of Nassau-Breda 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal territory
former subdivision of the Low Countries
historical county
associatedWithDynasty House of Orange
associatedWithEvent Eighty Years War
linked to: Eighty Years' War
borderedByRegion County of Holland
Duchy of Guelders
capital Breda
linked to: Breda, Netherlands
centeredOn Breda
linked to: Breda, Netherlands
country Holy Roman Empire
feudalRank county
governmentType feudal monarchy
hasLanguage Dutch
Middle Dutch
hasUrbanCenter Breda
linked to: Breda, Netherlands
historicalEra Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages
historicalRegion Brabant
Southern Netherlands
importantTown Breda
linked to: Breda, Netherlands
laterReligion Protestantism
locatedIn Duchy of Brabant
Low Countries
locatedInPresentDay Netherlands
North Brabant
mergedInto Barony of Breda
linked to: Lordship of Breda
notableRulingFamily House of Nassau
House of Orange-Nassau
partOf Burgundian Netherlands
Habsburg Netherlands
presentInModernState Kingdom of the Netherlands
religion Roman Catholicism
sovereign Holy Roman Emperor
strategicImportance border territory in the Low Countries
successorTerritory Barony of Breda
linked to: Lordship of Breda

Lordship of Breda
titleHeldByRuler Count of Breda
todayWithin municipality of Breda
province of North Brabant NERFINISHED

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

René of Chalon birthPlace County of Breda
Count of Nassau-Breda associatedWithTerritory County of Nassau-Breda
linked to: County of Breda
Renatus of Châlon birthPlace County of Breda