Duchy of Bouillon

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The Duchy of Bouillon was a small, semi-independent principality in the Ardennes region of Europe, historically ruled by the La Tour d’Auvergne family and later contested between France and the Holy Roman Empire.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy ⓘ
former state ⓘ
annexationDate 1795 ⓘ
annexedBy France ⓘ
associatedWith Prince de Turenne ⓘ
capital Bouillon ⓘ
commonLanguage French ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currency livre ⓘ
disputedBy France ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolved 1795 ⓘ
endTime 1795 ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
event French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
governmentType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasFortification Bouillon Castle ⓘ
historicalRegion Ardennes ⓘ
linked to: Ardennes region
legalStatusAfterRevolution mediatized territory claim ⓘ
locatedIn Ardennes ⓘ
linked to: Ardennes region

present-day Belgium ⓘ
notableEvent French Revolution ⓘ
Treaty of Nijmegen ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
partOf Lower Lorraine (historical region) ⓘ
linked to: Lower Lorraine
predecessor Lordship of Bouillon ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Bouillon
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingFamily House of La Marck ⓘ
House of La Tour d’Auvergne ⓘ
House of La Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraguais ⓘ
sovereign Charles Godefroy de La Tour d’Auvergne ⓘ
Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d’Auvergne ⓘ
Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d’Auvergne ⓘ
Godfrey of Bouillon ⓘ
Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne ⓘ
Jacques Léopold de La Tour d’Auvergne ⓘ
startTime circa 988 ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
status imperial fief ⓘ
semi-independent state ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Meuse valley routes ⓘ
successor Department of Sambre-et-Meuse ⓘ
linked to: Meuse department

French First Republic ⓘ
titleCreatedFor House of La Tour d’Auvergne ⓘ
todayPartOf Luxembourg Province (Belgium) ⓘ
linked to: Luxembourg Province

Wallonia ⓘ

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

Burgundian Circle → appliesToJurisdiction → Duchy of Bouillon ⓘ
Bouillon → historicalRegion → Duchy of Bouillon ⓘ
House of La Marck → heldTerritory → Duchy of Bouillon ⓘ
Duchy of Bouillon → predecessor → Lordship of Bouillon ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Bouillon
Charlotte de La Marck → realm → Duchy of Bouillon ⓘ
Charlotte de La Marck → lastRulerOf → Duchy of Bouillon from the House of La Marck ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Bouillon
Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d’Auvergne → sphereOfInfluence → principality of Bouillon ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Bouillon