County of Louvain

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The County of Louvain was a medieval territorial lordship in present-day Belgium that became a power base for the House of Leuven, later central to the Duchy of Brabant.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
County of Louvain canonical 5
County of Leuven 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former subdivision of the Low Countries ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
territorial lordship ⓘ
borderedBy County of Brussels ⓘ
County of Brussels and Leuven-related territories ⓘ
linked to: County of Brussels
capital Leuven ⓘ
Louvain ⓘ
linked to: Leuven
coreTerritory region around the city of Louvain ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
endTime 12th century ⓘ
when elevated into the Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
ethnicComposition medieval Dutch-speaking population ⓘ
feudalStatus imperial fief ⓘ
governmentType feudal county ⓘ
hasDynasty House of Leuven ⓘ
House of Reginar ⓘ
hasLanguage Middle Dutch ⓘ
hasReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasRuler Godfrey I, Count of Louvain ⓘ
Henry I, Duke of Brabant ⓘ
Lambert I, Count of Louvain ⓘ
hasSuccessor Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
hasTitle Count of Louvain ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Brabant ⓘ
locatedIn Duchy of Lower Lotharingia ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ
present-day Belgium ⓘ
mergedInto Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
namedAfter Leuven ⓘ
Louvain ⓘ
linked to: Leuven
overlord Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
King of the Romans ⓘ
partOf Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
Lower Lotharingia ⓘ
medieval Brabant lands ⓘ
playedRoleIn formation of the Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
rise of the House of Leuven ⓘ
predecessorOf Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
regionType Frankish county ⓘ
ruledBy Counts of Louvain ⓘ
linked to: Count of Louvain

House of Leuven ⓘ
startTime 10th century ⓘ
c. 10th–11th century ⓘ
titleHeldBy ducal line of Brabant ⓘ
todayPartOf Belgium ⓘ
Flemish Brabant ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Duchy of Lower Lotharingia → followedBy → County of Louvain ⓘ
Lower Lorraine → includesTerritory → County of Louvain ⓘ
Alicia of Louvain → associatedWith → County of Louvain ⓘ
Count of Louvain → country → County of Louvain ⓘ
Count of Leuven → country → County of Leuven ⓘ
linked to: County of Louvain
Godfrey II, Count of Louvain → associatedWith → County of Louvain ⓘ