Limburg

In the Middle Ages, a county and later a duchy covering part of the present-day Belgian province of Liège and the S of the Dutch province of Limburg. It was originally controlled by the dukes of Nether Lotharingia, but was claimed by the dukes of Brabant. Eventually most of it was added to Brabant after the Battle of Woeringen (1283), with parts to Gelre and the bishopric of Liège. South Limburg was conquered by Frederick Henry of Orange in 1632, and became part of the ‘Generality’ territory. In 1661 it was partitioned, with Spain retaining the N apart from some areas round Maastricht, and after the War of the Spanish Succession the N (Spanish Upper Gelre) was again partitioned between the Republic and Prussia. Present frontiers result from the Treaty of Vienna (1738) and the Belgian Secession in 1830, which made part of it a dukedom in the German Union until 1866, when it finally became part of the Netherlands.

Limburg may refer to:

Limburg (United Kingdom of the Netherlands), a former province of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815-1830), now divided into: Limburg (Netherlands), in the south of the Netherlands. the former Duchy of Limburg in present-day Belgium and the Netherlands the former County of Limburg in present-day Germany (see also Limburg an der Lenne and Limburg Stirum). Limburg an der Lenne, now called Hohenlimburg, a medieval town in Germany, that gave its name to the former County of Limburg (see also Limburg Stirum). Limbourg, a town in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium that gave its name to the former duchy and the Dutch and Belgian regions Limburg an der Lahn, a city in Germany The Limburg (tanker), a French oil tanker bombed off Yemen The Limbourg brothers, painters Herman, Paul, and Johan;

See also:

Limburg Stirum, a dynastic house that originates in the 9th Century in Germany (see also Limburg an der Lenne and County of Limburg).