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The Duchy of Brabant was a geopolitical county, located in the historic Netherlands, on the territory between the rivers Zenne and Dender.
Its founding was decided in 1183, by Frederick I Barbarossa, the Holy Roman Emperor at the time. He elevated Count Henry I of Brabant, to the position of Duke of the Brabant Landgraviate. This political decision was intended to resolve the administrative confusion with the imperial fiefdom, that had arisen after the death of the previous Count of Brabant, Hermann II.
In 1430, Philip III the Good, inherited the duchy, which became part of the Burgundian Netherlands, along with Limburg and Lower Lotharingia, and then from 1482, part of the Habsburg Netherlands.
At the end of the 16th century, the Dutch Revolt brought about the division of the territory of the Duchy of Brabant between the Netherlands and Belgium.
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