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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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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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