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Name: Luxembourg County

Type: Polity

Start: 1061 AD

End: 1354 AD

Nation: luxembourg

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This article is about the specific polity Luxembourg County and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was the domain of the Luxembourg House in the Holy Roman Empire. Its core territory was modern-day Luxembourg, but in the coures of the centuries it controlled a series of different territories like Bohemia. For this reason, despites being first a county and then a duchy, it was de facto a composite state. It ceased to exist as an independent state after being annexed to the Burgundian Netherlands.

Establishment


  • January 1061: In 1060, the title Count of Luxembourg was first used by Conrad I of Luxembourg.
  • Chronology


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    1. War of the Cow


    Was a conflict in the Holy Roman Empire between the Prince-Bishopric of Liège under Bishop John of Enghien and the Marquisate of Namur under Marquis Guy of Dampierre. What began as a dispute over stolen property.

  • January 1273: Henry V of Luxembourg attacked Condroz.
  • April 1276: Ciney is occupied by forces of Liege.
  • May 1276: Henry V of Luxembourg stormed the city of Ciney.
  • January 1279: In 1278, the War of the Cow was resolved by King Philip III of France, who ordered the restoration of the status quo ante bellum. The territory in question belonged to the Liege Prince-Bishopric.

  • 2. Polish-Teutonic Wars


    Were a series of Wars between the Teutonic Order and the Kingdom of Poland. .

    2.1.Polish-Teutonic War (1326-1332)

    Was a war between the Kingdom of Poland and the State of the Teutonic Order over Pomerelia.

  • January 1327: King John the Blind of Luxembourg and Bohemia marched against Kraków.
  • January 1327: King John the Blind of Luxembourg marched against Kraków.
  • January 1327: The Bohemian king, at the time the head of the Luxembourg Dynasty, vassalized many of the Duchies of Silesia.
  • February 1327: King John the Blind of Luxembourg and Bohemia marched against Kraków.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1265: In 1264 the County of Vianden became a feudal dependency of the Counts of Luxembourg.

  • January 1307: In 1306, the Přemyslid dynasty died out and, after a series of dynastic wars, John, Count of Luxembourg, was elected Bohemian king.

  • January 1320: After the Brandenburg Ascanians died out in 1319, the Bohemian King John of the House of Luxembourg claimed Upper Lusatia.

  • January 1328: Zator fell to the Duchy of Bohemia.

  • January 1328: In 1327 John of Bohemia invaded Polonia minor.

  • January 1330: After the intervention of King Charles I of Hungary, John of Bohemia left Polonia Minor.

  • January 1332: In 1329, the Margraves of Brandenburg sold Aš Land to the Luxembourg king John of Bohemia. John of Bohemia, also known as John the Blind, was a member of the Luxembourg dynasty and ruled as King of Bohemia from 1310 until his death in 1346.

  • March 1354: In 1354, the county of Luxembourg was made a duchy by Emperor Charles IV.

  • Disestablishment


  • March 1354: In 1354, the county of Luxembourg was made a duchy by Emperor Charles IV.
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