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late middle age

The duchies in the low countries
Already under Arnulf the Great (918 - 965), Vlaanderen (Flanders) was a settled duchy.
Brabant originally was a large gouw (shire), and even in the 11th century, it was not a settled duchy yet.
Holland was settled about 1100.
    
 

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