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The Duke of Aarschot (or Aerschot) was one of the most important aristocratic titles in the Low Countries, named after the Brabantian city of Aarschot. The title was held by the House of Croÿ and the House of Arenberg. The present Duke is Leopold-Engelbert-Evrard de Arenberg-Ligne.
The DukeofAarschot (or Aerschot) was one of the most important aristocratic titles in the Low Countries, named after the Brabantian city ofAarschot. The...
yards. The title ofDukeofAarschot, created in 1533, is the oldest (not-Sovereign) Ducal title in Belgium (title created for the House of Croÿ, later inherited...
of the House of Croÿ-Aarschot made the Arenbergs the wealthiest and most influential noble family of the Habsburg Netherlands. The family's Duchy of Arenberg...
Duchess ofAarschot by her second marriage to Philippe II of Croÿ. Anna was the daughter of Antoine the Good, Dukeof Lorraine and Renée of Bourbon-Montpensier...
the princes of the empire, regardless of the actual title attached to the fief. This college originally included only one Duke, the Dukeof Saxony. The...
was bought by an Antwerp merchant, and the rest went to the DukeofAarschot. This state of affairs lasted until the French Revolution, when the territory...
(Calvinist Republic of Ghent) 1583–1584: Charles III de Croÿ, prince of Chimay, dukeofAarschot 1515–1518: Floris van Egmont, Count of Buren 1518–1521:...
against Spanish rule. The Catholic aristocrat Philippe III de Croÿ, DukeofAarschot (d. 1595), made an alliance with William the Silent but rivalry between...
Philippe III de Croÿ, DukeofAarschot, who served as the grootbaljuw (the Grand Bailiff) of Ghent, was arrested, as well as the bishops of Bruges and Ypres...
remains and to invoke his intercession. That same year, Phillip-Charles, DukeofAarschot, sent a petition to Pope Gregory XV with a view to beginning the process...
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