Brabant
12th C. 1430 Independent Duchy of Brabant (from Duchy of Lower Lorraine)
1430 1477 Bequeathed to Antoine, bro of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, by Joanna dau of John III, Duke of Brabant
1477 1482 Inherited by Mary of Burgundy who married Maxmilian, Archduke of Austria, died 1482
1482 1506 Inherited by son Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, who married Joanna the Mad, d. of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, died 1506
1506 1556 Inherited by son Charles I of Spain (Charles V of Holy Roman Empire), abdicated 1556
1556 1579 Inherited by son Philip II of Spain
1579 1648 Northern part took part in revolt against Spain; independence from Spain finalized in 1648
1579 n.d. Southern remained part of Spanish Low Countries