Timeline of Burgundian and Habsburg acquisitions in the Low Countries | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-14

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Timeline of Burgundian and Habsburg acquisitions in the Low Countries


00:00:55 1 Under Burgundy
00:02:32 2 Under Habsburg
00:04:23 3 See also



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Around the 13th and early 14th century, various Dutch cities became so important that they started playing a major role in the political and economical affairs of their respective fiefs.
At the same time, the political system of relatively petty lords was ending, and stronger rulers (with actual power over larger territories) started to emerge.
In the case of the Dutch, these two developments resulted in the political unification of all Dutch fiefs within a supra-regional state. This process started in the 14th century, with the Flemish cities gaining previously unseen powers over their county.
When Louis II, Count of Flanders, died without a male heir, these cities (Bruges, Ypres, and Ghent) arranged a marriage between his daughter and the Duke of Burgundy. By doing this, they set in motion a chain of events eventually leading to the Burgundian and, in 1482, the Habsburg Netherlands.