BELGIUM-ROOTS Project The Southern Netherlands (until 1795) Duchy of Brabant Outline related to Belgian Emigration

Present Description

Now partly in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Territorial Subdivisions

Bailiwick (English) = Meierij (Dutch) = ... (French)

• Quarter of the City of Antwerpen

  • City of Antwerp
  • Manor Mechelen
  • Bailiwick Arkel
  • Bailiwick Geel
  • Bailiwick Herentals
  • Bailiwick Hoogstraten
  • Bailiwick Zandhoven
  • Bailiwick Turnhout
  • Bijvank Lier
  • Land van Rijen

• Quarter of the City of Brussels

  • ....
  • Bailiwick Brussel
  • Bailiwick Asse
  • Bailiwick Kampenhout
  • Bailiwick Kapelle-op-de-Bos
  • Bailiwick Gaasbeek
  • Bailiwick Grimbergen
  • Bailiwick Merchtem
  • Bailiwick Sint-Genesius-Rode
  • Bailiwick Vilvoorde

• Quarter of the City of Leuven

  • Bailiwick Leuven
  • Bailiwick Aarschot
  • Bailiwick Kaggevinne

• Quarter of the City of Tienen

  • Bailiwick Kumtich
  • Bailiwick Geten
  • Bailiwick Halen
  • Bailiwick Zichem
  • Bailiwick Zoutleeuw

• ....

• Land of Loon (Pays de Looz)

Short History with Bibliography

• General

• Contemporary history

  See the Belgian provinces Walloon Brabant, Flemish Brabant, Antwerpen and the Dutch province Noord-Brabant.

• Ancien Régime

  • Austrian Era
  • Hapsburg Era
  • Burgundian Era
  • Spanish Era
  • Late Middle Ages
  • Early Middle Ages

• Bibliography

  • The peat canals of the Duchy of Brabant

Sources

Repositories

Societies

Migration / Emigration / Immigration

Families and Family Histories

• Genealogies

  • Oude Brabantse Geslachten (Old Lignages from the Duchy of Brabant) by Jozef VanderBiest (+) (uploaded by VVF Dilbeek)

Sciences

• Cartography, Maps, and Plans

  • The Duchy of Brabant (JacobAertsz' De Vyerighe Colom)

This web site is the collective work of the subscribers to the mail list BELGIUM-ROOTS-L founded June 1998 by Georges Picavet (see our members page and the copyrights page for more info) Q:\webbeta\rw_belgiumroots\bel\bel_ar\brabant\index.html (br_bel_ar) This Global file was last updated 18/01/2007 23:48:07 CET and uploaded Thursday, 18-Jan-2007 16:11:43 MST