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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_73241" /> == | |||
<p> The land of the Flemings, borders upon the North Sea, formerly extended from the [[Scheldt]] to the Somme, and included, besides the present Belgian provinces of East and West Flanders, part of Zealand, and also of Artois, in France; the ancient county dates from 862, in which year [[Charles]] the Bold of France, as suzerain, raised it to the status of a sovereign county, and bestowed it upon his son [[Baldwin]] I.; it has successively belonged to [[Spain]] and Austria, and in Louis XIV.'s reign a portion of it was ceded to France, now known as French Flanders, while [[Zealand]] passed into the hands of the Dutch; the remainder was in 1714 made the Austrian Netherlands, and in 1831 was incorporated with the new kingdom of [[Belgium]] ( <i> q. v </i> .). </p> | <p> The land of the Flemings, borders upon the [[North]] Sea, formerly extended from the [[Scheldt]] to the Somme, and included, besides the present [[Belgian]] provinces of [[East]] and [[West]] Flanders, part of Zealand, and also of Artois, in France; the ancient county dates from 862, in which year [[Charles]] the [[Bold]] of France, as suzerain, raised it to the status of a sovereign county, and bestowed it upon his son [[Baldwin]] I.; it has successively belonged to [[Spain]] and Austria, and in Louis XIV.'s reign a portion of it was ceded to France, now known as [[French]] Flanders, while [[Zealand]] passed into the hands of the Dutch; the remainder was in 1714 made the [[Austrian]] Netherlands, and in 1831 was incorporated with the new kingdom of [[Belgium]] ( <i> q. v </i> .). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_73241"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/flanders Flanders from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_73241"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/flanders Flanders from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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