Landgraviate of Brabant
The Landgraviate of Brabant (Modern Dutch: Landgraafschap Brabant, Modern French: Comté de Brabant) was a small medieval fiefdom west of Brussels, consisting of the area between the Dender and Zenne rivers in the Low Countries, then part of the Holy Roman Empire.Before 1085 the land had belonged to Hermann II, Count Palatine of Lotharingia.Upon his death, Emperor Henry IV assigned it to Henry III, Count of Louvain and Brussels, granting him the Landgrave of Brabant.In 1183 the landgraviate of Brabant and the counties of Louvain and Brussels were formally merged and elevated together into the Duchy of Brabant, by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa; Henry I became the first Duke of Brabant.This Belgium location article is a stub.