Lordship of Mechelen

The glory of Mechelen ( Mechelen also rule; nl: Heerlijkheid Mechelen) from the city of Mechelen and their surroundings was a territory in the area of ​​present-day Belgium. It has been ruled since the late Middle Ages in personal union by the Dukes of Burgundy, and was one of the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands of the Burgundian Netherlands. After the transition into Habsburg possession it was part of the Spanish and then Austrian Netherlands to France to take possession by 1795.

History

In Malina (Mechelen) existed around 870 an abbey. Charles the Simple gave the place 915 with the surrounding manors the Bishopric of Liege. The Bailiwick and actual domination exercised the family of Berthout. They sold the rights to rule in 1331 to Flanders. Out of the area belonged to the Duchy of Brabant, before it fell back to Flanders and 1369 in Burgundy. It was one of the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands Burgundy. After the death of Charles the Bold, the area fell to the Habsburgs. Emperor Frederick III. raised the area in 1490 to the county, but the lords led forth the title of Lord of Mechelen.

The actual rule was exercised by the Magistrate of the city of Mechelen, who had to ensure that this rightful taxes were paid to the sovereign. The area belonged to the Burgundian kingdom circle. It was part of the Spanish and the Austrian Netherlands.

The area consisted of the city of Mechelen, the ruled from the city of five major and six smaller villages as well as two villages that are directly subordinate to the sovereign. The rule was almost entirely surrounded by the Brabant region. The city of Mechelen was under Charles the Bold to a center of power. The same function they had at the time of the Habsburg regent Margaret of Austria. There was a supreme court of the Habsburg Netherlands the Great Council of Malines. In 1559 a bishopric was established in Mechelen. The city had about 20,000 inhabitants in the 18th century.

During the Brabant Revolution 1790 formed a revolutionary Provincial Committee and the glory of one of the founders of the United Belgian States. In 1795 the area was united on the basis of the "law on the unification of Belgium and Liege Region of the Republic " with France, which was confirmed in international law by the Treaty of Campo Formio (1797 ) and Luneville (1801 ). It was part of the Deux- Nèthes. Following the military defeat of Napoleon, it came in 1815 to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and 1830 in Belgium.