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Pagus of Liugas, the Glossary

Liugas, Leuwa-gau, or Luihgau, was a small pagus or gau from the late 8th to mid-11th centuries, east of the Meuse (or Maas) river roughly between Liège, Maastricht, and Aachen, an area where Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet today.^[1]

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Carolingian counties
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Aachen

Aachen (French: Aix-la-Chapelle; Oche; Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum) is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Blegny

Blegny (before 2001: Blégny; Blegné) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Liège, Belgium.

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Carolingian dynasty

The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD.

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Charlemagne

Charlemagne (2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor, of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire, from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814.

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Count

Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility.

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County of Hainaut

The County of Hainaut (Comté de Hainaut.; Graafschap Henegouwen.; comitatus hanoniensis.), sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire that straddled the present-day border of Belgium and France. Pagus of Liugas and County of Hainaut are Carolingian counties and Counties of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Dalhem

Dalhem (Dålem) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.

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Duchy of Limburg

The Duchy of Limburg or Limbourg was an imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire. Pagus of Liugas and Duchy of Limburg are history of Liège Province.

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Dutch language

Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.

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Gau (territory)

Gau (German:; gouw; gea or goa) is a Germanic term for a region within a country, often a former or current province.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine

Gilbert (or Giselbert) (c. 890 – 2 October 939) was son of Reginar and the brother-in-law of the Ottonian emperor, Otto I. He was duke of Lotharingia (or Lorraine) until 939.

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Godefroid Kurth

Godefroid Kurth (1847–1916) was a Belgian historian and pioneering Christian democrat.

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Godfrey I, Count of Verdun

Godfrey I (died 1002), called the Prisoner or the Captive (le Captif), sometimes the Old (le Vieux), was the count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959 and the sovereign count of Verdun 963 to his death.

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Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine

Godfrey I (born 940/945; died 964) was the count of Hainault from 958 and margrave or vice-duke of Lower Lorraine from 959, when that duchy was divided by Duke Bruno, who remained duke until his death in 964.

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Hesbaye

The Hesbaye (French), or Haspengouw (Dutch and Limburgish), is a traditional cultural and geophysical region in eastern Belgium.

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Immo (Lotharingian count)

Count Emmo, Immo or Immon, was the name of at least one important Lotharingian nobleman in the 10th century, described by medieval annalists as a cunning strategist.

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Léon Vanderkindere

Léon Vanderkindere (22 February 1842 – 9 November 1906) was a Belgian historian, academic and politician.

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Liège

Liège (Lîdje; Luik; Lüttich) is a city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.

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Liège Province

Liège (Lîdje; Luik; Lüttich) is the easternmost province of the Wallonia region of Belgium.

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Limbourg

Limbourg (German and Dutch: Limburg; Limbôr) or Limbourg-sur-Vesdre is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.

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Lotharingia

Lotharingia was a medieval successor kingdom of the Carolingian Empire.

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Maastricht

Maastricht (Mestreech; Maestricht; Mastrique) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.

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Meuse

The Meuse (Moûze) or Maas (Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.

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Mons, Belgium

Mons (German and Bergen,; Walloon and Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Pagus

In ancient Rome, the Latin word pagus (plural pagi) was an administrative term designating a rural subdivision of a tribal territory, which included individual farms, villages (vici), and strongholds (oppida) serving as refuges, as well as an early medieval geographical term.

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Pagus of Hasbania

The pagus or gau of Hasbania was a large early medieval territory in what is now eastern Belgium. Pagus of Liugas and pagus of Hasbania are former states in the Low Countries.

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Proto-Germanic language

Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Reginar III, Count of Hainaut

Reginar III (c. 920 – 973) was Count of Hainaut from approximately 940 until his exile in 958.

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Reginar IV, Count of Mons

Reginar IV, Count of Mons, in Hainaut, (c. 950–1013) was the son of Reginar III and Adela.

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Reginar Longneck

Reginar Longneck or Reginar I (850–915), Rainerus or Ragenerus Longicollus, was a leading nobleman in the kingdom of Lotharingia, variously described in contemporary sources with the titles of count, margrave, missus dominicus and duke.

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Renaud, Count of Mons

Renaud (or Reginald) (died 973), brother of Count Werner.

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Richer, Count in Luihgau and Hainaut

Count Richar or Richer (died 16 October 972) was a 10th-century Lotharingian count.

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Sigard, Count in Luihgau and Hainaut

Sigard (Sigehard), was a tenth-century Lotharingian count in Hainaut and Liugas, between Liège and Aachen.

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South Limburg (Netherlands)

South Limburg (Dutch: Zuid-Limburg, Limburgish: Zuud-Limburg) is both a COROP (statistical) region as well as a landstreek (area) of the Netherlands located in the province of Limburg.

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Theux

Theux (Teu) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.

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The Treaty of Mersen or Meerssen, concluded on 8 August 870, was a treaty to partition the realm of Lothair II, known as Lotharingia, by his uncles Louis the German of East Francia and Charles the Bald of West Francia, the two surviving sons of Emperor Louis I the Pious.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagus_of_Liugas

Also known as Counts of Liège, County of Liège, County of Luigas, County of Luihgau, Liugas, Luihgau, Lüttichgau, Pagus of Liège, Pagus of Luigas, Pagus of Luihgau.

Pagus of Liugas, the Glossary

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See also

Carolingian counties

Former states in the Low Countries

History of Liège Province

References