Matilda Matildis of Brabant
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Blanche of Artois
Blanche of Artois
1248 - 1302

1288


Sep 29
Age: 70y
1288 Battle of Worringen: John I of Brabant defeats the duchy of Guelders in one of the largest battles in Europe of the Middle Ages, thus winning possession of the duchy of Limburg. The battle also liberates the city of Cologne from rule by the Archbishopric of Cologne; it had previously been one of the major ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire.

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