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Antwerp Province (Dutch: Provincie Antwerpen [proːˈvɪnsi ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)], French: Province d'Anvers, German: Provinz Antwerpen), between 1815 and 1830 known as Central Brabant (Dutch: Midden-Brabant [ˌmɪdə(m)ˈbraːbɑnt], French: Brabant-Central, German: Mittel-Brabant), is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium.
In 1920, following the First World War, Belgium annexed the Eupen-Malmedy territory, which became part of Liège Province. During the second half of the 20th century, Belgium transitioned from a unitary state to a federal state with three Communities and three Regions .
Antwerp (/ ˈ æ n t w ɜːr p / ⓘ; Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] ⓘ; French: Anvers ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third largest city in Belgium by area at 208.22 km 2 (80.39 sq mi) after Tournai and Couvin.
the Margraviate of Antwerp.; the County of Artois, ceded by France in 1493, annexed by France in 1659.; the Duchy of Brabant.; the County of Flanders.; the Lordship of Frisia, which seceded to form part of the United Provinces in 1579.
The southern part of its territory corresponds more or less with the present-day Belgian province of Antwerp. [2] It was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands were officially annexed by the French Republic. [3] Its territory was the northern part of the former duchy of Brabant.
Seized by France in 1477, but returned to Charles the Bold's Habsburg heirs in 1493. [24] Bailiwick of Mâcon: John the Fearless: 1417 Seized by force from the French crown, [29] [30] confirmed by Treaty of Arras 1435. [31] Annexed by Louis XI in 1477. [32] County of Tonnerre: 1419 Conquest from Louis de Chalons confirmed by royal grant in 1419 ...
Antwerp and the frozen Scheldt (1590); control of the vital trading route formed part of the discussions on the Barrier Treaties. From 1672 to 1697, a series of wars with France demonstrated the Dutch Republic's vulnerability to invasion via the Spanish Netherlands, which led to debate on how to design fortifications effective in the flat terrain of the Netherlands and where to locate them. [1]
Leopold I of Belgium gave France several cannons of different calibres as thanks for this action and the French Chamber of Peers offered Gérard an épée d'honneur ("sword of honour"). A monument to the French dead in the siege was sculpted in 1897, but the town of Antwerp refused to take it and it is now in Tournai .