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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 , and strongholds serving as refuges, [1] [2] [3] as well as an early medieval geographical term.
The county of Flanders originated from the Gau or Pagus Flandrensis (Dutch: Vlaanderengouw ), led by the Forestiers dynasty, who had been appointed by Charlemagne, who had made a small contribution by uniting small feudal territories in the higher parts of the Flemish Valley. The Forestiers dynasty also strengthened the hold of the church on ...
The Grand Duchy of Flandrensis was founded on September 4, 2008 as a temporary hobby for two weeks. [8] The micronation is inspired by the medieval County of Flanders (Pagus Flandrensis). [1] [2] Flandrensis was regarded by the founder first as a hobby-micronation, and later as an ecological venture, to raise awareness of ice melting and ...
The Franks took over the whole region from the Gallo-Romans around the fourth century and administered it as the Pagus Flandrensis. The Viking incursions of the ninth century prompted Count Baldwin I of Flanders to reinforce the Roman fortifications; trade soon resumed with England and Scandinavia. Early medieval habitation starts in the ninth ...
The Lomme gau or pagus, often referred to using Latin, Pagus Lomacensis, or German Lommegau, was an early Austrasian Frankish territorial division. The oldest Latin spellings were Laumensis or Lomensis. It included the city of Namur, and the region where the County of Namur later came to form in the 10th century.
Aachengau or Pagus Aquensis: around Aachen; Ahrgau: on the Ahr in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate; Ardennengau : along the Ardennes Forest, at the tripoint of Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg; Auelgau : around the Siebengebirge and along the Sieg, east of Bonn; Betuwe or Batavia: along the middle Waal, between the lower Meuse (Dutch: Maas) and Lek
Gerbod of Oosterzele was the son of another Gerbod, hereditary advocate of the abbey of Saint-Bertin. [1] [2] [3] Among the fourteen tenants-in-chief from Flanders, Gerbod the Fleming was one of the most prominent. [4]
Coat of arms of the counts of Flanders.. The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century. [1] Later, the title would be held for a time, by the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.