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    The Brugse Vrije was a castellany in the county of Flanders, often called in English "the Franc of Bruges". It included the area around Bruges, and was...
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  • Flemish university located in Brussels, Belgium Brugse Vrije was a castellany in the county of Flanders Het Vrije Volk was a Dutch social-democratic daily newspaper...
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    the 14th century, Bruges became one of the Four Members, along with Brugse Vrije, Ghent, and Ypres. Together they formed a parliament; however, they frequently...
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  • Philippe de Maldeghem (died 1611) was a Renaissance courtier, mayor of the Brugse Vrije and a translator of Petrarch. Philippe's father was Josse van Maldeghem...
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    occupied from 1577 to 1581. He worked in the office of Jan de Brune of the Brugse Vrije, the castellany of Bruges. Why he had returned to Bruges in 1577 is not...
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  • Map of the Brugse Vrije, a castellany of the County of Flanders...
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    general of the Falconers of Flanders and mayor of the Brugse Vrije from 1649 to 1659. The Brugse Vrije was a castellany in the county of Flanders, stretching...
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    After a siege, Ypres fell on 7 April 1584, followed by Bruges and the Brugse Vrije on 20 May 1584 by a treaty negotiated with Parma. Hembyze and Pieter...
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    Hubert (1991). De Brugse Burg. Bruges.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Sint-Donaas en de voormalige Brugse kathedraal. Bruges...
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  • 865 – Fort built by Margrave Baldwin I of Flanders. 1000 – Regional Brugse Vrije established (approximate date). 1127 – Count Charles I of Flanders assassinated...
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    is still used by the City Council of Bruges today. "Griffie van het Brugse Vrije | Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed". inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be. Retrieved...
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    rights to a conglomeration of four cities, Brugge, Gent, Ieper and the Brugse Vrije, known as the "Vier Leden" (four members). After rebelling against Spanish...
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    the third bishop of Bruges. Lambrecht was born at Sint-Laureins in the Brugse Vrije around 1539. On 7 January 1569 he graduated Licentiate of Sacred Theology...
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    ambassador to the Archdukes Albrecht and Isabella. He was mayor of the Brugse Vrije several times. He was named member of the supreme Council in Madrid....
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  • de Briarde, Lord of Coye. His older brother Charles was mayor of the Brugse Vrije. Lambert was married to Marguerite Micault. They had two children: Nicolas...
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  • fireplace in the administration building of the "Liberty of Bruges" or Brugse Vrije, following the designs of Lancelot Blondeel. They moved to Spain in 1533...
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  • 1515 – 8 or 12 March 1569) was a Dutch statesman, Pensionary of the Brugse Vrije, Pensionary of Delft, and Grand Pensionary of Holland. Jacob van den...
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    sources. During this period he received many notable commissions from the Brugse Vrije, such as the decorations for the Joyous Entry of Charles V and Philip...
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    grafelijke gerechtsdienaren tijdens de Gentse opstand in Brugge en het Brugse Vrije (1379-1385), thesis by Koen Van Huele, ch. 6 Luc Devriese, De opstandige...
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    of Flanders and Joan, Countess of Flanders release inhabitants of the Brugse Vrije from the feudal relief of "best beast". 1235 5 September Henry I, Duke...
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    Duke and Ghent when it rebelled in 1452-1453 and between Bruges and Brugse Vrije. He was also sent to England and France on diplomatic business and became...
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  • O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Bruges Beernem Land- en Tuinbouwinstituut 't Brugse Vrije St. Lutgartinstituut Blankenberge Koninklijk Atheneum Maerlant Blankenberge-de...
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    rights to a conglomeration of four cities, Bruges, Ghent, Ypres and the Brugse Vrije, known as the “Vier Leden” (four members). After rebelling against Spanish...
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    van den Bogaerde (1726–1799) had been a prominent politician in the Brugse Vrije. His second son André-François van den Bogaerde (1754–1834) became mayor...
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  • *Paul du Chastel, mayor and alderman of the Brugse Vrije *Viglius Van Marcke, pensionary of the Brugse Vrije County of Artois *Paul Boudot, bishop of Arras...
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    Bergeyck (1773-1819). Eugène Joseph Goubau, (1761-1831): Lord mayor of the Brugse Vrije. "Kasteel Ten Dorpe - Erfgoedobjecten - Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed"...
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    surrounded by four allegorical figures representing Flanders: Bruges and the Brugse Vrije, Ghent, and Ypres. Over one of the side altars is a 1743 painting by...
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    for sodomy charges, involving 406 individuals, in Antwerp, Bruges, het Brugse Vrije (the Franc of Bruges), Brussels, Ghent, Ypres, Louvain and Mechelen....
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  • Veranneman de Gendbrugge (1733-1808), "Schepen" (loosely, "Alderman") of the Brugse Vrije region in western Flanders. Philippe's mother, born Angélique Françoise...
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    the Flemish Council a year later. In 1789, he became schepen of the Brugse Vrije and in 1796, he became chairman of the district bank in Bruges. In 1800...
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