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Bouillon is a municipality located in the western part of the Belgian province of Luxembourg and the district of Neufchâteau. On January 1st, 2005 Bouillon had a total population of 5,505. The total area is 149.09 km² which gives a population density of 36.93 inhabitants per km². Image File history File links Bouillon relief map displayed in town. ... Image File history File links Bouillon relief map displayed in town. ... In the art of sculpture, a relief is an artwork where a modelled form projects out of a flat background. ... Bold text For other uses, see Map (disambiguation). ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Neufchâteau (Walloon: Li Tchestea) is a municipality located in the central part of the Belgian province of Luxembourg. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15 Ruth Warrick • 14 Rudolph Moshammer Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

Chronology

In the Middle Ages Bouillon was a county within the Duchy of Lower Lorraine and a seat of the local dukes. The most famous of the Counts of Bouillon was Godfrey of Bouillon, who sold it to the Bishopric of Liege. The bishops started to call themselves dukes of Bouillon, and the town emerged as the capital of a sovereign duchy by 1678, when it was captured from the bishopric by the French army and given to the La Tour d'Auvergne family. The duchy was prised for its strategic location as "the key to the Ardennes" (as Vauban called it) and hence to France itself. It remained a quasi-independent protectorate, like Orange and Monaco, until 1795, when the Republican Army finally annexed it to France. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The Duchy of Lower Lorraine encompassed part of modern-day Belgium and the Netherlands. ... This is a list of the Counts of Bouillon: Godfrey (?, possibly (959-964) Otto (993-1012) Godfrey I (1012-1023) (the Childless) Gothelo I (1023-1044) Gothelo II (1044-1046) Godfrey II (1046-1069) (the Bearded) Godfrey III (1069-1076) (the Hunchback) Godfrey IV (1076-1096) ( the Crusader) sold to... Godfrey of Bouillon Godfrey of Bouillon (c. ... The Bishopric of Liège or Prince-Bishopric of Liège was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in present Belgium. ... Events August 10 - Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War. ... Arms of Godefroy Charles Henri de La Tour dAuvergne, duc de Bouillon, Albret, et Chateau-Thierry (1728-1792) La Tour dAuvergne was a French noble family. ... The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests and rolling hill country, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France (lending its name to the Ardennes département and the Champagne-Ardenne région). ... Vauban designed this pentagonal fortress to withstand sieges. ... Look up orange in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

• ca. 1020 - Godfrey, Duke of Lower Lorraine, builds a castle in Bouillon.
• 1045 - His son, Godfrey the Bearded, rebels against the emperor, who has the castle destroyed.
• 1065 - Godfrey the Bearded comes to terms with the emperor and rebuilds the castle in Bouillon.
• 1082 - Bouillon Castle is inherited by Godfrey of Bouillon, who sells it to Bishop of Liege for 3 marks of gold and 1300 marks of silver in order to finance his participation in the First Crusade. Pursuant to the treaty, Godfrey and his three successors retain the right to repurchase the castle at the same price but have no money to make good this privilege.
• 1129 - Godfrey's indirect successor, Count Renaud of Bar, captures Bouillon Castle by force.
• 1141 - The bishop of Liege expels Count Renaud from Bouillon.
• 1155 - The Holy Roman Emperor confirms the bishopric's rights to Bouillon.
• 1291 - Bishops of Liege start to style themselves "Dukes of Bouillon", referring to the castle's former position as the seat of the dukes of Lower Lorrain.
• 14th century - Bouillon Castle, as an exclave of the bishopric of Liege, is governed by specially appointed castelans.
• 1415 - The office of castelan becomes a hereditary possession of the van der Marck, a cadet branch of the future Dukes of Cleves and Julich.
• 1482 - William van der Marck has Louis de Bourbon, Bishop of Liege assassinated and succeeded by his own son John van der Marck. Another part of the chapter elects John van der Horn as an anti-bishop, thus plunging the bishopric into a civil war.
• May 21, 1484 - Treaty is signed at Tongres, whereby the van der Marck family forfeits its claims to the bishopric and supports Liege's struggle against Emperor Maximilian for the reward of 30,000 livres. Bouillon Castle is mortgaged to William van der Marck until the time of repayment.
• 1492 - The treaty of Donchery reiterates the provisions of the treaty of Tongres. As no repayment follows, the van der Marck family retains Bouillon Castle and assumes the title of the Dukes of Bouillon.
• 1521 - The army of Emperor Charles V takes hold of Bouillon and restitutes it to the bishopric of Liege.
• 1526 - Robert III van der Marck is promoted Marshal of France and styles himself Duke of Bouillon on this occasion.
• 1529 - The Treaty of Cambrai obligates Francois I of France not to help Robert III in his struggle to retake Bouillon.
• 1547 - Robert IV van der Marck is made Marshal of France. The letters patent officially style him "Duc de Bouillon".
• 1552 - Henri II of France reconquers Bouillon from the bishops ang gives it to Robert IV.
• 1559 - The Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis restitutes Bouillon to the bishops of Liege, stipulating that the rights to the disputed territory are to be determined by a special arbitration, which never takes place.
• 1598 - The Treaty of Vervins again calls for arbitration of the dispute between the bishopric and the van der Marck family.
• October 15, 1591 - Upon extinction of the van der Marck family, their heiress Charlotte is married to Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Marshal of France.
• May 8, 1594 - Charlotte van der Marck dies without issue, and her claims to Bouillon pass to her husband, Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne.
• October 24, 1594 - Charlotte's cousin, Henri de Bourbon, Duc de Montpensier gives up his claims to the Bouillon succession in exchange for an annuity.
  

  

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• August 5, 1601 - An agreement is signed between Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne and Charlotte's paternal uncle, Comte de Maulevrier, whose descendants continue to press their claims to Bouillon for the rest of the 17th century.
• September 3, 1641 - Henri's son, Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, renounces his claims to the reward of 30,000 livres promised by the bishops of Liege in the Treaty of Tongres.
• 1651 - Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne exchanges his sovereign princely titles for several ducal and comital titles in the Peerage of France. The agreement obligates France to restitute Bouillon to the La Tour d'Auvergne on the first opportunity.
• 1658 - Pursuant to the convention of 1641, the bishops of Liege pay 150,000 guelders to Frederic Maurice, but he continues to style himself Duc de Bouillon despite their protests.
• 1676 - The French army takes Bouillon from the bishops and restitutes it to the La Tour d'Auvergne, as was promised by the exchange of 1651.
• 1679 - The Treaties of Nijmegen confirm the La Tour d'Auvergne in possession of the duchy of Bouillon. Although a French contingent remains stationed in Bouillon, the dukes exercise sovereign rights to coin money, create peers and grant other titles. They also claim Saint-Hubert as one of their "peerages".
• 1757 - Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne is welcomed in Bouillon as a sovereign duke, in despite formal protests issued by the bishop of Liege.
• 1786 - The 6th Duke of Bouillon from the La Tour d'Auvergne family adopts Philip Dauvergne, a British captain and his postulated relative.
• June 25, 1791 - The 6th Duke of Bouillon issues a declaration naming Philip Dauvergne as his successor in Bouillon after extinction of the La Tour d'Auvergne family.
• October 25, 1795 - Annexation of Bouillon by the French Republic.
• December 27, 1796 - French Republic promulgates a law restoring all the estates of Bouillon to the 7th Duke.
• August 26, 1798 - French Republic sequesters all the estates of Bouillon pertaining to the 1651 exchange.
• March 8, 1800 - The sequester is repealed and the estates are restored to the 7th Duke of Bouillon.
• February 7, 1802 - Death of the 7th Duke and extinction of the La Tour d'Auvergne family.
• January 3, 1809 - The settlement of the Bouillon succession is endorsed by Emperor Napoleon.
• 1815 - The Congress of Vienna gives Bouillon to the Netherlands until the final settlement of the succession dispute between Philip Dauvergne (a British admiral by that time) and Charles-Alain-Gabriel de Rohan-Guemene (an Austrian general and the last duke's closest relative on his paternal side).
• September 18, 1816 - Philip Dauvergne, ruined by the succession disputes, commits suicide, but the litigations concerning Bouillon drag on unconclusively until 1825.

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The area is surrounded by forests and is passed by a river named Semois (German: Sesbach, Walloon: Simwès) which its total length is 210 km. Kayaking on the Semois is very popular in Belgium Semois (in France: Semoy, German: Sesbach, Walloon: Simwès) is a river in the Ardennes in Belgium and France. ... Walloon (Walon) is a regional Romance language spoken as a second language by some in Belgium. ...

Villages

• Bellevaux | Corbion | Dohan | Les Hayons | Poupehan | Rochehaut | Noirefontaine | Sensenruth | Ucimont | Vivy

Historical population

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External links

• Eupedia - Belgium Guide : Bouillon
• Official web site, in French
• Webpage about the fortifications