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province_n of_o utrecht_n and_o ouerysell_a the_o order_n and_o succession_n of_o the_o bishop_n for_o brevity_n sake_n we_o let_v pass_v the_o dukedom_n of_o gelderland_n it_o comment_n be_v so_o call_v from_o the_o castle_n afterwards_o the_o town_n of_o gelder_n found_v here_o by_o two_o brother_n wickard_n and_o luppolà _fw-fr create_v by_o the_o inhabitant_n first_o guardian_n or_o protector_n of_o the_o country_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o emperor_n charles_n the_o bald_a continue_v this_o title_n to_o succession_n in_o the_o person_n of_o otto_n earl_n of_o nassau_n have_v marry_v aleide_a daughter_n to_o wickard_n the_o last_o guardian_n it_o be_v make_v a_o earldom_n by_o the_o emperor_n henry_n the_o three_o in_o reinold_n the_o first_o it_o be_v make_v a_o dukedom_n by_o the_o emperor_n lewes_n of_o bavaria_n after_o the_o decease_n of_o charles_n of_o egmond_n the_o last_o duke_n by_o composition_n betwixt_o he_o and_o the_o emperor_n charles_n the_o five_o and_o the_o 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west-friselandt_a and_o groningen_n make_v now_o the_o most_o potent_a and_o renown_a confederate_n and_o unite_a state_n of_o the_o netherlands_o the_o kingdom_n of_o burgundy_n this_o 21._o kingdom_n be_v begin_v in_o the_o person_n of_o charles_n son_n to_o the_o emperor_n lotharius_n and_o brother_n to_o the_o emperor_n lewis_n the_o second_o &_o to_o lotharius_n king_n of_o austrasia_n or_o lorraine_n who_o share_n it_o be_v of_o the_o french_a dominion_n in_o the_o division_n of_o the_o part_n of_o the_o emperor_n lotharius_n make_v betwixt_o he_o &_o his_o other_o brethren_n it_o contain_v the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o ancient_a kingdom_n of_o the_o burgundian_n occasion_v the_o name_n together_o with_o provençe_n it_o comprehend_v now_o beside_o provençe_n the_o dukedom_n &_o free_a county_n of_o burgundy_n savoy_n daulphinye_a lionois_n &_o the_o confederacy_n of_o the_o swisser_n it_o lay_v divide_v from_o germany_n by_o the_o rhijn_n from_o italy_n by_o the_o alps_n from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o lorraine_n by_o the_o mountain_n vauge_v &_o from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o west-france_n by_o the_o river_n rhosne_n and_o by_o the_o modern_a western_a limit_n of_o the_o dukedom_n of_o burgundy_n these_o three_o brethren_n lewis_n lotharius_n &_o charles_n son_n to_o the_o emperor_n lotharius_n not_o long_o after_o decease_a without_o male_a issue_n or_o issue_v legitimate_a and_o the_o house_n of_o the_o emperor_n lotharius_n be_v by_o that_o mean_v extinguish_v the_o kingdom_n become_v usurp_v &_o seize_v upon_o by_o the_o emp_n charles_n the_o bald_a &_o unite_v by_o he_o as_o a_o province_n to_o his_o kingdom_n of_o west-france_n the_o king_n of_o burgundy_n until_o this_o union_n follow_v charles_n young_a son_n to_o the_o emp._n lotharius_n the_o first_o french_a k._n of_o burgundy_n he_o die_v without_o issue_n lewis_z the_o 2_o d_o emp._n of_o the_o roman_n &_o lotharius_n the_o second_o k._n of_o austrasia_n brother_n unto_o charles_n the_o first_o k._n after_o the_o decease_n of_o their_o brother_n
&_o of_o artois_n marry_v unto_o philip_n surname_v the_o long_a french_a king_n it_o become_v with_o artois_n possess_v by_o the_o house_n of_o france_n by_o margaret_n daughter_n to_o joane_n and_o philip_n the_o long_a french_a king_n marry_v to_o lewis_n the_o first_o earl_n of_o flanders_n it_o be_v carryy_v to_o the_o house_n of_o flanders_n from_o whence_o it_o descend_v to_o those_o of_o burgundy_n &_o austria_n where_o now_o it_o rest_v the_o order_n of_o the_o earl_n follow_v otho-guillaume_n before_o mention_v first_o count_n palatine_n of_o burgundy_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o robert_n king_n of_o france_n reinard_n the_o first_o son_n to_o otho-guillaume_n william_n the_o first_o son_n to_o reinard_n stephen_n son_n to_o william_n the_o first_o slay_v in_o the_o holy_a war_n against_o the_o infidel_n william_n the_o second_o son_n to_o stephen_n reinard_n the_o second_o he_o give_v to_o berthold_n son_n to_o the_o emperor_n conrade_n the_o three_o the_o city_n of_o geneve_n 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