!!!Luxemburg

Luxembourg, territory of the counts of the same name, which held the 
German royalty from 1308. In 1310 the Luxembourg dynasty acquired the 
kingdom of Bohemia through marriage, whereby the estate of Luxemborg 
was relegated to secondary status (in 1354 elevation to duchy). In 
1441/43 it was purchased by Duke Philipp the Good of Burgundy, from 
1477 it belonged to the House of Austria, in 1555 it became a 
possession of the Spanish Habsburgs but continued to be part of the 
Holy Roman Empire as a member of the "Burgundian Circle". In 1659 the 
southern part came under the rule of France, while Austria received 
the bigger share after the Spanish War of Succession in 1714. After 
the Congress of Vienna, Luxembourg was given the status of Grand Duchy 
and became a member of the German Confederation; in 1866, after the 
dissolution of the German Confederation, it became independent.


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