Duchy of Luxembourg

The Duchy of Luxembourg was a country in Western Europe, existing from 1353 to 1795 CE. It was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and the ancestral homeland of the noble House of Luxembourg, which became a significant political force in the 14th century. The House of Luxembourg provided four Holy Roman Emperors and inherited the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1443, the duchy passed to Philip the Good of Burgundy, and in 1477, it came under the House of Habsburg. The duchy was part of the Seventeen Provinces of the Burgundian Netherlands until French revolutionaries ended its existence in 1795.