Brabant

Brabant is a region in the Low Countries. It may refer to:

Historical use

People

• House of Brabant, a noble family from Lotharingia
• Duke of Brabant, a dynastic title of the Belgian royal family

Places

• Landgraviate of Brabant (1085–1183), a medieval county west of Brussels, a small part of the Frankish pagus of Brabant including the rivers Zender, Senne and Dijle, became part of the larger Duchy of Brabant in 1183
• Duchy of Brabant (1183–1795), a region of the Holy Roman Empire; a duchy (1183–1556), part of Burgundian Netherlands (1430–1482); under Habsburg rule as Spanish Netherlands (1482–1581) and Austrian Netherlands (1581–1795), French Republic (1795–1814)
• South Brabant (1815–1830), part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, became part of Belgium in 1830 along with Central Brabant (Antwerp province)
• Province of Brabant (1830–1995), central province of Belgium (during that time the only Belgian province with only internal Belgian borders), with Brussels as main city

Place names in Europe

In the Netherlands:

• North Brabant province

In Belgium:

• Province of Brabant, which in 1995 was split up into two provinces and an autonomous region:
  • Flemish Brabant, in the Flanders region
  • Walloon Brabant, in the Wallonia region
  • Brussels-Capital Region
• Klein-Brabant, the municipalities Bornem, Puurs and Sint-Amands in the Antwerp province of Flanders region
• East Brabant, or Hageland, an area east of Brussels between the cities of Leuven, Aarschot, Diest and Tienen

In France:

• Brabant-en-Argonne, commune in the Meuse department
• Brabant-le-Roi, commune in the Meuse department
  • Brabant-lès-Villers (1973–1982), former commune, amalgamation of Brabant-le-Roi and Villers-aux-Vents

Place names outside Europe

• Brabant, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Port Brabant, former name of Tuktoyaktuk, Canada
• Brabant, West Virginia, USA
• Brabant, Alabama, USA
• Le Morne Brabant, a mountain on Mauritius
• Brabant Island, Antarctica

Other uses

• Brabant (or Brabançon), other names for the Belgian (horse)
• Brabantian, a dialect that formed the basis of the Dutch language
• Brabant killers, a 1980s terroristic group
• HNLMS Noord-Brabant ('North Brabant'), several ships of the Dutch navy