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Ian Fox
Aug 29, 2005

Although it was ruled by many other countries between 1500 to 1789, Luxembourg remained quite independent. The Holy Roman Empire, Spain, France, Burgundy, the Austrian Hapsburgs and the Netherlands all ruled Luxembourg at some point during this period of time. Before one can begin to analyze Luxembourg, one must first know the early history of Luxembourg. All of the early history of Luxembourg can be summed up with one name Siegfried.
Siegfried (also spelled Sigefroid) essentially founded the city of Luxembourg, in the year 963. Originally used to house and maintain his troops, Luxembourg was very important to Siegfried. In a period of about sixty years, he alone freed Luxembourg from foreign control and domination. Siegfried decided not to overextend the realm which he controlled (which explain its small size today .) The area which Siegfried controlled had a castle and a small village. The most important thing Siegfried did to Luxembourg was to instill......

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