Combined with the Landen van Overmaas (the lands beyond the Meuse: Dalhem, Herzogenrath and Valkenburg) and Maastricht, the duchy became one of the Seventeen Provinces held by the Habsburgs within the Burgundian Circle established in 1512.
It was here that Beatrice of Falkenburg grew up, who, in 1269 at the age of 15, married 60-year old Richard of Cornwall, king of the Holy Roman Empire.
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The men's time trial at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships was held on Thursday October 8, 1998 from Maastricht to Vilt, within the commune of Valkenburg aan de Geul.
The Women's Individual Time Trial at the 1999 World Cycling Championships was held on Wednesday October 7, 1998 from Maastricht to Vilt, within the commune of Valkenburg aan de Geul.