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- ↑ “Origines” Part 1, 469: “C'est depuis le début du siècle que le titre de comes de Duras apparaît dans les documents.”
- ↑ See for example Baerten, Jean, (1969) Het Graafschap Loon (11de - 14de eeuw), pp.35-37. He writes: "Het is duidelijk, dat er een verwantschap bestaat tussen beide vrouwen; de goederen waarover deze documenten handelen, zijn gelegen te Molembisoul onder Geldenaken, waar ook de graven van Duras nog rechten hadden." And in a footnote: "Juliana zelf wordt in een oorkonde van 1164 "Comitissa Clarimontis et Geldonie" genaamd."