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- ↑ Wim Blockmans, "De samenstelling van de staten van de Bourgondische landsheerlijkheden omstreeks 1464", Standen en Landen 47 (1968), pp. 57-112; 65-66.
- ↑ J. Gilissen, "Les Etats Généraux des Pays de par deçà (1464-1632)", Standen en Landen, 33 (1965), p. 287.