Reuland Castle is a

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in southeast

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Burg-Reuland Burg-Reuland () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. The name of the municipality refers to the castle "Burg-Reuland", which is located in the center of the community. On January 1, 2006, Burg-Reuland had a total popula ...

, near the border of Germany, probably built after 1148 by the von Reuland nobles. The castle was sold in 1322 to

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John the Blind John the Blind or John of Luxembourg ( lb, Jang de Blannen; german: link=no, Johann der Blinde; cz, Jan Lucemburský; 10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346), was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of ...

and the

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. On 24 May 1384 King Wenzel of Luxembourg designated Edmund von Engelsdorf the

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, and donated the Castle and the Reuland Domain (comprising the villages Oberbesslang and Niederbesslang) to him.

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