[svandamme]

at one point ruled by a dude born in Ghent , Flanders

Charles V son of Philip the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile.

what's in a name eh....

but the city folks rebelled, and he sort of got back at them in a nasty way...he got medieval on their ass

all in all , it was your average power house of nobility, where noble is best taken with a big grain of salt...