▁B rab ant ▁revolution , ▁but ▁also ▁re bel led ▁un success fully ▁against ▁the ▁revolution ary ▁French ▁regime ▁in ▁the ▁Pe as ants ' ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 7 9 8 . ▁ ▁Al most ▁none ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁Belg ian ▁or ▁Dutch ▁provinces ▁of ▁Lim burg ▁were ▁ever ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁nearby ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Lim burg . ▁Nevertheless , ▁Lim burg ' s ▁modern ▁name ▁der ives ▁from ▁this ▁Duch y , ▁which ▁originally ▁cent red ▁upon ▁the ▁fort ified ▁castle ▁town ▁known ▁as ▁Lim bourg , ▁situated ▁on ▁the ▁river ▁V es d re ▁in ▁the ▁Ar den nes , ▁now ▁in ▁the ▁Wall onian ▁province ▁of ▁Li ège . ▁The ▁modern ▁Lim burg ▁region , ▁containing ▁the ▁Belg ian ▁and ▁Dutch ▁provinces ▁of ▁that ▁name , ▁were ▁first ▁un ited ▁within ▁one ▁province ▁while ▁under ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁revolution ary ▁France , ▁and ▁later ▁the ▁Napole onic ▁emp ire , ▁but ▁then ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁department ▁of ▁the ▁Lower ▁Me use ▁( Ma as ). ▁Lim bourg ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁not ▁in ▁this ▁region , ▁but ▁was ▁neighbour ing ▁it , ▁and ▁there ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁political ▁association . ▁Following ▁the ▁Napole onic ▁Era , ▁the ▁great ▁powers ▁( the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁Pr uss ia , ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁Empire , ▁the ▁Russian ▁Empire ▁and ▁France ) ▁granted ▁the ▁region ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 5 . ▁A ▁new ▁province ▁was ▁formed ▁and ▁was ▁to ▁receive