Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Catholic University of Leuven (of Louvain in French, and historically in English), was considered the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium.The University of Leuven was founded in 1425 by John IV, Duke of Brabant and approved by a Papal bull of Pope Martin V. It flourished for hundreds of years as the most prominent university in what would become Belgium, and one of the more prominent in Europe.During the French rule over Belgium in the French Revolutionary Wars, the French Republic closed the university in 1797. After Belgium was joined to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the State University of Louvain was founded in 1816, lasting until 1835. In 1834, a few years after Belgium had gained its independence, the separate Catholic University of Mechelen was founded. This new Roman Catholic university moved its seat to Leuven and took the name \"Catholic University of Leuven\", seeing itself as a \"re-founding\" of the older University of Leuven. This claim to continuity with the older institution was not recognised at law, with Belgium's highest court ruling that the two institutions were different foundations. Nonetheless, the Catholic University of Leuven is very frequently identified as a continuation of the older institution.In 1968, the Catholic University of Leuven split to form two institutions: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Dutch-speaking, situated primarily in Leuven; and Université catholique de Louvain, French-speaking, situated primarily in nearby Louvain-la-Neuve.This entry deals with the historic university/universities, 1425–1797 and 1834–1968. For the current successor institutions and their separate development since 1968, see the individual articles linked above."@en }
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- Catholic_University_of_Leuven_(1834–1968) abstract "The Catholic University of Leuven (of Louvain in French, and historically in English), was considered the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium.The University of Leuven was founded in 1425 by John IV, Duke of Brabant and approved by a Papal bull of Pope Martin V. It flourished for hundreds of years as the most prominent university in what would become Belgium, and one of the more prominent in Europe.During the French rule over Belgium in the French Revolutionary Wars, the French Republic closed the university in 1797. After Belgium was joined to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the State University of Louvain was founded in 1816, lasting until 1835. In 1834, a few years after Belgium had gained its independence, the separate Catholic University of Mechelen was founded. This new Roman Catholic university moved its seat to Leuven and took the name \"Catholic University of Leuven\", seeing itself as a \"re-founding\" of the older University of Leuven. This claim to continuity with the older institution was not recognised at law, with Belgium's highest court ruling that the two institutions were different foundations. Nonetheless, the Catholic University of Leuven is very frequently identified as a continuation of the older institution.In 1968, the Catholic University of Leuven split to form two institutions: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Dutch-speaking, situated primarily in Leuven; and Université catholique de Louvain, French-speaking, situated primarily in nearby Louvain-la-Neuve.This entry deals with the historic university/universities, 1425–1797 and 1834–1968. For the current successor institutions and their separate development since 1968, see the individual articles linked above.".