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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: 1248 births, 1248 by country, 1248 deaths, 1248 disestablishments, 1248 establishments, 1248 in Europe, 1248 works, Conflicts in 1248, The Hague, Dos Hermanas, Neubrandenburg, Subutai, Guyuk Khan, Thomas, Shams Tabrizi, Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla, Thu n Thien, Simon Langton, Walter Mauclerk, Sancho II of Portugal, Robert Bacon, Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, John Blund, Henry II, Duke of Brabant, Blanche of Artois, List of state leaders in 1248, Patrick II, Earl of Dunbar, Maud Marshal, Angela of Foligno, Boleslaus I of Masovia, Andrieu Contredit d'Arras, Viam agnoscere veritatis, Otto IV, Count of Burgundy, Holmger Knutsson, Robert II, Duke of Burgundy, Shunbajunki, Richard Fishacre, Battle of Parma, Kingdom of Seville, Clare Priory, Al-Qifti, Hermann of Dorpat, Hugh I, Count of Blois, Harald I Olafsson, Antong, Mikhail Khorobrit, Duchy of Merania, Bochnia Salt Mine, Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland, Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundy, 1248 in Ireland, Taddeo da Suessa, Al-Adil II, Otto III, Count Palatine of Burgundy, Ichij Ietsune, Gao Kegong, Dearmid O'Cuana, Bogo de Clare, 1248 in poetry, Kuj Tadanori, Adachi Kagemori, Irmgard of Berg. Excerpt: The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, officially also 's-Gravenhage, ) is the third largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 485,818 (as of May 31, 2009) and an area of approximately 100 km . It is located in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, of which it is also the provincial capital. The Hague is the centre of a conurbation called Haaglanden (population 1,011,459) and lies at the southwest corner of a larger conurbation called the Randstad. The Hague is the seat of the Dutch parliament, government and Royal Court (but the city is not the capital of the Netherlands which is a...