United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg | |||||||||||||||||||
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1521–1614 | |||||||||||||||||||
State of Holy Roman Empire ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Capital | Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||||||
Common languages | various closely related West Germanic varieties, e.g.
Duke of Jülich-Berg | 1521 | |||||||||||||||||
• Partitioned at Xanten | 12 November 1614 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Germany Netherlands |
The United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was a territory in the Holy Roman Empire between 1521 and 1666, formed from the personal union of the duchies of Jülich, Cleves and Berg.
The name was resurrected after the Congress of Vienna for province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg of the Kingdom of Prussia between 1815 and 1822. Its territory is today split between the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Dutch province of Gelderland.
History
The United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was a combination of states of the
Münster
.
Only a century after John III's marriage, however, the united ducal line fell extinct, prompting a war over the succession to the territories. The grandson of John III —
dukes of Saxony—the former particularly worrying to Henry IV of France and the Dutch Republic, who feared any strengthening of the Habsburg Netherlands
.
The
William the Rich
.
Philip Louis' grandson
Kings in Prussia; with Cleves-Mark as their first possession in western Germany, it was the seed of the future Prussian Rhineland
.
Dukes of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, House of La Marck
- 1521–1539: John III, Duke of Cleves
- 1539–1592: William the Rich
- 1592–1609: John William
See also
References
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