Duchy of Cleves

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former duchy historical German principality state of the Holy Roman Empire

The Duchy of Cleves was a historic German principality in the Lower Rhine region of the Holy Roman Empire, later part of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg and a focal point of early modern territorial and dynastic politics.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Duchy of Cleves canonical	47
County of Cleves	2
Duchy of Cleves (in personal union)	1
Duchy of Cleves-Guldenberg-Jülich-Berg	1
Duchy of Cleves-Mark	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former duchy ⓘ historical German principality ⓘ state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
borderedBy	County of Mark ⓘ Duchy of Berg ⓘ Duchy of Brabant ⓘ Duchy of Guelders ⓘ Duchy of Jülich ⓘ Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
capital	Cleves ⓘ Kleve ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
elevatedFrom	County of Cleves ⓘ
elevationToDuchyYear	1417 ⓘ
endTime	1795 ⓘ
followedBy	France ⓘ Grand Duchy of Berg ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Prussia ⓘ Duchy of Jülich-Cleves-Berg ⓘ surface form: United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg United Provinces ⓘ
governmentType	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
importantCity	Duisburg ⓘ Emmerich am Rhein ⓘ Wesel ⓘ
importantRiver	Lippe ⓘ Rhine ⓘ
languageUsed	German ⓘ
locatedIn	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Holy Roman Empire (modern-day Germany and Netherlands) Lower Rhine ⓘ
modernTerritoryIncludes	parts of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ parts of the Dutch province of Gelderland ⓘ
namedAfter	Cleves ⓘ
notableDynasticConnection	Anne of Cleves ⓘ surface form: Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII of England
notableRuler	John III, Duke of Cleves ⓘ William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg ⓘ
partOf	Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle ⓘ Duchy of Jülich-Cleves-Berg ⓘ surface form: United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
politicalRole	focal point of early modern territorial and dynastic politics in the Lower Rhine region ⓘ
precededBy	County of Cleves ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty	House of Cleves ⓘ House of Jülich ⓘ surface form: House of Jülich-Cleves-Berg House of La Marck ⓘ
significantEvent	War of the Jülich Succession ⓘ surface form: Jülich-Cleves succession crisis Treaty of Xanten ⓘ formation of United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg ⓘ partition between Brandenburg-Prussia and the Palatinate-Neuburg ⓘ
startTime	1417 ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince-Bishopric of Münster → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Govert Flinck → placeOfBirth → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Middle Dutch → spokenIn → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Electorate of Cologne → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Duchy of Guelders → successor → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duchy of Cleves-Guldenberg-Jülich-Berg

Duchy of Guelders → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Grand Duchy of Berg → predecessor → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Gerardus Mercator → placeOfDeath → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Gerardus Mercator → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Gerardus Mercator → employer → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

County of Bentheim → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

County of Mark → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Cleves

County of Mark → unionWith → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Cleves

County of Ravensberg → partOf → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Duchy of Mark → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Duchy of Mark → unionWith → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Battle of Rheinberg → location → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Stadtholder of Cleves → country → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Stadtholder of Cleves → appliesToJurisdiction → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Cleves → historicalRegion → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Electorate of Brandenburg → hasTerritory → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duchy of Cleves (in personal union)

Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle → hasPart → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Emmerich am Rhein → historicalAffiliation → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Duchy of Jülich → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Duchy of Jülich → unionWith → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

County of Zutphen → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Duke of Cleves → appliesToJurisdiction → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Bishopric of Essen → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Gelre → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Kleve → formerCapitalOf → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Kleve → historicalRegion → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Duchy of Lower Lotharingia → followedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Upper Quarter → borders → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

House of Jülich → diplomaticRelation → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

William the Rich → ruledTerritory → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Duchy of Jülich-Cleves-Berg → formedByUnionOf → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Duchy of Jülich-Cleves-Berg → predecessor → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Duchy of Jülich-Cleves-Berg → successor → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duchy of Cleves-Mark

Bishopric of Münster → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Charles of Egmond → ally → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Catherine of Cleves → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Peter Minuit → placeOfBirth → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Upper Guelders → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Berg → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Treaty of Xanten → partitionedEntity → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Gerard de Kremer → deathPlace → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

Duchy of Berg → oftenUnitedWith → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg → governedTerritory → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

House of La Marck → heldTerritory → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ

County of Berg → borderedBy → Duchy of Cleves ⓘ