Duchy of Westphalia

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former state medieval duchy territorial principality

The Duchy of Westphalia was a medieval territorial principality in the Holy Roman Empire, largely under the control of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and located in what is now western Germany.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Duchy of Westphalia canonical 12
Westphalia 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former state ⓘ
medieval duchy ⓘ
territorial principality ⓘ
borderedBy Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn ⓘ
surface form: Bishopric of Paderborn

County of Mark ⓘ
County of Nassau ⓘ
County of Waldeck ⓘ
Landgraviate of Hesse ⓘ
capital Arnsberg ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currency various regional coins of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolved 1803 ⓘ
electoralLord Prince-elector of Cologne ⓘ
surface form: Elector of Cologne
established 1180 ⓘ
event created after the fall of Henry the Lion ⓘ
secularized in 1803 ⓘ
feudalLord Archbishop of Cologne ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Westphalia ⓘ
includedRegion Sauerland ⓘ
includedTown Arnsberg ⓘ
Brilon ⓘ
Soest ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalSystem feudal law ⓘ
locatedIn Present-day Germany ⓘ
Province of Westphalia ⓘ
surface form: Region of Westphalia

western Germany ⓘ
surface form: Western Germany
lostTerritory Imperial City of Soest ⓘ
surface form: Town of Soest in the Soest Feud
mainRiver Lenne ⓘ
Ruhr ⓘ
militaryObligationTo Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
notableEvent Soest Feud ⓘ
overlord Archbishop of Cologne ⓘ
surface form: Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle ⓘ
predecessor Duchy of Saxony ⓘ
Saxon territories in Westphalia ⓘ
presentIn Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledBy Archbishop of Cologne ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Archbishop of Cologne
rulerTitle Duke of Westphalia ⓘ
sovereign Electorate of Cologne ⓘ
successor Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ
surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt

Referenced by (13)

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

Prince-Bishopric of Münster → borderedBy → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Electorate of Cologne → hasPart → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn → borderedBy → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
County of Mark → borderedBy → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Duchy of Mark → borderedBy → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Bishopric of Cologne → borderedBy → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Bishopric of Cologne → hadEnclave → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westphalia
Duchy of Saxony → followedBy → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle → hasPart → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Bishopric of Essen → borderedBy → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Berg → borderedBy → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Province of Westphalia → follows → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Duchy of Berg → borderedBy → Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ