Upper Quarter

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Upper Quarter was a historical subdivision of the Duchy of Guelders, located in the northern Low Countries and comprising several territories under its feudal administration.

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Label Occurrences
Upper Quarter canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
subdivision of a duchy
administrativeCenter Roermond
borders Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Cleves
Duchy of Jülich
Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence)
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
feudalOverlord Duke of Guelders
governmentType feudal administration
hasAlternativeName Oberquartier
Overkwartier van Gelre
Upper Guelders
hasCapital Roermond
hasCharacteristic cross-border region
discontinuous territory
hasTerritory Nijmegen Quarter
surface form: Nijmegen quarter borderlands

Roermond
Venlo
parts of present-day Belgian Limburg
parts of present-day Dutch Limburg
parts of present-day German Lower Rhine region
historicalEra Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages
historicalRegionType quarter of a duchy
integratedInto French département of Roer
languageUsed German
Middle Dutch
locatedIn Low Countries
northern Low Countries
namedAfter Duchy of Guelders
oneOfFourQuartersOf Duchy of Guelders
partOf Duchy of Guelders
Holy Roman Empire
presentInModernCountry Belgium
Germany
Netherlands
religionHistoricallyDominant Roman Catholicism
sovereigntyChangedTo Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Austrian Netherlands

French First Republic
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
status defunct administrative division
subdivisionOf County of Guelders
surface form: Guelders
timePeriod c. 13th century to late 18th century
usedFor territorial organization of Guelders

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

Duchy of Guelders hasPart Upper Quarter
Gelre hasRegion Upper Quarter