County of Guelders

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county former state medieval principality

The County of Guelders was a medieval territorial principality in the Low Countries that later expanded in power and status to become the Duchy of Guelders.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Guelders	14
County of Guelders canonical	9
Count of Guelders	6

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county ⓘ former state ⓘ medieval principality ⓘ
borderedBy	Bishopric of Utrecht ⓘ County of Holland ⓘ Duchy of Brabant ⓘ Bishopric of Liège ⓘ surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
capital	Geldern ⓘ
coatOfArms	gold lion rampant on blue field ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
currency	Gelderse gulden ⓘ
elevatedTo	duchy ⓘ
elevationResult	Duchy of Guelders ⓘ
feudalLord	Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
followedBy	Duchy of Guelders ⓘ
governmentType	feudal monarchy ⓘ
hasEthnicComposition	medieval Dutch population ⓘ
hasHistoricalImportance	regional power in the Low Countries ⓘ
hasHistoricalPhase	County of Guelders self-link ⓘ Duchy of Guelders ⓘ
hasLegalSystem	feudal law ⓘ
hasPoliticalSystem	hereditary rule ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion	Western Christianity ⓘ surface form: Latin Christianity
hasSuccessorState	Duchy of Guelders ⓘ
hasTerritorialExpansion	Duchy of Guelders ⓘ
hasTerritory	Betuwe ⓘ County of Zutphen ⓘ Veluwe ⓘ
historicalRegion	County of Guelders self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guelders
languageUsed	Middle Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn	Low Countries ⓘ present-day Germany ⓘ present-day Netherlands ⓘ
namedAfter	Geldern ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Wassenberg ⓘ
partOf	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Lower Lorraine ⓘ surface form: Lower Lorraine (historical region)
politicalStatus	imperial fief ⓘ
precededBy	Lordship of Geldern ⓘ
presentIn	modern provinces of Gelderland and Limburg (partly) ⓘ
rankInEmpire	county ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
ruledBy	Herzog von Geldern ⓘ surface form: Counts of Guelders
sovereignState	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
usedTitle	County of Guelders self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Count of Guelders

Referenced by (29)

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

Duchy of Guelders → predecessor → County of Guelders ⓘ

Duchy of Guelders → follows → County of Guelders ⓘ

Eleanor of Woodstock → spouseNobleTitle → County of Guelders ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count of Guelders

Duke of Guelders → precededBy → County of Guelders ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count of Guelders

Duke of Guelders → follows → County of Guelders ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count of Guelders

Duke of Guelders → createdFrom → County of Guelders ⓘ

Gelre → predecessor → County of Guelders ⓘ

Mary of Guelders → birthPlace → County of Guelders ⓘ