House of Mark

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The House of Mark was a medieval German noble family that ruled the County (later Duchy) of Mark in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Label Occurrences
House of Mark canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German noble family
noble family
capitalOfDomain Burg Mark
Hamm
coatOfArms Arms of the Counts of Mark
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
dynasticUnionWith House of Berg
House of Cleves
House of Jülich
endTime 17th century
ethnicGroup German
feudalRank comital house
governedAs imperial fief
hasCadetBranch House of Berg
surface form: House of Berg-Mark

House of Cleves
surface form: House of Cleves-Mark

House of La Marck
hasLanguage German
hasReligion Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
historicalSignificance important territorial lordship in medieval Westphalia
laterStatus ducal house
locatedIn Westphalia
memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
nobleTitle Count of Mark
Duke of Mark
notableMember Count Adolf I of the Mark
surface form: Adolf I, Count of the Mark

Adolph II, Duke of Cleves
surface form: Adolf II of Cleves-Mark

Adolf II, Count of Mark
surface form: Adolf II, Count of the Mark

Adolf III of the Marck
Engelbert I, Count of the Mark
Engelbert II of the Mark
surface form: Engelbert II, Count of the Mark

John I, Duke of Cleves-Mark
surface form: John I, Duke of Cleves

John II, Duke of Cleves
John III, Duke of Cleves
surface form: John III, Duke of Cleves, Jülich and Berg
originatedAs Count of Mark
surface form: Counts of Mark
partOf Holy Roman Empire
politicalRole princely house of the Holy Roman Empire
politicalSystem feudal monarchy
regionToday North Rhine-Westphalia
ruled County of Mark
Duchy of Mark
startTime 12th century
succeededBy House of Hohenzollern
territorialBase Altmark region
surface form: Mark (region)
territoriesLaterIncorporatedInto Brandenburg-Prussia
timePeriod Middle Ages

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Duchy of Mark namedAfter House of Mark