House of Cleves

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The House of Cleves was a medieval German noble family that rose to prominence as the hereditary rulers of the Duchy of Cleves and played a notable role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Label Occurrences
House of Cleves canonical 5
House of Cleves-Mark 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf noble family
capital Cleves NERFINISHED
coatOfArmsFeature red and white colours
three chevrons
country Holy Roman Empire
dynasticUnionWith House of Berg NERFINISHED
House of Jülich NERFINISHED
House of Mark NERFINISHED
elevatedFrom County of Cleves NERFINISHED
elevatedTo Duchy of Cleves NERFINISHED
elevationCentury 15th century
ethnicGroup Germans
extinctionOfMainLine early 17th century
hasTitle Count of Cleves NERFINISHED
Count of Mark NERFINISHED
Duke of Berg NERFINISHED
Duke of Cleves NERFINISHED
Duke of Jülich NERFINISHED
Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg NERFINISHED
language German
Low Franconian dialects
laterReligion Lutheranism
maritalAllianceThrough Anne of Cleves NERFINISHED
maritalAllianceWith House of Tudor NERFINISHED
notableMember Adolph I, Duke of Cleves NERFINISHED
Anne of Cleves NERFINISHED
Dietrich IX, Count of Cleves NERFINISHED
Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves NERFINISHED
Engelbert of Cleves NERFINISHED
John I, Count of Cleves NERFINISHED
John II, Count of Cleves NERFINISHED
John III, Duke of Cleves NERFINISHED
William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg NERFINISHED
partOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
playedRoleIn politics of the Holy Roman Empire
politicalStatus imperial immediacy
region Lower Rhine NERFINISHED
North Rhine NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
riseToProminence late Middle Ages
successionDispute War of the Jülich Succession NERFINISHED
successorDynastyInLands House of Hohenzollern NERFINISHED
House of Wittelsbach NERFINISHED
territoryRuled County of Cleves NERFINISHED
County of Mark NERFINISHED
Duchy of Berg NERFINISHED
Duchy of Cleves NERFINISHED
Duchy of Jülich NERFINISHED
Duchy of Jülich-Cleves-Berg NERFINISHED

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Duchy of Cleves rulingDynasty House of Cleves
Catherine of Cleves memberOf House of Cleves
Catherine of Cleves nobleFamily House of Cleves
House of Mark hasCadetBranch House of Cleves
this entity surface form: House of Cleves-Mark
House of Mark dynasticUnionWith House of Cleves