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.
All labels observed (2)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
House of Cleves-Mark