County of Mark

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county imperial estate territorial principality

The County of Mark was a historic territorial principality of the Holy Roman Empire located in what is now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
imperial estate ⓘ
territorial principality ⓘ
borderedBy County of Berg ⓘ
Duchy of Cleves ⓘ
surface form: County of Cleves

County of Ravensberg ⓘ
Duchy of Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
capital Burg Mark ⓘ
Hamm ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature chequered red-and-white fess ⓘ
red fess on gold field ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dynasty House of La Marck ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
hasCastle Altena Castle ⓘ
Burg Mark ⓘ
hasCity Hamm ⓘ
Iserlohn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lüdenscheid NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTown Altena ⓘ
historicalEra Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
languageUsed German ⓘ
laterPartOf Brandenburg-Prussia ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
laterRuledBy House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
namedAfter Burg Mark ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
presentInModernRegion Ruhr area ⓘ
surface form: Ruhr region

Sauerland ⓘ
regionType historic state of Germany ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
river Lenne ⓘ
Lippe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruhr NERFINISHED ⓘ
ruledBy House of La Marck ⓘ
significantFor medieval territorial development in Westphalia ⓘ
titleOfRuler Count of Mark ⓘ
todayDividedBetween Arnsberg region ⓘ
Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region ⓘ
surface form: Düsseldorf region
unionFormedEntity Duchy of Cleves-Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ
unionWith Duchy of Cleves ⓘ
surface form: County of Cleves

Referenced by (6)

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

Electorate of Cologne → borderedBy → County of Mark ⓘ
Stadtholder of Mark → locatedIn → County of Mark ⓘ
Duchy of Mark → predecessor → County of Mark ⓘ
Middle Dutch → spokenIn → County of Mark ⓘ