County of Mark

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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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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
County of Mark canonical 38
County of Mark (in personal union) 1

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
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
Lüdenscheid
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
Ruhr
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 Jülich-Cleves-Berg
surface form: Duchy of Cleves-Mark
unionWith Duchy of Cleves
surface form: County of Cleves

Referenced by (39)

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

Middle Dutch spokenIn County of Mark
Electorate of Cologne borderedBy County of Mark
Duchy of Mark predecessor County of Mark
Stadtholder of Mark locatedIn County of Mark
Electorate of Brandenburg hasTerritory County of Mark
this entity surface form: County of Mark (in personal union)
House of Limburg Stirum originatesFrom County of Mark
County of Zutphen borderedBy County of Mark
Menden historicalRegion County of Mark
Bishopric of Düsseldorf borderedBy County of Mark
Duchy of Cleves borderedBy County of Mark
Bishopric of Essen borderedBy County of Mark
Duchy of Westphalia borderedBy County of Mark
Soest locatedInHistoricalRegion County of Mark
Count of Mark associatedWith County of Mark
Count of Mark hasTerritorialBase County of Mark
Count of Mark appliesToJurisdiction County of Mark
Battle of Worringen belligerent County of Mark
William the Rich ruledTerritory County of Mark
Berg borderedBy County of Mark
Province of Westphalia follows County of Mark
Treaty of Xanten partitionedEntity County of Mark
Duchy of Berg oftenUnitedWith County of Mark
Duchy of Berg borderedBy County of Mark
House of La Marck heldTerritory County of Mark
Burg Mark locatedIn County of Mark
Burg Mark namedAfter County of Mark
County of Berg borderedBy County of Mark
County of Berg formedPersonalUnionWith County of Mark
House of Mark ruled County of Mark
House of Berg ruledTerritory County of Mark
Altena historicalRegion County of Mark