Duchy of Mark

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The Duchy of Mark was a medieval and early modern territorial principality within the Holy Roman Empire, located in what is now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy
former state
territorial principality
abolishedBy Treaties of Tilsit
borderedBy County of Berg
Duchy of Cleves NERFINISHED
Duchy of Westphalia NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Münster
capital Burg Mark
Hamm
continent Europe
dynasty House of Berg
House of Hohenzollern
House of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
House of La Marck
elevatedToDuchy 1391
endTime 1807
early 19th century
event Became part of Brandenburg-Prussia in 1614
Secularization and mediatization during Napoleonic era
United with Cleves in personal union in 1368
governmentForm monarchy
languageUsed German
locatedIn Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
locatedInPresentDay Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
namedAfter House of Mark
notableCastle Burg Altena
Burg Mark
notableTown Altena NERFINISHED
Iserlohn NERFINISHED
Lüdenscheid NERFINISHED
partOf Holy Roman Empire
Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle
predecessor County of Mark
region Westphalia
religion Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
rulerTitle Count of Mark
Duke of Cleves-Mark
startTime late 12th century
startTimeAsCounty c. 1180
successor Grand Duchy of Berg NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Prussia
Province of Westphalia
unionWith County of Berg
County of Ravensberg
Duchy of Cleves NERFINISHED
Duchy of Jülich NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Middle Dutch
spokenIn

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