Duchy of Mark

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duchy former state territorial principality

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.

Statements (50)

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