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.

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Label Occurrences
Duchy of Mark canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy ⓘ
former state ⓘ
territorial principality ⓘ
abolishedBy Treaty of Tilsit ⓘ
surface form: Treaties of Tilsit
borderedBy County of Berg ⓘ
Duchy of Cleves ⓘ
Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
capital Burg Mark ⓘ
Hamm ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
dynasty House of Berg ⓘ
House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
House of Jülich ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
namedAfter House of Mark ⓘ
notableCastle Altena Castle ⓘ
surface form: Burg Altena

Burg Mark ⓘ
notableTown Altena ⓘ
Iserlohn ⓘ
Lüdenscheid ⓘ
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 ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Cleves-Mark
startTime late 12th century ⓘ
startTimeAsCounty c. 1180 ⓘ
successor Grand Duchy of Berg ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Province of Westphalia ⓘ
unionWith County of Berg ⓘ
County of Ravensberg ⓘ
Duchy of Cleves ⓘ
Duchy of Jülich ⓘ

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

Middle Dutch → spokenIn → Duchy of Mark ⓘ
House of Mark → ruled → Duchy of Mark ⓘ