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Jul 2, 2021 · The Rhineland in the 16th century, showing in orange the unified duchies and counties of Cleves, Julich, Berg, Mark and Ravensberg (plus Guelders in stripes) The counts of Cleves of the House of Wassenberg pass in a succession of Dietrichs. It is a very dominant name—one of them even had three sons all named Dietrich.
The War of the Jülich Succession was a war of succession in the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. It lasted between 10 June 1609 and 24 October 1610, resumed in May 1614 and finally ended on 13 October 1614. The first round of the conflict pitted Catholic Archduke Leopold V against the combined forces of the Protestant John Sigismund ...
The duchy of J ü lich-Cleves was a shifting agglomeration of principalities on the Lower Rhine, a location that, despite its lack of large cities, gave it strategic significance as the gateway from the Low Countries to central and southern Germany. During the late Middle Ages the county of J ü lich was raised to the dignity of a duchy in 1356 ...
Adolf I, (son of Margaret, daughter of Dietrich VII, and Adolf II of Mark; count of Mark 1391–3) 1394–1448. Adolf II (son; Mark 1398; made duke of Cleves by emperor Sigismund1417) 1448–1481. John II (son) 1481–1521. John III, the Pious (son) 1521–1539. John IV, the Pacific (son; duke of Berg and Jülich 1511)
5 days ago · Quick Reference. (1609–14). By 1521 the duchy of Cleves, on the Lower Rhine, had become a principality which included the duchies of Cleves, Jülich, and Berg, and the counties of Ravensberg and ... From: Jülich-Cleves succession, war of in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance ». Subjects: History — Early Modern History (1500 to 1700)
Taifas. Valencia. Viguera. Visigoths. This is a list of monarchs of Spain, a dominion started with the dynastic union of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain — Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile . The regnal numbers follow those of the rulers of Asturias, León, and Castile. Thus, Alfonso XII is numbered in succession to Alfonso XI of ...
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Brandenburg-Prussia ( German: Brandenburg-Preußen; Low German: Brannenborg-Preußen) is the historiographic denomination for the early modern realm of the Brandenburgian Hohenzollerns between 1618 and 1701. Based in the Electorate of Brandenburg, the main branch of the Hohenzollern intermarried with the branch ruling the Duchy of Prussia, and ...
