LC control no. | n 2003031361 |
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Geographic heading | Jülich-Cleve-Berg |
Geographic subdivision usage | Jülich-Cleve-Berg |
Variant(s) | United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Jülich-Cleves-Berg |
See also | Jülich-Berg Cleve (Duchy) |
Found in | Low-Rhenish Ancestors of Theunis Koenders/Kunders/Conradts/Heckers Web site, Mat. 7, 2003 (Between 1305 and 1798, Gladbach lay under the jurisdiction of the earldom of Jülich, which was raised to a Margravedom in 1336 and became a duchy 1356; in 1429, the land was joined with the duchy of Berg, after which the united dukedom was known as Jülich-Berg; the capital was at Dusseldorf; in 1511, the Dukedom of Cleve was joined with Jülich-Berg, the resulting duchy being called Jülich-Cleve-Berg; during the Clevish War of Succession, the duchy fell to the Wittlesbacher who ruled there until 1798) Wikipedia, Aug. 29, 2012 (United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg; Jülich-Cleves-Berg was the name of two former territories across the modern German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the modern Dutch province of Gelderland; from 1521 to 1666, the territory was a combination of states ... of the Holy Roman Empire; the name was resurrected after the Congress of Vienna for a short-lived province of the Kingdom of Prussia between 1815 and 1822) |
Geographic area code | e-gx--- e-ne--- |