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List Of Consorts Of Cleves
Countess of Cleves House of Cleves, 1020/25–1368 House of La Marck, 1368–1417 Duchess of Cleves House of La Marck, 1417–1609 Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves House of Bonaparte, 1806–1813 Notes Sources * *{{Better source, date=August 2012 *:nl:Hertogdom Kleef#Heersers van Kleef *:de:Herzogtum Kleve#Herrscher von Kleve Countesses of Cleves, Duchesses of Cleves, House of La Marck Lists of duchesses, Cleves Lists of countesses, Cleves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Cleves
The Duchy of Cleves (german: Herzogtum Kleve; nl, Hertogdom Kleef) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire which emerged from the medieval . It was situated in the northern Rhineland on both sides of the Lower Rhine, around its capital Cleves and the towns of Wesel, Kalkar, Xanten, Emmerich, Rees and Duisburg bordering the lands of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster in the east and the Duchy of Brabant in the west. Its history is closely related to that of its southern neighbours: the Duchies of Jülich and Berg, as well as Guelders and the Westphalian county of Mark. The Duchy was archaically known as ''Cleveland'' in English. The duchy's territory roughly covered the present-day German districts of Cleves (northern part), Wesel and the city of Duisburg, as well as adjacent parts of the Limburg, North Brabant and Gelderland provinces in the Netherlands. History In the early 11th century Emperor Henry II entrusted the administration of the ''Klever Reichswald'', a large foreste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
