The Land van den Bergh was a lordship in Zutphen,

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and included

's-Heerenberg s-Heerenberg is a city on the Dutch-German border, in the Province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It is located about 5 km north of the German Emmerich, and about south of Doetinchem. It received city rights in 1379. 's-Heerenberg is the locat ...

, Didam, Etten, Zeddam,

Gendringen Gendringen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is in the municipality of Oude IJsselstreek, about southeast of Doetinchem and northwest of the German city Bocholt. It has approximately 4400 inhabitants. In the Middle Ages, G ...

Netterden Netterden is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Oude IJsselstreek, about 5 km northeast of Emmerich am Rhein in Germany. Netterden was a separate municipality until 1821, when it was merged wit ...

, and the

Westervoort Westervoort () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The town has two rivers inside its borders, the Rhine and the IJssel. It is a commuter town closely linked to Arnhem, the capital of Gelderland, which is situated on the west b ...

fiefdom. It was previously ruled over by the counts van Bergh.berghapedia.nl
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History

The first known Count van Bergh was Constantinus de Monte who settled in the region between 1100-1125. The

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initially resided in Montferland until the construction of the castle

Huis Bergh Huis Bergh is a castle in 's-Heerenberg and is one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. It gives its name to the Land van den Bergh and was previously owned by the counts van Bergh. Nowadays, it is a famous tourist attraction for its be ...

. In 1416, House Monte went extinct and was succeeded by House van der Leck. Oswald I van der Bergh was made an Imperial Count, but Land van den Bergh did not become sovereign. The most famous counts were

Willem IV van den Bergh Willem IV, Count van den Bergh (1537-1586) was the Dutch Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen from 1581 until his arrest for treason in 1583. Biography Early Years Willem was the son of Count Oswald II van den BerghThe name "Van den Bergh" is ...

Herman van den Bergh Herman, Count van den Bergh (2 August 1558 in Huis Bergh, 's-Heerenberg, Gelderland – 12 August 1611 in Spa) was a Dutch soldier in the Eighty Years' War, knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece and stadtholder of Spanish Guelders. Life In 15 ...

(1558-1611), and Hendrik van den Bergh (1573-1638). During the

Eighty Years' War The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) ( c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Refo ...

, they initially fought on the Staatse side, later siding with the Spanish, and finally switching back to the Staatse faction. With Oswald III van den Bergh, the Van der Leck House went extinct, on the male side, in 1712. Oswald III appointed his great-nephew, Prince Franz Wilhelm von

Hohenzollern The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenb ...

, as his successor and sole heir. A condition for the succession was that Frans Wilhelm would take the name and coat of arms Van den Bergh, with which he founded the new family Hohenzollern-Bergh, and the Land van Bergh passed to the House of

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. In 1737, he was succeeded by his son Johan Baptist, nicknamed the Mad Count. In 1795, following the foundation of the

Batavian Republic The Batavian Republic ( nl, Bataafse Republiek; french: République Batave) was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on 19 January 1795 and ended on 5 June 1806, with the accession of Louis Bona ...

, the glorious rights were abolished. After the foundation of the

United Kingdom of the Netherlands The United Kingdom of the Netherlands ( nl, Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; french: Royaume uni des Pays-Bas) is the unofficial name given to the Kingdom of the Netherlands as it existed between 1815 and 1839. The United Netherlands was cr ...

in 1815, the glorious rights were partially restored. Land van den Bergh was later incorporated into

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

. In 1912, Willem August van Hohenzollern sold his property to

Jan Herman van Heek Jan Herman van Heek (Enschede, 20 October 1873 – Doetinchem, 25 January 1957) was a Dutch industrialist, textile manufacturer, patron of the arts, art collector and nature conservationist and owner of Huis Bergh Huis Bergh is a castle in ' ...

References

{{Reflist History of Gelderland

Bergh Bergh is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The municipality included the villages of 's-Heerenberg, Zeddam, and Stokkum. In 2005, it merged with Didam to form the new municipality of Montferland Montferland () is ...