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War Of The Guelderian Succession
{{Infobox military conflict , conflict=First War of the Guelderian Succession , partof= , image= Locator Duchy of Guelders and County of Zutphen (1350).svg , caption= , date=1371-1379 , place=Guelders, Duchy of Guelders , result= Victory of William of Jülich , combatant1= Duchy of Jülich Van Bronckhorst, Bronckhorst faction , combatant2= Blois Van Heeckeren, Heeckeren faction , commander1= William I of Guelders and Jülich, William III Maria, Duchess of Guelders, Mary of Guelders , commander2= John II, Count of Blois, John II of Blois Machteld of Guelders , strength1= , strength2= , casualties1= , casualties2= The First War of the Guelderian Succession was a battle for the throne of the Duchy of Guelders that raged between 1371 and 1379. The war originated when Reginald III of Guelders, Duke Reginald III died without issue in 1371. His brother, Edward, Duke of Guelders, Edward, who had been killed in the Battle of Baesweiler earlier that same year, also left no offspring. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guelders
The Duchy of Guelders ( nl, Gelre, french: Gueldre, german: Geldern) is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries. Geography The duchy was named after the town of Geldern (''Gelder'') in present-day Germany. Though the present province of Gelderland (English also ''Guelders'') in the Netherlands occupies most of the area, the former duchy also comprised parts of the present Dutch province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg as well as those territories in the present-day German States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia that were acquired by Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia in 1713. Four parts of the duchy had their own centres, as they were separated by rivers: * the quarter of Roermond, also called Upper Quarter or Upper Guelders – upstream on both sides of the Meuse (river), Maas, comprising the town of Geldern as well as Erkelenz, Goch, Nieuwstadt, Venlo and Straelen; spatially separated from the Lower Quarters (Gelde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
