Duchy of Guelders
The Duchy of Guelders (Dutch: Gelre, French: Gueldre, German: Geldern) is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries.
Duchy of Guelders | |||||||||
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Coat of arms
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Duchy of Guelders and the County of Zutphen, about 1350 | |||||||||
| Status | Duchy | ||||||||
| Capital | Geldern | ||||||||
| Government | Feudal monarchy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages, Renaissance | ||||||||
| 1339 | |||||||||
• County created | 1096 | ||||||||
• Held by Jülich | 1393–1423 | ||||||||
• Acquired by Burgundy | 1473 | ||||||||
• Treaty of Venlo | 1543 | ||||||||
| 1581 | |||||||||
• Batavian Republic created | 1795 | ||||||||
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| History of the Low Countries | ||||||||
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| Frisii | Belgae | |||||||
| Cana– nefates |
Chamavi, Tubantes |
Gallia Belgica (55 BC–c. 5th AD) Germania Inferior (83–c. 5th) | ||||||
| Salian Franks | Batavi | |||||||
| unpopulated (4th–c. 5th) |
Saxons | Salian Franks (4th–c. 5th) |
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| Frisian Kingdom (c. 6th–734) |
Frankish Kingdom (481–843)—Carolingian Empire (800–843) | |||||||
| Austrasia (511–687) | ||||||||
| Middle Francia (843–855) | West Francia (843–) |
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| Kingdom of Lotharingia (855– 959) Duchy of Lower Lorraine (959–) |
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| Frisia | ||||||||
Frisian Freedom (11–16th century) |
County of Holland (880–1432) |
Bishopric of Utrecht (695–1456) |
Duchy of Brabant (1183–1430) Duchy of Guelders (1046–1543) |
County of Flanders (862–1384) |
County of Hainaut (1071–1432) County of Namur (981–1421) |
P.-Bish. of Liège (980–1794) |
Duchy of Luxem- bourg (1059–1443) | |
Burgundian Netherlands (1384–1482) |
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Habsburg Netherlands (1482–1795) (Seventeen Provinces after 1543) |
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Dutch Republic (1581–1795) |
Spanish Netherlands (1556–1714) |
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Austrian Netherlands (1714–1795) |
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United States of Belgium (1790) |
R. Liège (1789–'91) |
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Batavian Republic (1795–1806) Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810) |
associated with French First Republic (1795–1804) part of First French Empire (1804–1815) | |||||||
Princip. of the Netherlands (1813–1815) |
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| Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1830) | Gr D. L. (1815–) | |||||||
Kingdom of the Netherlands (1839–) |
Kingdom of Belgium (1830–) | |||||||
Gr D. of Luxem- bourg (1890–) | ||||||||
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