Graf von der Mark

E711990

Graf von der Mark is the German title historically used for the medieval Counts of Mark, a noble family that ruled the County of Mark in the Holy Roman Empire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Graf von der Mark canonical 2
Markgraf 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German noble title
hereditary title
medieval comital title
associatedDynasty House of La Marck
associatedWithCastle Burg Mark
country Holy Roman Empire
equivalentTitleInEnglish Count of Mark
femaleEquivalentTitle Gräfin von der Mark
feudalRank Count
firstKnownHolders Counts of Berg-Altena
geopoliticalContext Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire
governed County of Mark castles and towns
territorial lordship in the Holy Roman Empire
heldByReligion Roman Catholic nobility
heldJudicialAuthorityOver subjects of the County of Mark
heldMilitaryAuthorityOver county levies
heraldicTradition arms of the County of Mark
historicalGovernmentType feudal monarchy
historicalPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages
languageOfTitle German
laterHeldByReligion Protestant nobility
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia
Westphalia
nobleFamily House of Mark
nobleRankAbove Freiherr
nobleRankBelow Herzog von der Mark
originOfName County of Mark
partOf Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire
politicalRole imperial vassal
regional territorial prince
regionOfInfluence Ruhr valley
linked to: Ruhr area

Sauerland
relatedTitle Graf von Berg
linked to: Herzog von Berg

Herzog von Kleve-Mark
sovereigntyType immediate county
succeededBy Dukes of Cleves-Mark
linked to: Dukes of Cleves
territorialStatus county
titleForm Graf von der Mark
titleGenderForm masculine
titleHolderRuled County of Mark
titleHoldersWere Imperial immediates
linked to: imperial immediacy
usedIn County of Mark
Duchy of Westphalia region
linked to: Duchy of Westphalia
vassalTo Holy Roman Emperor

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Count of Mark originalLanguageLabel Graf von der Mark
Altgraf relatedTo Markgraf
linked to: Graf von der Mark
Graf von der Mark titleForm Graf von der Mark