Union of Cleves and Mark

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical state
gptkbp:area approximately 2,000 km²
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:House_of_Hohenzollern
gptkb:House_of_Cleves
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Duisburg
gptkbp:coatOfArms Coat of arms of Cleves
gptkbp:culturalContribution Education
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Art and architecture
gptkbp:culturalInfluence Renaissance_art
gptkbp:currency Cleves_Mark
gptkbp:dissolved 1609
gptkbp:economicActivity Agriculture
Trade
gptkbp:established 1521
gptkbp:flag Flag of Cleves
gptkbp:governmentType Duchy
gptkbp:historicalFigures gptkb:Duke_Adolf_of_Cleves
gptkb:Duke_John_III_of_Cleves
gptkb:Duke_William_of_Cleves
gptkb:Duke_Johann_Wilhelm_of_Cleves
Duchess_Anne_of_Cleves
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Duchy_of_Cleves_succession_crisis
gptkb:War_of_the_Spanish_Succession
Thirty Years' War
War of the Jülich Succession
Spanish-Dutch War
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Union of two territories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Union of Cleves and Mark
gptkbp:language German
gptkbp:locatedIn Holy Roman Empire
gptkbp:notableEvent Reformation influence
Thirty Years' War impact
Marriage of Anne of Cleves
gptkbp:population around 100,000 (in 1600s)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Duchy_of_Cleves
gptkbp:region gptkb:North_Rhine-Westphalia
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Duchy_of_Prussia
gptkbp:territory Acquisition of Jülich
Acquisition_of_Berg
Acquisition_of_Mark