Duchy of Clevesball

Duchy of Clevesball
←   → 1417 - 1795
General information
Government	Duchy
Language	German
Type	Duchyball
Capital	Clèvesball
Affiliation	HREball
Religion	Catholic

The Duchy of Clevesball was a Holy Roman Imperial duchyball.

History

Duchy of Clevesball started back when it was a 2ball, then they form Germaniaball, then after the Romans collapse, the Germans (germanics) spreaded into Western Europe, then the Frankish Empireball came along, then forming the HREball.

Rise to power=

King File:Duchy of Luxembourg-icon.png Sigismund of Germany raised Count Adolph I to the status of a duke and a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1417. The Cleves-Mark territories became one of the most significant estates of the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle in 1500, rivaled by the Prince-Bishopric of Münsterball].

When John III succeeded his father as Duke of Cleves in 1521, the states of Jülich, Berge, Cleves and Mark formed the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. His daughter Anne of Cleves (1515–1557) even became Queen Consort of England for a few months in 1540, as her brother William, duke since 1539, quarreled with Emperor Charles V over the possession of Guelders and sought support from King Henry VIII.

Decline

When the last duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berge died issueless in 1609, the War of the Jülich succession broke out and it was divided up. It was incorporated into the Margraviate of Brandenburgball. It was occupied by baguette forces during the Seven Years War, then French First Republicball during the French Revolutionary Wars and later First French Empireball.

It was finally re-annexed by Kingdom of Prussiaball and some parts went to the United Kingdom of the Netherlandsball.