Duchy of Clevesball

History[edit | edit source]
Duchy of Clevesball started back when it was a 2ball, then they formed
Germaniaball, then after the Romans collapsed, the Germans (Germanics) spread into Western Europe, then the
Frankish Empireball came along, then forming the
HREball.
Rise to power[edit | edit source]
King Sigismund of Germany raised Count Adolph I to the status of a duke and a Prince of the
Holy Roman Empireball in 1417. The File:Cleves-Mark-icon.png Cleves-Markball 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 Jülichball,
Bergball,
Clevesball,
Markball and
Ravensbergball formed the
United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Bergball. 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
Gueldersball and sought support from
King Henry VIII.
Decline[edit | edit source]
When the last duke of Jülich-Cleves-Bergball died issueless in 1609, the War of the Jülich succession broke out and it was divided up.
Clevesball 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, parts of it went to
Grand Duchy of Bergball.
It was finally re-annexed by Kingdom of Prussiaball and some parts went to the
United Kingdom of the Netherlandsball.
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