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Duke of Cleves

County (Duchy) of Cleves
Grafschaft (Herzogtum) Kleve (de)
Graafschap (Hertogdom) Kleef (nl)
State of the Holy Roman Empire
1092–1795


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Map of the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle around 1560,
Duchy of Cleves highlighted in red
Capital Cleves
Languages Kleverlandish and German
Religion Roman Catholicism
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 •  Dietrich I first
Count of Cleves
1092
 •  United with Mark 1368
 •  Raised to duchy 1417
 •  United with Jülich
and Berg
Armoiries Guillaume de Clèves.png
1521
 •  To Brandenburg 1614
 •  Annexed by France 1795
 •  Province of
Jülich-Cleves-Berg
1815
Preceded by
Succeeded by
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Roer (department)

Coordinates: 51°47′N 6°8′E / 51.783°N 6.133°E / 51.783; 6.133


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The Duchy of Cleves (German: Herzogtum Kleve; Dutch: Hertogdom Kleef) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire emerged from the mediaeval Duisburggau. It was situated in the northern Rhineland on both sides of the Lower Rhine, around its capital Cleves and the towns of Wesel, Kalkar, Xanten, Emmerich, Rees and Duisburg bordering the lands of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster in the east and the Duchy of Brabant in the west. Its history is closely related to that of its southern neighbours: the Duchies of Jülich and Berg, as well as Guelders and the Westphalian county of Mark. The Duchy was archaically known as Cleveland in English.


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