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The
Jülich-Berg or sometimes the
Duchy of Jülich (; ) was a state enlarged from the
County of Jülich and became a duchy when combined with the
County of Berg in the
Holy Roman Empire, so that the territories are situated in present day
Germany (part of
North Rhine-Westphalia) and the
Netherlands (part of
Limburg). Its territory was situated on both sides of the river
Rur, around its capital
Jülich in the lower end of the
Rhine drainage basin. It was combined with
County of Berg in
1423.
The County of Jülich (
Grafschaft Jülich) was first mentioned in the
11th century. In the
14th century, the
county became a
duchy. Its history is closely related to that of its neighbours: the Duchies of
Cleves,
Berg, and
Guelders and the
County of Mark. In
1423, Jülich and Berg were united. In
1521 Jülich, Berg, Cleves and Mark formed the united Duchies of
Jülich-Cleves-Berg in a personal union under
John III, Duke of Cleves who married to
Maria von Geldern, daughter of
William VIII of Jülich-Berg, who became heiress to her father's estates:
Jülich,
Berg, and the
County of Ravensberg.
When the last duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg died issueless in
1609, a war broke out for the succession. The duchies were divided between
Palatinate-Neuburg (Jülich and Berg) and
Margraviate of Brandenburg (Cleves and Mark) in the
Treaty of Xanten of
1614. When the last duke of Palatinate-Neuburg (after
1685 also Palatine Elector) died issueless in
1742, Jülich and Berg were inherited by the Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (after
1777 also Duke of
Bavaria).
In
1794, the Duchy of Jülich was occupied by
France, and it became part of the French
département of the
Roer. In
1815, after the defeat of
Napoleon, the duchy became part of the
Prussian Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (after
1822 the Prussian
Rhine Province), except for the cities
Sittard and
Tegelen, which became part of the
United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Dukes since 1356
–
1393-1423 in Union with Geldern, since 1423 with Berg, since 1437 with Ravensberg –
House of Wittelsbach, Dukes
–
in union with Berg und Palatinate-Neuburg, since 1690 also with the Electoral Palatinate, since 1777 also with Bavaria–
1614–1653 Wolfgang Wilhelm
1653–1679 Phillip Wilhelm
1679–1716 Johann Wilhelm II.
1716–1742 Karl Phillip
1742–1794 Karl TheodorFurther Information
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