Count of Mark

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Count of Mark was a historic noble title associated with the County of Mark in the Holy Roman Empire, often held by rulers who also governed larger German principalities such as Brandenburg and Prussia.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Count of Mark canonical 7
Counts of Mark 2
Counts of Mark branch 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title
noble title
appliesToJurisdiction County of Mark
associatedWith County of Mark
country Holy Roman Empire
endTime 17th century
firstHolder Frederick I, Count of Mark
followedBy Duke of Cleves-Mark
linked to: Duke of Cleves

Elector of Brandenburg
King in Prussia
linked to: King of Prussia
hasCapital Hamm
hasHistoricalRegion Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle
hasSeat Burg Mark
Hamm
hasSuccessorState Brandenburg-Prussia
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
hasTerritorialBase County of Mark
heldBy House of Berg-Altena
House of Hohenzollern
House of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
linked to: House of Jülich

House of La Marck
inception late 12th century
languageOfWorkOrName German
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Holy Roman Empire
North Rhine-Westphalia (modern)
nobleRank count
notableHolder Adolf I, Count of Mark
Adolf I, Duke of Cleves-Mark
Adolf II, Count of Mark
Adolf III of the Marck
Engelbert III of the Mark
Frederick I of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick William I of Prussia
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
John, Count of Cleves and Mark
originalLanguageLabel Graf von der Mark
partOf Holy Roman Empire
Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle
region Westphalia
startTime c. 1180s
subclassOf countship
titleHeldConcurrentlyWith Count of Ravensberg
Duke of Cleves
Duke of Prussia
Elector of Brandenburg
King in Prussia
linked to: Duke of Prussia

Margrave of Brandenburg

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County of Mark titleOfRuler Count of Mark
Duchy of Mark rulerTitle Count of Mark
Stadtholder of Mark subordinateTo Count of Mark
William the Rich nobleTitle Count of Mark
House of La Marck hasTitle Counts of Mark
linked to: Count of Mark
House of La Marck hasBranch Counts of Mark branch
linked to: Count of Mark
House of Mark nobleTitle Count of Mark
House of Mark originatedAs Counts of Mark
linked to: Count of Mark
House of Berg hasTitle Count of Mark