County of Guelders

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The County of Guelders was a medieval territorial principality in the Low Countries that later expanded in power and status to become the Duchy of Guelders.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Guelders 14
County of Guelders canonical 9
Count of Guelders 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county
former state
medieval principality
borderedBy Bishopric of Utrecht
County of Holland
Duchy of Brabant
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
linked to: Bishopric of Liège
capital Geldern
coatOfArms gold lion rampant on blue field
continent Europe
currency Gelderse gulden
elevatedTo duchy
elevationResult Duchy of Guelders
feudalLord Holy Roman Emperor
followedBy Duchy of Guelders
governmentType feudal monarchy
hasEthnicComposition medieval Dutch population
hasHistoricalImportance regional power in the Low Countries
hasHistoricalPhase County of Guelders
Duchy of Guelders
hasLegalSystem feudal law
hasPoliticalSystem hereditary rule
hasPrimaryReligion Latin Christianity
hasSuccessorState Duchy of Guelders
hasTerritorialExpansion Duchy of Guelders
hasTerritory Betuwe
County of Zutphen
Veluwe
historicalRegion Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
languageUsed Middle Dutch
locatedIn Low Countries
present-day Germany
present-day Netherlands
namedAfter Geldern
nobleFamily House of Wassenberg
partOf Holy Roman Empire
Lower Lorraine (historical region)
linked to: Lower Lorraine
politicalStatus imperial fief
precededBy Lordship of Geldern
presentIn modern provinces of Gelderland and Limburg (partly)
rankInEmpire county
religion Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
ruledBy Counts of Guelders
linked to: Herzog von Geldern
sovereignState Holy Roman Empire
timePeriod Middle Ages
usedTitle Count of Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders

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Referenced by (29)

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

Duchy of Guelders predecessor County of Guelders
Duchy of Guelders follows County of Guelders
Eleanor of Woodstock spouseNobleTitle Count of Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
Duke of Guelders precededBy Count of Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
Duke of Guelders follows Count of Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
Duke of Guelders createdFrom County of Guelders
Gelre predecessor County of Guelders
Mary of Guelders birthPlace Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
War of the Burgundian Succession involves Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
War of the Limburg Succession participant County of Guelders
War of the Limburg Succession opponentOf County of Guelders
Nijmegen Quarter partOf Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
Nijmegen Quarter subdivisionOf Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
Upper Quarter subdivisionOf Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
House of Wassenberg hasTitle Count of Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
House of Wassenberg coatOfArmsUsedFor County of Guelders
House of Wassenberg influencedRegion Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
House of Wassenberg heldFeudalTitleIn Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
House of Egmond heldTitle Count of Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
House of Egmond regionOfInfluence Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
County of Guelders historicalRegion Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
County of Guelders hasHistoricalPhase County of Guelders
County of Guelders usedTitle Count of Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
Charles of Egmond regionOfActivity Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
Catherine of Cleves regionAssociatedWith Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
Catherine of Cleves nobleTitleFrom Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
Upper Guelders subdivisionOf Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders
John III, Duke of Brabant conflict County of Guelders
Limburg borderedBy Guelders
linked to: County of Guelders