House of Mark

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The House of Mark was a medieval German noble family that ruled the County (later Duchy) of Mark in the Holy Roman Empire.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
House of Mark canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German noble family ⓘ
noble family ⓘ
capitalOfDomain Burg Mark ⓘ
Hamm ⓘ
coatOfArms Arms of the Counts of Mark ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dynasticUnionWith House of Berg ⓘ
House of Cleves ⓘ
House of Jülich ⓘ
endTime 17th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
feudalRank comital house ⓘ
governedAs imperial fief ⓘ
hasCadetBranch House of Berg-Mark ⓘ
linked to: House of Berg

House of Cleves-Mark ⓘ
linked to: House of Cleves

House of La Marck ⓘ
hasLanguage German ⓘ
hasReligion Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
historicalSignificance important territorial lordship in medieval Westphalia ⓘ
laterStatus ducal house ⓘ
locatedIn Westphalia ⓘ
memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
nobleTitle Count of Mark ⓘ
Duke of Mark ⓘ
notableMember Adolf I, Count of the Mark ⓘ
Adolf II of Cleves-Mark ⓘ
Adolf II, Count of the Mark ⓘ
Adolf III of the Marck ⓘ
Engelbert I, Count of the Mark ⓘ
Engelbert II, Count of the Mark ⓘ
John I, Duke of Cleves ⓘ
John II, Duke of Cleves ⓘ
John III, Duke of Cleves, Jülich and Berg ⓘ
originatedAs Counts of Mark ⓘ
linked to: Count of Mark
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
politicalRole princely house of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
politicalSystem feudal monarchy ⓘ
regionToday North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
ruled County of Mark ⓘ
Duchy of Mark ⓘ
startTime 12th century ⓘ
succeededBy House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
territorialBase Mark (region) ⓘ
linked to: Altmark region
territoriesLaterIncorporatedInto Brandenburg-Prussia ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Duchy of Mark → namedAfter → House of Mark ⓘ
House of Cleves → dynasticUnionWith → House of Mark ⓘ
Graf von der Mark → nobleFamily → House of Mark ⓘ