Duke of Berg

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The Duke of Berg was the title held by the sovereign ruler of the historic Duchy of Berg in the Holy Roman Empire, located in what is now western Germany.

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Duke of Berg canonical 15

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ducal title ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
abolishedAsSovereignTitle early 19th century ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Duchy of Berg ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Bergisches Land ⓘ
associatedWithRiver Rhine ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
createdFrom County of Berg ⓘ
firstHolder Adolf I, Duke of Berg ⓘ
Adolf III of the Marck ⓘ
GermanName Herzog von Berg ⓘ
governs Duchy of Berg ⓘ
hasCapital Düsseldorf ⓘ
hasEarlierSeat Burg Castle ⓘ
Windeck Castle ⓘ
hasTitleStyle Durchlaucht ⓘ
heldBy Adolf I, Duke of Berg ⓘ
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
Frederick William III of Prussia ⓘ
John III, Duke of Cleves and Jülich-Berg ⓘ
Maximilian Joseph, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
Philip William, Elector Palatine ⓘ
William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg ⓘ
Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg ⓘ
heldByDynasty House of Berg ⓘ
House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
House of Jülich ⓘ
House of Jülich-Berg ⓘ
linked to: House of Jülich

House of La Marck ⓘ
House of Palatinate-Neuburg ⓘ
House of Palatinate-Sulzbach ⓘ
House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
House of Wittelsbach-Bavaria ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
laterReligion Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
western Germany ⓘ
partOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
precededBy Count of Berg ⓘ
rankInNobility duke ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
status sovereign prince of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
titleCreated 1380 ⓘ
unitedWithTitle Duke of Cleves ⓘ
Duke of Jülich ⓘ
Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg ⓘ
Elector Palatine ⓘ
Elector of Bavaria ⓘ

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