Graf von der Mark

E711990

Graf von der Mark is the German title historically used for the medieval Counts of Mark, a noble family that ruled the County of Mark in the Holy Roman Empire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Graf von der Mark canonical 2
Markgraf 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German noble title ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
medieval comital title ⓘ
associatedDynasty House of La Marck ⓘ
associatedWithCastle Burg Mark ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
equivalentTitleInEnglish Count of Mark ⓘ
femaleEquivalentTitle Gräfin von der Mark ⓘ
feudalRank Count ⓘ
firstKnownHolders Counts of Berg-Altena ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
governed County of Mark castles and towns ⓘ
territorial lordship in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
heldByReligion Roman Catholic nobility ⓘ
heldJudicialAuthorityOver subjects of the County of Mark ⓘ
heldMilitaryAuthorityOver county levies ⓘ
heraldicTradition arms of the County of Mark ⓘ
historicalGovernmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
laterHeldByReligion Protestant nobility ⓘ
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Westphalia ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Mark ⓘ
nobleRankAbove Freiherr ⓘ
nobleRankBelow Herzog von der Mark ⓘ
originOfName County of Mark ⓘ
partOf Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
politicalRole imperial vassal ⓘ
regional territorial prince ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Ruhr valley ⓘ
linked to: Ruhr area

Sauerland ⓘ
relatedTitle Graf von Berg ⓘ
linked to: Herzog von Berg

Herzog von Kleve-Mark ⓘ
sovereigntyType immediate county ⓘ
succeededBy Dukes of Cleves-Mark ⓘ
linked to: Dukes of Cleves
territorialStatus county ⓘ
titleForm Graf von der Mark ⓘ
titleGenderForm masculine ⓘ
titleHolderRuled County of Mark ⓘ
titleHoldersWere Imperial immediates ⓘ
linked to: imperial immediacy
usedIn County of Mark ⓘ
Duchy of Westphalia region ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Westphalia
vassalTo Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Count of Mark → originalLanguageLabel → Graf von der Mark ⓘ
Altgraf → relatedTo → Markgraf ⓘ
linked to: Graf von der Mark
Graf von der Mark → titleForm → Graf von der Mark ⓘ