CLEVES, DUCHY OF

former state, W Germany, on both sides of the lower Rhine, bordering on the Netherlands. Cleves was the capital. A county from late Carolingian times, it acquired (late 14th cent.) the county of Mark, in Westphalia, and in 1417 was made a duchy. In 1521, Duke John III of Cleves inherited through marriage the duchies of Jülich and Berg and the county of Ravensberg. His daughter, Anne of Cleves, was married in 1540 to Henry VIII of England. In 1609 the male line became extinct, and a complicated dynastic quarrel for the succession followed. Brandenburg acquired (1614) Cleves, Mark, and Ravensberg; the Palatinate-Neuburg line of the Bavarian house of Wittelsbach took Jülich and Berg. The succession was not finally settled until 1666, when the Treaty of Cleves confirmed the division. Cleves was held by France during the French Revolutionary Wars and in 1815 was returned to Prussia.

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books on: Cleves Duchy Of  - 156 results

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The Cambridge Modern History - Vol. 13
Book by A. W. Ward, G. W. Prothero, Stanley Leathes; Cambridge University Press, 1911
Subjects: History, Modern
...heiress of, marries John III of Cleves, II 236 , m 716 William IV, Duke of, II 236 Julich-Cleves, duchy of, II 75, 236 , 239, 243...428 ; 578 ; 624 Julich-Cleves-Berg, partition of, VI...of William V , claim to the duchies, m 716 Antonia Duchess of...
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From Reich to State: The Rhineland in the Revolutionary Age, 1780-1830
Book by Michael Rowe; Cambridge University Press, 2003
Subjects: Rhineland (Germany)--History
...Napoleons visit (I804 89; under Prussia (after 1815), 263 Cleves (duchy), 15, 35, I32, 161 2, 221, 243 Cleves (Napoleonic arrondissement), II6, IzS, I3I Cleves (Prussian district), 243 Cloots, Anacharsis, 51 Clovis, King...
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Princes and Parliaments in Germany: From the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century
Book by F. L. Carsten; Clarendon Press, 1959
Subjects: Estates (Social Orders)--Germany, Germany--Constitutional History, Representative Government And Representation--Germany
...78 , 149 , 259 , 348 , 383 , 424 . Cleves, duchy of, 174 , 260 - 309 , 317 -19...340 ; Estates of, see Estates of Cleves; government of, 303 , 314 , 323...421 -2; of Brundenburg, 340 ; of Cleves and Mark, 318 , 340 ; of the duchy...
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Earlier Diplomatic History, 1492-1713
Book by Sir Charles Petrie; Macmillan, 1949
Subjects: World Politics
...208 Bugey, 104 Burgundy, Duchy of, 6 , 26 , 28 , 30 , 34...142 Calabria and Apulia, Duchy of, 16 Calais, 6 , 40 Caliphate...11 Clarendon, Earl of, 158 Cleves, Duchy of, 32 -33, 105 -107, 149 Cleves, Anne of, 96 Colbert, 163...
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The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, 1477-1806
Book by Jonathan Israel; Clarendon Press, 1995
Subjects: Netherlands--History--1648-1795, Netherlands--History--Batavian Republic, 1795-1806, Netherlands--History--House Of Habsburg, 1477-1556, Netherlands--History--Wars Of Independence, 1556-1648
...borderlands under the Dutch Catholic Church Cleves, duchy of 20 22 Lingen, county of 20 14...Mission -- if we leave aside Twenthe, Cleves, and Lingen -- resided in the provinces...total number again minus Twenthe, Cleves, and Lingen residing in Holland...
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journal articles on: Cleves Duchy Of  - 2 results

 
 
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Poets into Frenchmen: Timothy Hampton on Literature and National Sentiment in Renaissance France
Journal article by Paul Cohen; Shakespeare Studies, Vol. 33, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Literature and the Nation in the Sixteenth Century: Inventing Renaissance France (Book)--Book reviews
...Savoie (though the independent duchy of Savoy was occupied by Francois...in courting the Princess of Cleves), and the duc de Bouillon...royal court of the Princesse de Cleves. (33) Clearly, the "Frenchness...Heptameron and of the Princesse de Cleves also depend on a particular...
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Factionalism and State Power in the Flemish Revolt (1482-1492)
Journal article by Jelle Haemers; Journal of Social History, Vol. 42, 2009
Subjects: Factionalism--Analysis, Medieval history--Analysis, Philip IV, King of France--History, Revolutions--History
...Like the Flemish cities, Philip of Cleves accepted the regency of Philip by Maximilian...before Nancy in an attempt to conquer the Duchy of Lorraine. The Estates-General of...Brabant under the leadership of Philip of Cleves. (77) We can presume that the creditors...


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Walter Lippmann: the Impossibilities of Social Planning
Magazine article by Harold B. Jones; Freeman, Vol. 61, October 2011
Subjects: Morality
...during the fourteenth, all backed by the firepower of fortresses built for the purpose. Many of these were in the Duchy of Cleves, where they were referred to as the "treasure." They were a treasure, though, only to the people involved in...
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The Murder of le Roi Henri: In May 1610 Henry IV of France Was Assassinated by a Religious Fanatic Apparently Acting Alone. Though Popular, Henry Had Nevertheless Aroused Animosity on His Way to Kingship, Not Least Because of His Protestant Beliefs
Magazine article by Robert J. Knecht; History Today, Vol. 60, May 2010
Subjects: Assassination--Religious aspects, French history, 1589-1789 (House of Bourbon)--Political aspects, French history, 1589-1789 (House of Bourbon)--Religious aspects, Henry IV, King of France--Crimes against, Henry IV, King of France--Death of, Henry IV, King of France--Religious aspects, Kings and rulers--Crimes against, Kings and rulers--Death of, Kings and rulers--Religious aspects, Kings--Crimes against, Kings--Death of, Kings--Religious aspects
...had been gathering since the death of John William, Duke of Cleves-Julich in March the previous year. He had died childless...had fallen prey to a host of competing relatives. The rich duchy lay close to the Dutch United Provinces which viewed with alarm...
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Holbein at the Tate: Peter Furtado Welcomes a Major Exhibition of the Great Painter of Henry VIII and His Court at Tare Britain
Magazine article by Peter Furtado; History Today, Vol. 56, October 2006
Subjects: Henry VIII, King of England--Political aspects, Henry VIII, King of England--Social aspects, Holbein, Hans, the Younger--Criticism and interpretation, Holbein, Hans, the Younger--Exhibitions, Painting (Art)--Criticism and interpretation, Painting (Art)--Exhibitions, Painting--Criticism and interpretation, Painting--Exhibitions
...under the patronage of Thomas More, then Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and later Lord Chancellor; and for the second...notoriously too flatteringly, in the Kings opinion--with Anne of Cleves. Holbeins portraits concentrate on faithfulness and psychological...


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encyclopedia articles on: Cleves Duchy Of  - 12 results

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Cleves, Duchy Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...bordering on the Netherlands. Cleves was the capital. A county...Westphalia, and in 1417 was made a duchy. In 1521, Duke John III of Cleves inherited through marriage the duchies of Julich and Berg and the...Ravensberg. His daughter, Anne of Cleves, was married in 1540 to Henry...
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JÜlich , Former Duchy, Germany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JULICH , former duchy, Germany yu likh, former duchy...passed (1521) to Duke John III of Cleves (see Cleves, duchy of ). The struggle that broke...to the territories of the dukes of Cleves ended in 1666. Julich and Berg passed...
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Berg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...to the dukes of Julich and in 1380 was made a duchy. In 1423 the duchies of Berg and Julich were united. On the extinction...Julich line, Berg passed to Duke John III of Cleves (see Cleves, duchy of ), whose line died out in 1609, setting...
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Prussia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the domain became a hereditary duchy under Polish suzerainty, ruled by...dynasty of Brandenburg. In 1618 the duchy of Prussia passed through inheritance...themselves westward, acquiring the duchy of Cleves , together with the counties of Mark...
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Duisburg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...148 feet (350 m) across the Rhine. Duisburg was a port in Roman times. It passed to the duchy of Cleves in 1290, and in 1614 was acquired, with Cleves, by Brandenburg. Its growth as an industrial center dates from c.1850. As a center of...
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