Duchy of Guelders
Duchy of Guelders | |||||||||
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| 1339–1795 | |||||||||
Duchy of Guelders and the County of Zutphen, about 1350 | |||||||||
| Status | Duchy | ||||||||
| Capital | Geldern | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Feudal monarchy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages, Renaissance | ||||||||
| 1339 | |||||||||
• County created | 1096 | ||||||||
• Held by Jülich | 1393–1423 | ||||||||
• Acquired by Burgundy | 1473 | ||||||||
| 1543 | |||||||||
| 1581 | |||||||||
• Batavian Republic created | 1795 | ||||||||
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The Duchy of Guelders (Dutch: Gelre; French: Gueldre; German: Geldern) is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries.