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Name: Berg County

Type: Polity

Start: 1078 AD

End: 1380 AD

Nation: berg

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This article is about the specific polity Berg County and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Berg was a state —originally a county, later a duchy— in the Rhineland of Germany. Its capital was Düsseldorf. It existed as a distinct political entity from the 12th centruy.

Establishment

  • January 1078: Berg County is mentioned for the first time in 1077. The fief was ruled by a branch of the Ezzonids.

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    1. Events

  • January 1219: Berg County fell to Limburg.

  • January 1248: Berg County is partitioned from Limburg.

  • January 1249: In 1248 the Imperial City of Remagen was pledged to the Counts of Berg and never redeemed.

  • July 1260: On July 6, 1260, the property of Hükeswag was handed over to the Counts of Berg.

  • January 1312: The County of Berg acquied Deutz.

  • January 1347: The Dynasty of Ravensberg gets extinct, and the County falls to Berg.

    • Disestablishment

  • January 1381: Berg is elevated to a duchy.

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