Polity Geldern County

This article is about the specific polity Geldern 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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Was a county, and later a duchy, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries.

Establishment

  • January 1097: The county of Geldern emerged about 1096, when Gerard III of Wassenberg was first documented as "Count of Guelders".

Chronology

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1. War of the Limburg Succession

Was a conflict between 1283 and 1289 for the succession in the Duchy of Limburg.

  • January 1281: After the death of Waleran IV of Limburg, Limburg de facto passed to its son in law, the duke of guelders.
  • June 1288: After the decisive Battle of Worringen in 1288, won by Duke John I of Brabant and his allies, the Duchy of Limburg came in the possession of the Duke of Brabant.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1248: The Imperial City of Nijmegen is sold to Geldern.

Disestablishment

  • January 1340: Establishment of the Duchy of Geldria.