Duchy of Guelders | |||||||||
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1096–1795 | |||||||||
![]() Duchy of Guelders with Gelderland, about 1477 | |||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Geldern | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages, Renaissance | ||||||||
1096 | |||||||||
• Raised to duchy | 1339 | ||||||||
• Held by Jülich | 1393-1423 | ||||||||
• Acquired by Burgundy | 1473 | ||||||||
1581 | |||||||||
• Annexed by France | 1795 | ||||||||
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Guelders or Gueldres (Dutch: Gelre, German: Geldern) is the name of a historical county. This became a duchy (lands ruled by a duke or duchess) of the Holy Roman Empire, in the Low Countries.