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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 | |||||||||
• | 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.
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