Duchy Of Cleves

The county of Cleves was first mentioned in the , Berg and Guelders and the county of Mark . In 1368 , Cleves and Mark were united. In 1521 Jülich, Berg, Cleves and Mark formed the united duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg .

When the last duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg died issueless in 1609 , a war broke out for the succession. The duchy was divided between Palatinate -Neuburg (Jülich and Berg) and Brandenburg (Cleves and Mark). However, large parts of the duchy of Cleves were occupied by the United Provinces until 1672 . After the French occupation in the Seven Years' War ( 1757 - 1762 ), Cleves came to Prussia .

In 1795 the part of the duchy of Cleves left of the Rhine and Wesel were occupied by France , and became part of the French Département of the Roer . The rest of the duchy was occupied between 1803 and 1805 , and became part of the département Yssel-Supérieur and the Napoleonic puppet-state Grand Duchy Of Berg (after 1811 the département Lippe ). In 1815 , after the defeat of Napoleon , the duchy became part of the Prussia n province Jülich-Cleves-Berg (after 1822 the Prussian Rhine Province ), except for a.o. the cities Gennep , Zevenaar and Huissen which became part of the United Kingdom Of The Netherlands .

RULERS OF CLEVES