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Duchy of Cleves
The
Duchy of Cleves
(; ) was a
State
of the
Holy Roman Empire
emerged from the mediaeval Duisburggau. It was situated in the northern
Rhineland
on both sides of the
Lower Rhine
, around its capital
Cleves
and the towns of
Wesel
,
Kalkar
,
Xanten
,
Emmerich
,
Rees
and
Duisburg
bordering the lands of the
Prince-Bishopric of Münster
in the east and the
Duchy of Brabant
in the west. Its history is closely related to that of its southern neighbours: the Duchies of
Jülich
and
Berg
, as well as
Guelders
and the
Westphalian
county of
Mark
. The Duchy was archaically known as
Cleveland
in English.
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