Everything about Duchy Of Guelders totally explained
» This article deals with the historical county and duchy of Guelders, for other meanings see Gelderland.
Guelders or
Gueldres (
Dutch:
Gelre,
German:
Geldern) is the name of a historical county, later duchy in the
Low Countries.
The duchy was named after the town of
Geldern, which is now in
Germany. The present province of
Gelderland (English also
Guelders) in the
Netherlands occupies most of the area of the former duchy.
The county and duchy of Guelders consisted not only of parts of the actual
Dutch provinces of
Gelderland and
Limburg but also part of the present-day
German state of
North Rhine-Westphalia.
History
The duchy was divided into four quarters:
- the quarter of Arnhem, also called the Veluwe,
- the quarter of Nijmegen, also called the Betuwe,
- the quarter of Zutphen, also called the Achterhoek,
- the quarter of Roermond (now in the Dutch province of Limburg), also called the Upper Quarter of Guelders or Overkwartier. The actual centre was Montfort.
Guelders was often at war with the county of
Holland and the
Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht, until the dukes of
Burgundy acquired the whole area.
When the northern Netherlands revolted against
Philip II of Spain in the 16th century, the three northern quarters became part of the
United Provinces, while the Upper Quarter remained a part of the Spanish
Southern Netherlands.
At the
Treaty of Utrecht, ending the
War of the Spanish Succession in
1713, the Spanish Upper Quarter was divided between
Prussia (a.o.
Geldern,
Viersen,
Horst,
Venray), the United Provinces (a.o.
Venlo,
Montfort,
Echt),
Austria (a.o.
Roermond,
Niederkrüchten,
Weert) and the
duchy of Jülich (
Erkelenz).
Coat of arms of Guelders
The coat of arms of the region evolved during the ages.
Image:Blason ville fr Avanne-Aveney (Doubs).svg|before 1236
Image:Blason comte fr Gueldre.svg|from 1236 until 1276
Image:Armoiries Gueldre.svg|from 1276 until 1379
Image:Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg|after 1379
Image:Herald Gelre of the Duke of Gueldres.jpg|An officer of arms wearing a tabard of the shield
Guelders in popular culture
William Thatcher, the lead character in the
2001 film
A Knight's Tale played by
Heath Ledger claimed to be Sir
Ulrich von Liechtenstein from
Gelderland so as to appear to be of noble birth and thus qualify to participate in jousting.
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