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Regents of Gelderland
The predecessor to the Dutch
province of Gelderland was the duchy of Geldern, which evolved from the
county of Wassenberg. Geldern was originally restricted to an area that
today is located in the Dutch province of Limburg, but Gerard II
acquired Zutphen through marriage and Otto and Gerard III united Veluwe and Betuwe
with Geldern, which thereafter comprised a large area in the central
Netherlands. The Dutch revolt in the 16th century meant that Geldern was
divided, the original Geldern now called Obergeldern remained under Habsburg
control while the other parts were transformed into the Dutch province of
Gelderland. Most of Obergeldern became Prussian in 1715 but it was reunited
with the Netherlands 1815.
County of Wassenberg
Joined the
United Netherlands 1581 |
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