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Herrschaft und autonome
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75:Coat of arms
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2096:East Frisia
1969:Halberstadt
1923:Before 1701
1916:(1525–1947)
1859:Upper Saxon
1808:until 1648
1734:Spiegelberg
1707:Delmenhorst
1578:Tecklenburg
1442:East Frisia
1342:East Frisia
1121:online Text
1003:de la Marck
940:Frederick I
827:Eberhard II
821:Engelbert I
814:Frederick I
800:Frederick I
756:(1751–1808)
727:departments
692:Brandenburg
606:Eberhard II
581:archbishop
571:parish land
563:Frederick I
559:Berg-Altena
479:Essen Abbey
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443:de la Marck
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241:Preceded by
196:Brandenburg
126:Renaissance
122:Middle Ages
88:Map of the
59: 1198
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2358:51°40′25″N
2262:after 1918
2205:Westphalia
2032:After 1701
2020:St. Thomas
2010:Gold Coast
1949:Ravensberg
1855:Burgundian
1839:Franconian
1804:from 1648
1717:Schaumburg
1661:Myllendonk
1646:Hallermund
1573:Schaumburg
1548:Ravensberg
1535:Overijssel
1520:Dillenburg
1421:Bronkhorst
976:1797–1807
969:1786–1797
958:1740–1786
951:1713–1740
938:1688–1713
931:1640–1688
924:1619–1640
918:1614–1619
904:1592-1609
897:1539–1592
890:1521–1539
883:1481–1521
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869:1437–1461
862:1398–1448
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851:Adolph III
849:1391–1393
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837:1328–1347
831:1308–1328
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819:1249–1277
808:1198–1249
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798:1180–1198
790:Eberhard I
788:1160–1180
768:branch of
717:. In 1808
688:Ravensberg
641:Adolph III
618:Westphalia
220:• To
194:• To
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2336:From the
2311:Kurhessen
2307:Magdeburg
2185:Pomerania
2161:(1814–15)
2040:Neuchâtel
1997:Magdeburg
1739:Steinfurt
1700:uncertain
1671:Schleiden
1651:Holzappel
1641:Gronsfeld
1614:From 1792
1597:Beilstein
1593:Winneburg
1583:Virneburg
1530:Oldenburg
1450:Groningen
1409:From 1500
1364:Luxemburg
1234:Paderborn
1229:OsnabrĂĽck
948:from 1701
864:Adolph IV
839:Adolph II
812:, son of
802:, son of
792:, son of
633:Adolph II
587:Burg Mark
520:of three"
455:Burg Mark
451:Sauerland
424:Sauerland
390:Geography
383:Hohe Mark
2332:in 1848.
2048:Guelders
2005:Colonies
1851:Austrian
1823:Bavarian
1776:Duisburg
1771:Dortmund
1712:Fagnolle
1676:Wickrath
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1458:Guelders
1429:Diepholz
1416:Bentheim
1356:Guelders
1328:Arenberg
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810:Adolph I
778:Isenberg
719:Napoleon
694:Elector
666:married
604:, Count
575:Feldmark
538:View of
353:rivers.
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322:Die Mark
2328:Became
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2238:Hanover
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1985:Draheim
1914:Prussia
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1827:Swabian
1794:Warburg
1781:Herford
1766:Cologne
1686:Utrecht
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1602:Zutphen
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1515:Hadamar
1434:Drenthe
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1239:Utrecht
1224:MĂĽnster
1201:Cambrai
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333:of the
222:Prussia
108:Capital
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2298:(1922)
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2195:Saxony
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2063:(1719)
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2015:Arguin
2000:(1680)
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1941:Cleves
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1753:Cities
1698:Status
1681:Wittem
1621:Anholt
1505:Nassau
1479:Lingen
1397:Counts
1387:Verden
1372:Minden
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1333:Cleves
1310:Werden
1280:Corvey
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1209:Corvey
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672:JĂĽlich
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400:Aggers
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313:French
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668:Maria
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514:Gules
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331:state
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