Guelders
Guelders was a county on the lower Maas, with lands divided into four quarters. In 1337 Reginald II of the House of Wassenberg ruled it; he became a duke in 1339.
After the line died out in 1371, a succession war brought William of Jülich to power. Charles of Egmond, ransomed by his townsmen in 1492, resisted Charles V, but the 1543 Treaty of Venlo surrendered Guelders to the Habsburgs. Its northern quarters joined the United Provinces; Upper Guelders was partitioned in 1713.
Characters
- Edward, Duke of Guelders
- Eleanor of Woodstock
- Elisabeth of Guelders
- Margaret of Flanders
- Maria of Guelders
- Mechteld of Guelders
- Reginald I of Guelders
- Reginald II of Guelders
- Reginald III of Guelders
- Sophia Berthout