Jülich

Jülich was a Lower Rhine county on the Rur. In 1337 Count William V ruled the territory, while his brother Walram was Archbishop of Cologne.

Charles IV made William a duke in 1356. His son William II defeated Brabant at Baesweiler in 1371, and Jülich passed to Berg when the male line failed in 1423. It joined the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg in 1521. After a succession war, the 1614 Treaty of Xanten assigned it to Palatinate-Neuburg. France occupied Jülich in 1794, and the Congress of Vienna awarded it to Prussia in 1815.