County of Mark
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The County of Mark was a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle. It lay south of Lippe river on both sides of the Ruhr river along the Volme and Lenne rivers
View of Altena Castle and Lenne in Altena
Grand Duchy of Berg
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The Grand Duchy of Berg, also known as the Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves, was a territorial grand duchy established in 1806 by Napoleon after his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz on territories be
County of Mark
…after 1701. In 1807, the County of the Mark passed from Prussia to France in the Treaties of Tilsit. In 1808, Napoleon then gave Mark to the elevated Grand Duchy of Berg, which was divided into four departments along the lines of Napoleonic France. Mark was in the Ruhr Department until the collapse of French power in…
Seal of the Grand Duchy of Berg (1807)