Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1380 – 1806

Duchy of Berg

A state of 1380 – 1806 — 426 years in Europe. It replaced County of Berg. It was replaced by Grand Duchy of Berg. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
426 years
1380 – 1806
Rulers
2
the Duke of Berg
Symbols
2
on record, with years

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Grand Duchy of Berg: 1806 – 1813Duchy of Berg: 1380 – 1806

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

  • County of Berg · replaces

After it

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

William II of Berg · 1360 – 1380 · no death date to read the end againstNapoléon Louis Bonaparte · 1809 – 1813 · no death date to read the end against14001500160017001800
ending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
William II of Berg1360 – 138020 yearsending not on record
Napoléon Louis Bonaparte1809 – 18134 yearsending not on record

2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1360 – 1813. Median reign 12 years. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Wappen Herzogtum-Berg alt
    coat of arms, undatedWappen Herzogtum-Berg alt · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lumparland
  • Bergischer Loewe
    coat of arms, undatedBergischer Loewe · Public domain

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood426 years

    stood longer than 82% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median20 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 62% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record2

    has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

County of Berg · Linked · 1101 – 1380County of BergDuchy of Berg · 1380 – 1806Duchy of BergGrand Duchy of Berg · Linked · 1806 – 1813Grand Duchy of Berg1200140016001800
linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q151095 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.