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 | | Cleves (in German Kleve, sometimes used in English as well; Dutch: Kleef) is a city in the north-west of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, near the Dutch border and the river Rhine, at 51°47′ N 6°11′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=51_47_N_6_11_E_). |
 | | The name Cleves derives from the word cliff (German Kliff), as the Schwanenburg, where the dukes of Cleves resided, was founded on a steep hill. |
 | | The duchy of Cleves, which roughly covered today's districts Cleves, Wesel and Duisburg, was united with the duchy Mark in 1368, was made a duchy itself in 1417 then united with the neighboring duchies of Jülich and Berg in 1521, when Duke Johann III of Cleves, married Mary, the heiress of Jülich-Berg-Ravenburg. |
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